The 28th Kagyu Monlam will
be held from 15th – 22nd December 2010
in Bodh Gaya.
The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
and other high Rinpoches will preside over the assembly
of thousands of monks, nuns and lay devotees who will
pray for the well-being of the world and that all sentient
beings may be touched by the wisdom, compassion and power of
the buddhas and bodhisattvas.
Gyalwang Karmapa will give The
Public Teaching on The Aspiration Prayer of
Samantabhadra. His Holiness will give oral
instructions on different meditations, and will give a commentary
each day on one of the specific prayers for that
day.
In addition there will be different
prayers recited for the well-being of Tibet.
The Medicine Buddha Ritual,
Tara and Guru Rinpoche prayers and so forth will be
recited for the benefit of the living, and the
Akshobhya Ritual and Fire Ritual will be offered for
those who have passed away. For the benefit of both the
living and the deceased, there will be a complete reading of the
Kangyur, the Sixteen Arhats Ritual, the Alms Procession, the Sutric
tradition Guru Puja with distribution of tsog, and the Lamp
Prayer.
Website : http://www.kagyumonlam.org/English/News/news_main.html
Schedule :
http://www.kagyumonlam.org/English/News/Schedule/28th_Monlam_Schedule.html
The 28th Kagyu Monlam Schedules
Pre-Monlam Teaching & Empowerment (Dec. 10-12, 2010)
December 10th , 2010, Friday
Session I
9:00 am~10:30 am
A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
Session II
3:00 pm~4:30 pm
A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment
December 11th , 2010, Saturday
Session I
9:00 am~10:30 am A Lamp for the Path to
Enlightenment
Session II
3:00 pm~4:30 pm A Lamp for the Path to
Enlightenment
December 12th , 2010, Sunday
Session I
9:00 am~10:30 am A Lamp for the Path to
Enlightenment
Session II
3:00 pm~4:30 pm A Lamp for the Path to
Enlightenment
December 13th , 2010, Monday
9:00 am~10:30 am Guru Rinpoche
Empowerment
28th Kagyu Monlam December 15-22, 2010
1st Day: December 15th , 2010, Wednesday
Session I
6:00 am~8:30 am
Sojong vows & The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Session II
9:00 am~11:00 am
Teaching on <The Aspiration Prayer of
Samantabhadra>
Session III
1:30 pm~3:00 pm
The King of Aspirations and Maitreya’s Aspiration
Session IV
3:30 pm~5:00 pm
The Twenty-Branch Monlam
2nd Day: December 16th , 2010, Thursday
Session I
6:00 am~8:30 am
Sojong vows & The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Session II
9:00 am~11:00 am
Teaching on The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra
Session III
1:30 pm~3:00 pm The King of Aspirations and
Prayer from the Way of the Bodhisattva
Session IV
3:30 pm~5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
3rd Day: December 17th , 2010, Friday
Session I
6:00 am~8:30 am Sojong vows & The Twenty-Branch
Monlam
Session II
9:00 am~11:00 am Teaching on The Aspiration Prayer of
Samantabhadra
Session III
1:30 pm~3:00 pm The King of Aspirations and The
Sukhavati Prayer
Session IV
3:30 pm~5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
4th Day: December 18th , 2010, Saturday
Session I
6:00 am~8:30 am Sojong vows & The Twenty-Branch
Monlam
Session II
9:00 am~11:00 am Teaching on The Aspiration Prayer of
Samantabhadra
Session III
1:30 pm~3:00 pm Aspirations for the Removal of
Obstacles
Session IV
3:30 pm~5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
5th Day: December 19th, 2010, Sunday
Session I
6:00 am~8:30 am
Sojong vows & The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Session II
9:00 am~11:00 am
Teaching on <The Aspiration Prayer of
Samantabhadra>
Session III
1:30 pm~3:00 pm
Removal of obstacles: prayers to Guru Rinpoche
Session IV
3:30 pm~5:00 pm
The Twenty-Branch Monlam
6th Day: December 20th , 2010, Monday
Session I
6:00 am~8:30 am Sojong vows & The Twenty-Branch
Monlam
Session II
9:00 am~11:00 am Akshobhya Empowerment
Session III
1:30 pm~3:00 pm Prayers for the Well Being of
Tibet
Session IV
3:30 pm~5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
7th Day: December 21st , 2010, Tuesday
Session I
6:00 am~7:30 am Sojong vows & Medicine Buddha
Puja
8:00 am Kangyur Procession
Session II
8:30 pm~11:00 pm Kangyur Reading
Session III
1:30 pm~3:00 pm Akshobhya ritual and Dharani
Sutra
Session IV
3:30 pm~5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
8:00 pm Akshobhya purification ritual
8th Day, December 22nd , 2010, Wednesday
Session I
6:00 am~8:30 am Sojong vows, The Twenty-Branch Monlam,
and the Sixteen Arhats puja
Session II
9:00 am~10:00 am Lama Chöpa
10:10 am~12:00 pm Alms Procession
Session III
1:00 pm~2:30 pm Lama Chöpa and Tsog Distribution
Session IV
3:00 pm~5:00 pm Ceremony of Appreciation for the
Sponsors and
Special Address, teaching by H.H. Gyalwang Karmapa
7:00
pm~
MarMe Monlam, Lamp Prayer