Category: Gyalwa Karmapa’s teachings — texts
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The 17 Gyalwa Karmapa’s Talk on Practicing Compassion and Understanding Impermanence
I hope you all had a good pilgrimage. ‘Good’ meaning a journey with positive and moving experiences that will change your perspective on how you have lived your life so far;
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Message For The Young People Of India
Today marks the UN International Youth Day, and in just a few days, on 15th August, is India’s Independence Day. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to speak directly to the young people of India, who have not only an important role to play in directing the future of their nation, but in…
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Karmapa’s speech to mark the one year anniversary of Shamar Rinpoche’s passing
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone and offer my gratitude and appreciation to all of you for being here. I can see devotees of His Holiness Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche – many old devotees, friends and disciples, practitioners, and of course the Venerables. I would like to take a moment to remind…
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Karmapa’s Official Address on Vesak 2015
Dear friends, To all those affected by the earthquake that struck Nepal and neighbouring countries, I offer my deepest condolences and most heartfelt prayers on this day of Vesak, the day that marks the birth, enlightenment and passing of Buddha. I cannot even imagine just how hard it must be for all of you, losing…
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What Kind of Happiness Are You Seeking?
How much do we really know about happiness? From a Buddhist perspective, all sentient beings, including animals, seek happiness. We have a subconscious instinct to seek happiness — even though many of us don’t have a clear idea what it is, or how to achieve it.
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Teachings About Initiations
Karmapa’s teachings about initiations, given on the first day of The Karmapa Public Course-2015.
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Is Understanding Fear Beneficial?
Fear. We all experience it.
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Day of Peace
Dear dharma friends, I am delighted to share this message as Faith in Peace Ambassador for Peace Day on 21st September 2013. With the United Nations Secretary-General and countless others supporting this global day of peace, this is an auspicious moment indeed.
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September 11th: Nonviolence and Compassion
September 11th marks the anniversary of the tragic events in New York and Washington in 2001. Nearly 3000 people were killed in the attacks, causing huge suffering and loss, still felt to this day. In the face of violence, where is there hope?
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Finding Freedom
Most of us tend to think about freedom as being able to say and do what we want. We think of freedom as depending on external circumstances. If we can’t do what we want, we think, this is largely due to society’s constraints on us. So, naturally, we think of ‘others’ as the enemies of…
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About Buddha Purnima
It is a very special day for all practitioners of Buddhism, because it is the anniversary of three important events in Lord Buddha’s life.
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Wars of Words Are Violent, Too
The so-called war of words involving North Korea, South Korea and the United States, raises an important question for our time: how do we define violence?
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Learning From Lehman
Saturday 15 September marks four years since the fall of the Lehman brothers, the beginning of the economic crisis. Seeing and experiencing how the economic system has caused pain and sorrow for many people around the world, we cannot forget, however, that it was once intended for something good and to benefit everybody. With the…
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Pain, Gain and the Race of Life
This summer, the world is looking towards London to celebrate its athletes. For them, the saying ‘no pain, no gain’ is part of their path to excellence. For the rest of us, we might be left wondering whether all this pain is necessary. Wouldn’t life be much easier if we only had gain? Nobody wants…
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The Wealth of Europe
The financial crisis in Europe, and the suffering caused by it, is something that has increasingly drawn my attention. The population of young people – my own age group – is particularly affected by it. I believe that in Spain, where I begin my third European tour this week, more than half of young people…
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Five Steps to a Wealthier Life
We all want to lead healthy and prosperous lives. The news headlines in the UK and around the world, however, are firmly focused on the activities of banks and bankers and the weakness of our global economy. They paint a picture of wealth and prosperity defined by possessions and materialism alone. How do we lead…