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Saka Dawa, the Most Sacred of all Tibetan Months
Saka Dawa is the most sacred of all Tibetan months. On the full moon day of this month, Buddhists observe three sacred events in one: the birth, enlightenment and death (parinirvana) of the historical...
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Interconnected: Embracing Life in our Global Society, A Brand New Book By His...
We wanted to share some news about His Holiness’s next book, called Interconnected: Embracing Life in our Global Society. c Interconnected: Embracing Life in our Global Society is based on a second...
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Karmapa: 900 Years Now Available as a Downloadable E-Book!
Sacred stories of awakening and vast dharmic deeds are at the heart of the book, “Karmapa: 900 Years” published by KTD Publications. The book, which chronicles the 900-year tradition of the Gyalwang...
View ArticleFirst Light Prayers
ccc 1.cA Feast For the Fortunatec(His Holiness 17th Karmapa) ccc Om, Swasti! Dharmakaya, unchanging unity of appearance and Emptiness, Vast expanse of youthful great bliss, Sky of spontaneously present...
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Blessings of the Guru: The 21st Annual Karma Pakshi Retreat
Every year, those KTD students who have finished their Mahamudra Preliminary practices (called “Ngöndro”) gather to perform the Guru Sadhana of the 2nd Karmapa, Karma Pakshi. This special practice...
View ArticleHis Holiness Karmapa on “Freedom through Meditation”
Preface The Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje In the summer of 2017, I was fortunate to be able to visit Canada for the very first time, traveling the breadth of this vast land to...
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Blessing the Ground for a New Columbus KTC Dharma Center
Three years after an arson fire destroyed the Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling Center in a neighborhood near the city’s downtown, lamas from KTD Monastery recently visited Columbus to conduct a Land...
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哥伦布 KTC新佛法中心破土動工開光儀式
三年前，位於哥倫布市中心附近的噶瑪三乘法林中心（KTC）在一场纵火案中毀於一旦。三年後的今天，来自KTD 寺院的喇嘛們访问了哥伦布,在该楼盘举行了一場土地開光和破土動工仪式。 這一天是2019年4月7日星期日, 是由KTC 创始人堪布卡塔仁波切根據藏曆特別挑選的吉祥日。 持續一天的仪式由堪布噶瑪丹炯和KTD 总裁喇嘛噶瑪卓都帶領，一同來自紐約的還有KTD...
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Unprecedented KTD Event: Reading Transmission of All 60 Volumes of Karma...
Sponsorship information (in English and Chinese) for Karma Chakme Reading Transmission here Lama Tobden A rare blessing opportunity will be offered by Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery this August...
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Scenes from the First Session of The Karma Chakme Reading Transmission,...
This special shrine includes all 60 volumes of Karma Chakme’s writings, as well as a small thangka print of Chakme Rinpoche and photos of various masters, including Nedo Khatrul Rinpoche, from whom...
View ArticleA Brief Bibliography of Texts in English by Khedrup Karma Chakme
A. Commentaries on Karma Chakme’s Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. The Short Version Luminous Clarity: A Commentary on Karma Chagme’s Union of Mahamudra and Dzogchen, by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Tr....
View ArticleThe Three Defects in Listening
— Khenpo Karma Tenkyong To illustrate his talk, Khenpo Tenkyong brought a tray with three cups: one was turned upside down, the next had a hole in it, and the last one had drops of color in it. The...
View ArticleThe Six Stains
— Lama Karma Drodhul The teaching today is from the sutra, the Well-Explained Reasoning. “Stain” in Tibetan is drima and we can relate this to Gampopa and his meeting with Phakmo Drupa, who was one of...
View ArticleWhat Is a Reading Transmission?
— Khenpo Ugyen Tenzin Generally, the Tibetan word for “reading transmission” is lung, which has many meanings. Often, it means a reading transmission that gives us authorization or permission to read...
View ArticleRelying on the Four Intentions During the Reading Transmission
— Lama Kathy Wesley Earlier talks in this series covered things to avoid while listening to Reading Transmission – distraction, being lost in mental affliction, and so on – and this week’s talks will...
View ArticleEngendering Bodhicitta: All You Need To Know
— Lama Tsultrim Yeshe A. Bodhicitta Bodhicitta means both the awake mind and the mind that aspires to awaken. BODHI means awake. CITTA means mind. Here are some quotes (in bold type) from the White...
View ArticleBeing Present
— Lama Rina Otero Being present takes into account the synchronization of three basic areas: Body, Speech and Mind. With respect to body, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa gives an excellent description of...
View ArticleKarma Chakme on Mani Mantras
From OM comes the blessings of his awakened body to ours— May the blessings of the Great Compassionate One’s body Enter the bodies of all those who are gathered here. From MA comes the blessing of...
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The Karma Chakme Reading Transmission: History, Teachings and the Blessing of...
Site Editor’s Note: With the completion of Part One of the Reading Transmission of the Complete Works of Karma Chakme at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, we are pleased to share with you a series of...
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