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What do you get a Bodhisattva for his 90th Birthday in 2013?
Written by May Lein Ho, Coordinator of the Friends of KTD, Sept 2, 2012 This year we celebrated Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s 89th birthday. I enjoyed very much looking at the beautiful pictures...
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Billie’s Bodhgaya: Billie Luque Arias Makes Pilgrimage to KTD from Caracas,...
Billie Luque Arias stands in the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra entranceway. Before the 2010 Monlam, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche called KTD “the Bodhgaya of America,” and said it was a holy place of pilgrimage...
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Anitra Brown Writes on Tulku Damchö’s First Teaching at KTD
We had a wonderful weekend with Tulku Damchö’s first teaching at KTD, and we very much hope it won’t be the last. “My job description is doing what Thrangu Rinpoche tells me,” he said as we begged him...
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What Do You Get a Bodhisattva for His 90th Birthday? White Tara Statues for a...
May Lein Ho continues her story - AFTER I CAME BACK from Karme Ling with Rinpoche’s permission and blessing to start working on the White Tara Statue project, Ani Lodro called twice to relay specific...
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Dorzong Monastery Conducts Long Life Ceremony for His Holiness the Gyalwang...
Monday, October 29th, 2012 Kangra Valley, HP, India His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa Several thousand people converged on Dorzong Monastic Institute today to hold a long-life ceremony for His Holiness...
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“I would like to see Chöd done regularly at KTD.” Lama Tsultrim Gyaltsen on...
Lama Tsultrim Gyaltsen is getting ready to embark on his second Chod teaching series at KTD next weekend. We spoke to the Retreat Master briefly about Chöd practice at KTD. Lama Gyaltsen, what is your...
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Gyalwa Gyamtso Drupchod: A Gathering of Blessings
During the Drupchod of Gyalwa Gyamtso (or, “Ocean of Victors” – a special practice of Red Chenrezig) the entire Red Chenrezig sadhana will be performed daily by the Karme Ling lamas. The Gyalwa Gyamtso...
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Shipping the Beans and Skillful Means: KTD Gets a Lot of Coffee
Michael Jones, Addison Shierry and some House Blend 35 pounds of Starbucks coffee is on the way to KTD. Addison Shierry took refuge last weekend. She lives in Dallas, and works at Starbucks. Her...
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“… the true volunteering where you become part of the fold. Being part of...
This story starts with Anne Hulett, who along with Nancy Schaeffer runs the KTD office and handles registration. Not too long ago, Anne had a conversation with Linda Patrik, KTD’s new Director of...
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Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche’s May 17-19, 2013 teaching on “Naturally Liberating...
Khenpo Gangshar Dear Dharma Friends: Greetings! We hope all of you are well and enjoying the autumn holidays. Soon winter will be upon us, and with it the turning of the New Year in January. We at KTD...
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KTD’s First-Ever Stupa Pilgrimage: June 1 – 4, 2013 in Colorado
The Tashi Gomang Stupa The benefits of stupas (also known as “choten,” or “dharma support” in Tibetan) are well-known. They are symbolic representations of the body, speech, and mind of a Buddha; they...
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KTD’s First-Ever Stupa Pilgrimage: June 4 – 7, 2013 in Colorado
The Tashi Gomang Stupa The benefits of stupas (also known as “choten,” or “dharma support” in Tibetan) are well-known. They are symbolic representations of the body, speech, and mind of a Buddha; they...
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KTD Group Audience with His Holiness Karmapa on Christmas Day
The group from KTD that traveled to the 2012-2013 Kagyu Monlam had an audience with His Holiness on December 25th. From Left: Amy McCracken, Ani Jangchup, His Holiness Karmapa, Lama Zopa, Amy Schwartz...
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The Unsung Heroes of the Kagyu Monlam
The torma artists are the unsung heroes of the Kagyu Monlam. Every year they labor long hours in relative obscurity, tucked away in a private space far removed from Tergar Monastery and the bustle of...
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This prayer is the single most important aspiration prayer of the mahayana...
On the weekend of March 1 – 3 at KTD, Khenpo Ugyen Tenzin will teach on The King of Aspiration Prayers. “This prayer is the single most important aspiration prayer of the mahayana and was spoken by the...
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What is a Khenpo? Lama Zopa explains -
There are some common misunderstandings of what a khenpo is and why they are so highly regarded: not everyone who graduates from a shedra is appointed as a khenpo. Those who are appointed have excelled...
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“How did we get so lucky?” — KTD Members Go To The 30th Kagyu Monlam
From left: Amy Schwartz, Charles Dawes, Susan Thompson, Amy McCracken, and author Karen Lucic in the Monlam Tent. “How did we get so lucky?” This question arose again and again for those of us from...
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Close Encounters with Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye
Currently, I have the amazing good fortune of a six-month leave from my job as a history teacher in New Hampshire. I’ve been traveling in Nepal and India, going to holy places and teachings and the...
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‘Lojong… the Condensed Essence of all Dharma.’ Mind Training Teachings by...
The Lojong or Mind Training teachings come from the Kadampa lineage of the great Jowo Je Atisha. These teachings were later structured into seven topics called the Seven Points of Mind Training by...
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