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Today, Lama Ole Nydahl had a private audience with HH the Gyalwa Karmapa, Sangyum la and their family at Karmapa International Buddhist Institute. In particular, Lama Ole‘s visit was to meet and pay his respect to the Thugsey la. Here we share a glimpse of that special moment:    

KIBI is happy to announce the confirmed dates for the next Karmapa Public Course (KPC19), which will take place from March 11th till March 18th.

On 19th & 20th, Nov, 2018 Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and UAE Ministry of Interior, we are honored to participate in this important conference, “Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities: Child Dignity online” at…

Today, the students of KIBI Short Intensive Course received a special audience with His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa. The meeting took placed around at 6:00(IST) at Private Audience Hall. Firstly, His Holiness greeted everyone warmly and gave a Dharma teaching with his usual gentle manner. Just to share a glimpse, he emphasized on the importance of our precious human life and…

12th Nov, 2018: The one-month KIBI Intensive Course commenced today with an Opening Ceremony that was chaired by Ven. Khenchen Chodrak Tenphel Rinpoche and emeritus Prof. Sempa Dorje and began with the symbolic traditional ceremony of auspicious lighting of butter lamps and chanting of the sacred Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones. In the…

Lhabab Duchen, celebrated on the 22nd day of the ninth month in Tibetan calendar, marks the anniversary of the Buddha’s descent from the heavenly realm to the earth. it is on this day that Buddha Shakyamuni descended to the heaven of thirty-three Trayastrimsa to give teachings to benefit the gods in the desire realms and…

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It is our pleasure to invite you to the annual Public Meditation Course (PMC18/19) at KIBI. The program will begin with an information session in the afternoon on December 25 th, 2018 and conclude with an aspiration prayer in the morning of January 3 rd , 2019.

Dear Dharma friends, we are happy to announce the dates of the upcoming Public Meditation Course at KIBI:  from December 25th 2018 to January 3rd 2019. Registration link will be sent in a newsletter very soon.

Dear dharma friends around the world, We are happy to inform you that the registration for the KIBI Short Course in November 2018 is open from today, 14/09/2018 until 05/11/2018! Here is a brief overview of the course details: When? November 12th – December 08th 2018 Where? Karmapa International Buddhist Institute, New Delhi What? Teachings on Abhidharma (Gateway to Knowledge by…

“Everything, everything is impermanent. Nothing is permanent. So you should be aware of it, therefore you should not be surprised when you see that something has changed.” – Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche According to the Tibetan calendar, Tuesday May 29, 2018 marked the fourth anniversary of the parinirvana of His Holiness the 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche.…

Today is a very special day for all of us and we have all gathered here in the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute to celebrate the 35th birthday of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Thaye Dorje. To celebrate the occasion, K.I.B.I. organised a series of events to which the administrative staff members, Rinpoches, Lamas, Khenpos,…

K.I.B.I.’s primary objective has always been to offer long-term, University accredited courses. To this effect, we have run since 2013 a Bachelor of Arts in Buddhist Studies in collaboration with Mewar University. This year marks the final year of the B.A. program, with our final batch of students having graduated on the 2nd of May…

On May 2nd, K.I.B.I. celebrated the third and final Graduation Ceremony of its B.A. program. All students, faculty and staff members, along with all K.I.B.I. residents gathered to celebrate the graduation of three students from our B.A. program, which was run in collaboration with Mewar University, as well as two more students enrolled in the…

Today, on this very auspicious date, we have all gathered to celebrate Buddha Purnima. Buddha Purnima (also known as Buddha Jayanti, or Vesak) is traditionally celebrated to commemorate the birth of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the Gautama Buddha. To celebrate the occasion, the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute organised a series of events,…

Alongside His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, some of our leading Buddhist scholars from both traditional and academic backgrounds were among us this past week: ¨Professor Sempa Dorje, who is a personification of Tibetan Buddhism; Khenchen Chodak Tenphel Rinpoche, one of our senior Khenpos; Khenpo Lobsang, who is a Faculty member of KIBI; Tulku Trinley Rinpoche…

Karmapa Public Course began on Sunday 11th of March and will run for 8 days until 18th of March. The programme is comprised of two empowerments and 6 days of teaching, including the Shantideva text, The Way of the Bodhisattva, Chapter 5 on Vigilance. Over 400 international Dharma practitioners are receiving teachings from Gyalwa Karmapa,…

The International Women’s Day is celebrated to honor the dedication, achievements and devotion of women and signifies their importance in our society. Today, women belonging to different backgrounds have come forward showcasing their talent. Though we live in a society where gender inequality still continues to be a matter of concern, women are increasingly visible…

Here some Glimpse picture of celebrating Tibetan new year (Losar) in our Karmapa International Buddhist Institute New Delhi. 14th Feb: Day time we are finished with our Mahakala Pujas with a Tsok offering, at night time, we made special Losar traditional thukpa known as “Guthuk” in Tibetan (Tibetan porridge) which include a different type of…

All the Karma Kagyu lineage monasteries hold annual end-of-year Mahakala puja, praying for a prosperous and peaceful coming year. Offering and performing the vast puja that can help the practitioners in eliminating the external as well as internal obstacles, To fulfill all the wishes, eliminating the habitual patterns resulted from the five poisons, experience emptiness,…

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“Share your bread with hungers, Make homeless into household, when you see the naked cover them and do not divert your eyes from your own flesh “ As a part of our regular charity activities for the poor and needy people, on 13th January, Karmapa International Buddhist Society distributed numbers of blankets to the homeless…

Today we concluded a lamp offering and aspiration prayers a (6th Meditation course of KIBI), which is actually completion of transmission in four foundation practice in the Karma Kagyu Tradition with 249 participants from nearly 40 different countries. It has been comparatively long and challenging time to reach practice of Guru Yoga. However, mutual effort…

“In a meditative state, you are in a space of vastness, calmness and joy and this is what you emit into the environment, bringing harmony to the planet” On 25/12/2017 Karmapa International Buddhist Institution Public Meditation Course 2017 began with an introduction of the program and Sojong practice in the afternoon. It will conclude with an aspiration…

We are happy ro announce that Karmapa Public Course will take place from 11th to 18th March 2018.  The invitation letter with the link for registration will be sent to you in January. With warm greetings, Bettina, on behalf of the KPC18 team  

Public Meditation Course 2017-2018: Registration is Open

September 15, 2017, marked the beginning of the new academic year at K.I.B.I.  A short orientation for students and faculty was followed by the first lecture of the semester, given by visiting professor Lara Braitstein.  An exciting semester ahead will bring courses on Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation (དྭགས་པོ་ཐར་རྒྱན་ ) Mipham Rinpoche’s Gateway to Knowledge (མཁས་འཇུག་),  Candrakīrti’sMadhyamakāvatāra (དབུ་མ་ལ་འཇུག་པ་), an advanced seminar on…

May 6, 2017.  Today was an extraordinary day of celebrations at K.I.B.I. as we marked both the 34th birthday of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje and the graduation of six students from the B.A. program.  Congratulations to Karen Franco, Olga Maksimova, Stephane Richards, Coralie Maurel Santini, Kelsang Sherpa, and Zsuzsanna Venczel! During the…

On March 30th 2017, led by Professor Sempa Dorje, a group of monks went to the National Association for the Blind in South Delhi.

Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Eva Seegers, from University of Hamburg, who gave a lecture about stupas. She started out by introducing different kinds of stupas and then moved on to two particular ones in Eastern Tibet. The audience could feel her enthusiasm, knowledge and engagement for the topic and it was…