Tag: kagyu
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Closing the academic year at KIBI and celebrating three years of successfully running KIBS
April 12th marked the completion of the first official year of the fully accredited Bachelor of Buddhist Studies degree program. A closing ceremony, which also commemorated the third-year anniversary of the formation of KIBS, was held to mark the occasion. The ceremony was honoured by the presence of chief guest, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa. Also…
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H.H.17th Karmapa Visits the Mewar Institute, Ghaziabad U.P.
Staff and students of Karmapa International Buddhist Institute are invited by the Mewar Institute, Ghaziabad U.P. India on Wednesday the 25th of February to celebrate the collaboration and union of the two institutes of education.
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Teaching by His Eminence Beru Khyentse Rinpoche
From October 14th to 18th KIBI was honored with the presence of Beru Khyentse Rinpoche. On request of the students Rinpoche agreed to give a talk on Wednesday evening.
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An open appeal: the spiritual and historical legacy of Kunzig Shamarpa and Nepal
The spiritual connection between Kunzig Shamarpa and Nepal is a long-standing historical legacy dating back to centuries of established ‘karmic’ bonds. The genesis of Shamarpa, as the Red Hat lama of Tibet, originated in the 10th century in his birth as a Nepali citizen named Kumar Gupth born in Patan, Kathmandu. Kumar Gupth received many…
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Special session on meditation with His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa
His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje held a special session for the students of the Shamatha Meditation Course 2012 on 18th November 2012 at the main hall of the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI). The students, enrolled for the month long KIBI Shamatha course which had commenced on 8th November, availed this special…
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Closing Ceremony of KIBI Translator’s Course 2012
His Holiness the XVIIth Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorji, supreme head of the Karma Kagyu lineage graced the closing ceremony of the inaugural Translator’s Course 2012 on 04th November, 2012. Jigme Rinpoche, General Secretary of His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, opened the address with an extensive outline of the importance of translations richly interspersed with…
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Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche’s Teaching in KIBI Translator Course
Responding to earnest requests from the teaching faculty and students of the KIBI Translator’s Course, Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche addressed the students on Friday, November 02, 2012. Rinpoche began his address with a wide overview about the establishment of KIBI. Rinpoche outlaid the tribulations that went into the successful inception of KIBI as a result of…