His Holiness Karmapa makes offerings and prayers inside the Mahabodhi Temple with Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche and Ayang Rinpoche in attendance. After the prayers, His Holiness walked around the Stupa and offered Katas to the Nyingma Monlam shrines.
Archive for January, 2012
His Holiness Karmapa Visits the Mahabodhi Temple and the Nyingma Monlam Shrines
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Gyalwang Karmapa arrived in Bodhgaya ~ Emaho « Kagyu Monlam Blog
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Emaho, His Holiness Karmapa arrived in Bodhgaya this afternoon. Around one thousand monks from the annual debate and hundreds of devotees from around the world waited joyfully at Tergar Monastery for His Holiness Karmapa and gave him a grand welcome. His Holiness Karmapa will stay in Bodhgaya through early March and will lead all Pre-Monlam [...]
The Nyingma Monlam Chenmo Tormas
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The 23rd Nyingma Monlam Chenmo for World Peace started yesterday in Bodhgaya and will continue until February 2. Luminaries attending include Dilgo Yangsi Rinpoche, Rabjam Rinpoche, and Dudjom Rinpoche (to name only a few). The Nyingma Monlam provides the sole occasion for members of the diverse lineages of the Nyingma Tradition to congregate and pray for [...]
Tormas in Memory of the Late H.H. Khenchen Jigme Phuntsog Jungne (1933-2004)
Posted in Uncategorized on January 22, 2012 | 5 Comments »
A monlam was recently held in Bodhgaya in honor of the 9th anniversary of the passing of H.H. Khenchen Jigme Phuntsog. At the age of two, he was recognized as a incarnation of the Terton Sogyal, Lerab Lingpa and is cited as being the most influential Lama of the Nyingma tradition in contemporary Tibet. He played [...]
Karmapa on the significance of the tormas created for the 26th Kagyu Monlam
Posted in 17th Karmapa, Bodhgaya, Buddha, Buddhism, Butter Sculpture, Film, Kagyu Lineage, Kagyu Monlam, Monlam Chenmo, Ogyen Tinley Dorje, tormas, tagged 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, 26th Kagyu Monlam, 26th Kagyu Monlam Butter Sculptures, Kagyu Lineage, tormas on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a video montage featuring excerpts of a talk by His Holiness, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, in which he explained the significance of the tormas created for the 26th Kagyu Monlam (filmed in Bodhgaya, India in 2009). The text below is followed by a link to the transcript of the entire teaching: A Talk [...]
A Dazzling Visual Feast of Butter Sculpture Celebrates the Kalachakra Teachings and Empowerment in Bodhgaya, India
Posted in 17th Karmapa, Bodhgaya, Buddhism, Butter Sculpture, Gelukpa, Gyudmed butter sculpture, Gyuto butter sculpture, H.H. Dalai Lama, India, Kalachakra, Kalachakra 2012, Kalachakra Butter Sculpture, Kalachakra tormas, tagged 14th Dalai Lama, 32nd Kalachakra Initiation, Gelukpa butter sculpture, Gyudmed butter sculpture, Gyuto butter sculpture, Kalachakra 2012, Kalachakra butter sculpture, Kalachakra tormas on January 6, 2012 | 5 Comments »
The amazing butter sculptures displayed below were created by the Gyuto and Gyudmed monks for the Kalachakra teachings and initiation currently taking place in Bodhgaya. They depict the Seventeen Nalanda Masters: Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Buddhapalita, Bhavaviveka, Chandrakirti, Shantideva, Shantarakshita, Kamalashila, Asanga, Vasubandhu, Dignaga, Dharmakirti, Arya Vimuktisena, Haribhadra, Gunaprabha, Shakyaprabha, and Atisha; Green Tara, White Tara, the [...]
From Kagyu Office: the Website of His Holiness Gyalwang Karmapa — Preserving a Unique Spiritual Art Form, Gyalwang Karmapa Instructs Torma Makers
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
December 30, 2011- Sarnath, Varanasi. His Holiness the Karmapa today addressed a group of 80 butter sculptors, including monks and nuns from over 35 monasteries and nunneries. Tibetan butter sculptures, sometimes loosely referred to tormas, are ritual cakes typically made of butter and other substances and often beautifully decorated. Each year, His Holiness appoints teams [...]
Karme Samten’s Karmapa 900 Tormas
Posted in Uncategorized on January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Karma Samten is the artist who made the tormas for the Karmapa 900 Delhi event at the Grand Hotel. Pictured above in 2008 during an interview for the Torma Film, Karma Samten is an accomplished torma artist and thangka painter who helps to supervise the Kagyu Monlam torma team. Pictured below are the tormas [...]
Torma Art Classes ~ Sarnath, December 2011 – January 2012 « Kagyu Monlam Blog
Posted in Uncategorized on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Around a hundred monks and nuns from several Karma Kagyu monasteries and nunneries in India, Nepal and Bhutan have been attending torma art classes in Vajra Vidya Institute, Thrangu Rinpoche’s monastery in Sarnath, since the beginning of December. via Torma Art Classes ~ Sarnath, December 2011 – January 2012 « Kagyu Monlam Blog.
