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Giving Back to Those Who Give

The Mulan Restaurant, Flushing, New York June 11, 2018 An elegant Chinese restaurant in the center of Flushing was the site of a gala luncheon celebrating over 400 members of the sangha, staff, and sponsors who made the Ninth North American Kagyu Monlam possible. The...

The Marme Monlam Lights Up the World

The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York, New York.  June 10, 2018 For the concluding celebration of this Ninth North American Kagyu Monlam, the venue was shifted from an outlying area of New York City to its very center, Madison Square Gardens. Not only is this...

Abundant Offerings to the Gurus

  North American Kagyu Monlam, York College, Queens, New York June 9, 2018 This morning a new long table in front of the shrine was filled with heaps of offerings for the practice known as “A Ritual of Offerings to the Gurus.” Performed on the last day of the Monlams,...

Compassion Has Its Reasons

  June 8, 2018   On this third day of the North American Kagyu Monlam, His Holiness continued to explain the Three Principal Aspects of the Path. Having finished the first of the three, the desire for liberation, he had started the second, the generation of mahayana...

What Is Emptiness Really?

The Karmapa Concludes His Teachings and Bestows the Empowerment of Chenrezik North American Kagyu Monlam, York College, Queens, New York June 9, 2018 This afternoon the Gyalwang Karmapa completed his teachings on the Three Principle Aspects of the Path and then gave...

Practical and Spiritual Ways of Benefitting Others

Practical and Spiritual Ways of Benefitting Others North American Kagyu Monlam, York College, Queens, New York June 8, 2018   Before giving the sojong (fasting) vows today, His Holiness gave a brief explanation of their meaning. “Taking these mahayana fasting vows for...

The Willingess To Jump In and Help

The Willingness to Jump In and Help York College, Queens, New York June 7, 2018 Today, the third day of the Monlam, the Karmapa continued his explanation, “We are looking at the text of Je Tsongkhapa known as the Three Principles of the Path. Its subject is common to...

The Nuns Take Their Place

The Nuns Are Taking Their Places The North American Kagyu Monlam at York College, Queens, New York June 7, 2018 On this second day of the Monlam, as on the first, the Karmapa was led into the shrine by two nuns playing the jaling (oboe-like horns). This was quite...

Compassion for Ourselves and for Others

  Compassion for Oneself and for Others North American Kagyu Monlam at York College, Queens, New York June 6, 2018 His Holiness began his teachings, saying, “This is the first day of our gathering in New York City to celebrate the Ninth North American Kagyu Monlam. I...

North American Kagyu Monlam Day 1

The Karmapa Attends the Kagyu Monlam in North America for the First Time York College, Queens, New York   June 6, 2018 The white peaks of the huge tent for the Monlam shone bright among the surrounding buildings in Queens like stylized mountains from another world....