27th Kagyu Monlam, Bodhgaya, Dec 20 2009 till Jan 1 2010

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During the 27th Kagyu Monlam the Gyalwang Karmapa will complete the
transmission of the "Life of Milarepa", so the theme of this year's
Monlam will be "Remembering the Kindness of the Lineage Masters,
especially Milarepa". To reflect this, there will be a programme of
special events.

Tuesday, 29th December, 2009 at 7.00 PM, Tergar Monastery: The
Gyalwang Karmapa will lead the Tsog (Ganachakra) Offering of the Guru
Yoga of Milarepa, composed by the First Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche.
This puja is open to both ordained and lay people, but you must have
completed the Drubgyu Four Ngondro (Preliminary Practices) in order to
attend. You will need to bring your own copy of the text.

Friday, 1st January, 2010 at 11.00AM near Tergar Monastery: There will
be a special celebratory lunch offering to the sanghas of those
monasteries and nunneries which were formally invited to attend Kagyu
Monlam. In order to recall the hardships Milarepa underwent, nettle
soup will be served as part of the meal.

Friday, 1st January, 2010 at 7.00PM near Tergar Monastery: There will
be a performance of a drama in six acts, based on Milarepa's life,
written especially by the Gyalwang Karmapa. There will also be various
presentations of monastic arts and culture. Everyone is invited to
this special performance and we hope you will enjoy it.


Pre-Monlam Teaching (Dec. 20-22, 2009)

Sunday 20th December, 2009
Session I 9:00 am~11:00 am Teaching
Session II 3:00 pm~5:00 pm Teaching

Monday 21st December, 2009
Session I 9:00 am~11:00 am Teaching
Session II 3:00 pm~5:00 pm Teaching

Tuesday 22nd December, 2009
Session I 9:00 am~11:00 am Teaching

Monlam Schedule (Dec. 24-31, 2009)

First Day: Thursday 24th December, 2009
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 Life of Milarepa
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

Second Day: Friday 25th December, 2009
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 Life of Milarepa
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

Third Day: Saturday 26th December, 2009
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 Life of Milarepa
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

Fourth Day: Sunday 27th December, 2009
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 Life of Milarepa
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

Fifth Day: Monday 28th December, 2009
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 Life of Milarepa
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

Sixth Day: Tuesday 29th December, 2009
Session I 6:00 am~8:30 am Sojong vows & The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Session II 9:00 am~11:00 am Milarepa 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

Seventh Day: Wednesday 30th December, 2009
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 Ashobhya ritual and Dharani Sutra
Session IV 3:30 pm~5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
8:00 pm Akshobhya purification ritual

Eighth Day, Thursday 31st December, 2009
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
Session IV 3:00 pm~5:00 pm Ceremony of Appreciation for the Sponsors and
Special Address by H.H. Gyalwang Karmapa

7:30 pm~ Mar-Me Monlam (Lamp Prayer)

Teachings in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India from January 5 to 9, 2010

His Holiness will give five-day teachings on Nagarjuna's In Praise of the Transcendental (jigten ley depar toepa), Atisha's Lamp of the Path to Enlightenment (jangchup lamdron), Longchen Rinpoche's Mind In Comfort and Ease (semnyid nyelso) & Tsongkhapa's Short Version of the Stages of the Path To Enlightenment (lamrim dhuedhon) from January 5 to 8. On the morning of January 9 His Holiness will confer a Long Life Empowerment (tsewang) and a long life offering will be offered to His Holiness.

This year the Ayang Rinpoche 16th Annual Phowa Course will overlap with teachings in Bodhgaya by His Holiness the Dalai Lama from January 5-10. Rinpoche says, “it would be a very good opportunity for the people coming to phowa this year to be able to also receive the blessings and teachings of HH Dalai Lama at the same time.” Rinpoche has changed his daily schedule slightly to accommodate. He advises everyone to make advance bookings for their flight and especially for room reservations in Bodhgaya, due to the large number of people who will be coming at that time.

The Kagyu Monlam Chenmo will be held December 24-31, 2009 in Bodhgaya. His Holiness Gyalwang Karmapa will be giving special pre-monlam teachings for Westerners on Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend December 20-22. Click here for more information and the Monlam schedule.
http://www.kagyumonlam.org/English/News ... edule.html

The Nyingma Monlam Chenmo will be held January 16-25, 2010 in Bodhgaya.