Message from the Kagyu Mönlam Chenmo Trust
23.11.2020
Following the postponement of our annual gathering in Bodh Gaya due to the ongoing pandemic, the Kagyu Monlam team are happy to announce that the main Monlam puja will be conducted in Rumtek His Holiness Karmapa's Sangha Dhuche, together with Nedo Chedu Chokhorling Monastery and Karma Dechen Chokhorling Nunnery. The Monlam will be audio-streamed live from Rumtek, and thie live stream will be available on His Holiness's website and social media platforms, as well as the Kagyu Monlam Facebook and YouTube pages.
All students are invited to join the aspiration prayers live from Rumtek, between 16 and 23. December, from the safety of their own homes. The daily schedule will be published soon.
A recording of the prayers, which will also include a brief welcome address by Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, will be available for all students who are unable to join the live stream.
At the same time, Monlams will also be safely held in the following monasteries in India and Nepal:
In India: Karma Darjay Chokhorling Monastery, Rey Ka-ten Namgyalling Monastery, Karma Kunchok Bang, Karma Dupgyud Choeling Monastery Ladakh, Karma Chagchen Jampaling Nunnery Ladakh, Diwakar Buddhist Academy, Diwakar Buddhist School Takdah, Tilopa Buddhist Institute and Karmapa Buddhist International Society.
In Nepal: Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, Dhagpo Sheydrup Ling, Karma Ngedhon Osal Choekhorling, Sangye Choeling Monastery, Nepal Buddhist Nunnery School, Sharminub Institute, Dhuldarling, Karma Raj Mahavihara, Lhundrup Ling, Nepal Trungram Gumba, Nepal Trungram Nunnery, Karma Dubgyu Chokorling, Mila Kagyu Ling Mahaboudha Gumba, Karma Theksum Choiling Monastery, Jangchub Choeling Monastery, Kagyu Institute for Buddhist Studies (Kirtipur) and Tharpa Choeling Nunnery.
On behalf of the Kagyu Monlam Team, we would like to offer our heartfelt gratitude to all students for their continued support.
The live and recorded audio stream, including the brief welcome address by Karmapa, will be available on Karmapa's official site www.karmapa.org with more details to be published soon.
Even though we cannot be together in person in Bodh Gaya this year, the Kagyu Monlam team nethertheless hopes that this special event from Rumtek, the main seat-in-exile of our Karma Kagyu lineage, will help bring us all together during these challenging times.
Khenpo Karma Lekshey
President
Kagyu Monlam Organizing Committee