Lecture at Harvard: Caring for Life on Earth
(March 26, 2015 – Cambridge, Massachusetts) The spacious interior of Harvard’s Memorial Chapel quietly filled with students, faculty and special guests. Light was streaming in through the tall, arched...
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April 01, 2015Filip Wolak / His Holiness the 17th Karmapa works on his laptop at the Kagyu Monlam Pavilion in Bodgaya, India.If an enthusiastic friend raves about "the 17th Karmapa" and you think it's...
View ArticleHis Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Confers Teaching & Public Talk for...
ཆོས་བརྡ་གསལ་བསྒྲགས། Imp Announcement-༄། །མཚུངས་མེད་ནིའུ་ཡོག་དང་ནིའུ་འཇར་སི་སེར་སྐྱ་མི་མང་ཡོངས་ཀྱི་སྙན་ལམ་དུ། ཆེད་གསོལ།...
View Article17th Karmapa Talks Love and Apathy at Harvard University (World Religion News)
01 APR 2015 POSTED BY HAYLI HARDINGBUDDHIST LEADER 17TH GYALWANG KARMAPA OGYEN T. DORJEVISITED THE HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL WHERE HE DISCUSSED THE VALUE OF LOVE AND THE PROBLEMS WITH APATHY.Harvard...
View ArticleKarmapa visits Princeton, discusses women’s rights, social activism,...
BY ZAYNAB ZAMAN • STAFF WRITER • APRIL 1, 2015Women’s rights are a reflection of the degree to which everyone enjoys basic human rights, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa said in a lecture on...
View ArticleHis Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa on Full Ordination for Tibetan Women
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa discusses ordination of Tibetan women with faculty and students of the Buddhist Studies program at HDS.
View ArticleHis Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa on Serving Others
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa discusses serving others with faculty and students of the HDS Ministry Program.
View ArticleOpen Mic Night Sets Tone for Student-Focused Princeton Visit
(March 31, 2015 – Princeton, New Jersey) Shortly after arriving at Princeton University, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa departed the welcome reception held in his honor at the home of the master of...
View ArticleBoston’s Tibetan Community Meets with the Karmapa
(March 27, 2015 – Cambridge, Massachusetts) The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa this afternoon signed the famous Harvard Guest Book, marking a successful conclusion to his two-day visit to the country’s oldest...
View ArticleIn Princeton Lecture, Karmapa Calls for Genuine Gender Justice
(April 1, 2015 – Princeton, New Jersey) His Holiness the Karmapa today delivered a lecture to the Princeton University community on “A Buddhist Perspective: The Environment, Gender and Activism.”...
View ArticleSpecial Invitation from KTD Monastery: Karma Pakshi Empowerment by Gyalwang...
His Holiness The Seventeenth Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje will offer a Karma Pakshi initiation and empowerment on Sunday April 19 at 7:00 pm at the Ulster Performing Arts Center at 601 Broadway Ave. in...
View ArticleKarmapa at Princeton Focuses on Art, Environment, Gender and Activism
(April 1 & 2, 2015 – Princeton, New Jersey) After stopping in on the spiritual open mic night in the basement of Princeton’s Murray Dodge Hall last night, Holiness the Karmapa spent an additional...
View ArticleExcitement Mounts at Yale as Karmapa’s Visit Nears
With the conclusion of his stay at Princeton University, His Holiness the Karmapa has successfully completed visits to four universities during the 19 days that he has been in the United States thus...
View ArticleKarmapa Arrives at KTC-NJ, First Dharma Center Stop on Tour
(April 2, 2015 – Shamong, New Jersey) After an hour’s journey by road from the southern New Jersey town of Princeton, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa arrived at Karma Thegsum Chöling, a Karma Kagyu...
View ArticleDuring First Dharma Center Visit, Karmapa Teaches on Meditation
(April 4, 2015 – Mount Laurel, New Jersey) His Holiness the 17th Karmapa is presently making his first stay at a Dharma center on this two-month tour. For his first day of Dharma activities during this...
View ArticleThe Karmapa Bestows Manjushri Empowerment
(April 4, 2015 – Mt. Laurel, New Jersey) As if to reflect the shift into spring taking place now in southern New Jersey, branches of plum blossoms formed lacy rows of pink and green on either side of...
View ArticleKTC-NJ Members Receive Pith Meditation Instructions
(April 5, 2015 – Mount Laurel, New Jersey) His Holiness the Karmapa spent the morning with members of the Karma Thegsum Chöling-New Jersey (KTC-NJ) Dharma center that is currently hosting him in...
View ArticleMaking the Time to Practice Art
(April 5, 2015 – Shamong, New Jersey) After taking a sculpture class and meeting with artists at Princeton, and attending theatre design class and a voice lesson at the University of Redlands, His...
View ArticleKarmapa Commences Four-Day Environmental Visit to Yale
(April 6, 2015 – New Haven, Connecticut) The 17th Karmapa arrived today at Yale University at 5 pm, and immediately embarked upon a full evening’s program. The Office of the President of Yale had...
View ArticleClarifying the Stages of the Meditative Path
HH Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje at Kagyu Techum Chöling, New Jersey, April 4, 2015Translation by Lama Yeshe GyamtsoTranscript by Ani SherabIntroduction to the Practice of MeditationFirst of...
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