38th Kagyu Monlam ChenmoJanuary 14–25, 2024Bodhgaya For many years, we have all hoped that Guru Vajradhara Chamgön Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche would be able to attend the Kagyu Monlam. Though he was in...

Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8 5th February 2023 What might be one of the most aesthetically pleasing events of Kagyu Monlam - the Marme Monlam or the candle-light aspiration prayers - takes place at th...

Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8 5 February 2023 After an extensive mandala offering, headed by Bokar Rinpoche Yangsi and Khenpo Lodoe Dӧnyo Rinpoche, the Karmapa addressed all those who had attended the ...

  Special Kagyu Monlam Day 8 5 February 2023 This was the second of the five sets of five-deity mandala practices that the Gyalwang Karmapa has reintroduced this year. It follows the Five-Deity Hay...

Special Kagyu Monlam Day 7 4 February 2023 In keeping with the tradition of Kagyu Monlam, on the last day the lamas who have completed the three-year retreat walked in a procession, clad in a white ...

Special Kagyu Monlam Day 6 3 February 2023 The day began with Mahayana Sojong in the main shrine hall with Khenchen Lodoe Donyo Rinpoche. After Sojong, a few monks remained to recite the Sanskrit pr...

Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 4 Gyalwang Karmapa’s Teaching on the Life of Atisha • Day 3 1 February 2023 Yeshe Öd’s First Legacy: The Spread of the Teachings from Tö His Holiness continued with...

Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 3 Gyalwang Karmapa’s Teaching on the Life of Atisha • Day 2 31 January 2023 The Gyalwang Karmapa explained that because it was a three-day teaching, he would only be...

Special Kagyu Monlam 2023 • Day 2 Gyalwang Karmapa on the Life of Atisha • Day 1 30 January, 2023 As the seeds of the current Kagyu Monlam were planted in the 1980’s in Bodhgaya through the kindne...