From April 11 till April 19, special pujas (meditation practice with melodic chants and instruments) will be held at Karmapa Center 16 in preparation for the onsite groundwork that will begin later this spring. This is a significant step forward in our three-phased project and will literally create the foundations for the Parinirvāṇa Stupa Temple, a residence for His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, and two retreat houses.
The pujas are intended to remove any obstacles, create the most auspicious conditions for the engineers, all workers, and volunteers to start our work together, and to promote environmental harmony. You are warmly invited to join our practices onsite or online, and make offerings in support of the lamas, practices, and the second phase of our Stupa Project. A link will be sent after an offering of any amount.
Schedule
Friday April 11 to Thursday, April 17
| time (Central Time, UTC-6) | puja |
|---|---|
| 9:00–10:00 AM | ཟབ་ཏིག་སྒྲོལ་མ། Green Tara |
| 10:30–12:00 PM | མགོན་པོའི་བསྐང་གསོལ། Mahakala Practice 1 |
| 2:00–3:30 PM | མགོན་པོའི་བསྐང་གསོལ། Mahakala Practice 2 |
| 4:00 – 5:30 PM | མགོན་པོའི་བསྐང་གསོལ། Mahakala Practice 3 |
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Saturday, April 19th, 2025
| time (US Central Time, UTC-6) | puja |
|---|---|
| 10:00–12:00 PM | ལོ་ནག་བཅོས་བུམ། Vase Ceremony |
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Be Inspired by the Lineage of the Karmapas
We feel very fortunate to take this next step as part of creating a place for pilgrimage, study, and practice of the Dharma, the Kagyü, and especially the lineage of the Karmapas. In particular, to commemorate and be inspired by the life and teachings of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje. May all be auspicious!
Karmapa Khyenno!