The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, is the spiritual head of the Karma Kagju school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapas are Tibet's greatest wisdom teachers. In 1999, the young Karmapa fled to Tibet to join the Dalai Lama in exile in India. There his masters have been passing on the ancient Kagyu l[...]
Sixteen American college students spent a month in India with His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa. Together, they discussed topics ranging from food justice to gender identities to sustainable compassion. The Karmapa's teachings in this book are the product of those meetings.
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Advice and encouragement from a leading young spiritual teacher on how to live with compassion, ethical principles, and bravery in the face of the global challenges facing humanity.
In his first major book, the Karmapa, a charismatic 28-year-old emerging leader of Tibetan Buddhism, offers heartf[...]
"The Kagyu Monlam Book" was composed by H.H. 17th Karmapa, for the annual monlam in Bodhgaya, India and North America. A rich source of Tibetan Buddhist prayers, with the Tibetan, English, and transliteration, it consists of 438 pages and a 138-page supplement.[...]
Guru yoga is essential for the realization of mahamudra, and in the Karma Kagyu lineage, the primary guru yoga practiced is the Four-Session Guru Yoga by the Eighth Karmapa Mikyo Dorje. This volume presents newly rediscovered instructions for this practice by the Fifth Shamar Konchok Yenlak and the [...]