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Featured Upcoming Event
Event ID: 4144
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teaching, to be recorded at Bodong Porong Pelmo Choeding monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, will be available to view by the end of each day (Nepal time).
Event details: One of the most celebrated works of the great Tibetan Kadampa master and meditator Langri Thangpa. Although very short and succinctly expressed, it outlines the essential aspects of the training of one’s mind in the conduct of a bodhisattva. Its main emphasis is on the altruistic practices of the bodhisattva’s way of life. Particularly highlighted are the skilful ways in which a true practitioner can transcend adverse circumstances and transform these into conditions which will enhance spiritual progress. This text forms part of a tradition which evolved in ancient India and later developed, in Tibet, as a distinct category of practices known as ‘Lo-jong’, often translated as ‘Thought Transformation’ or ‘Mind Training’.
Geshe Pema Dorjee (born in 1951, Tibet) is an internationally respected scholar and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, known for his fluent English, clear explanations, warm nature, and humour. After advanced studies at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics and earning his Geshe degree at Drepung Loseling Monastery, he held senior roles including Director of the Tibetan Children’s Village and Principal of the College for Higher Tibetan Studies. At the Dalai Lama’s request, he revived the Bodong tradition, establishing a research centre in Dharamsala and a monastery and school in Kathmandu. He also leads humanitarian projects in the Himalayas and has taught widely across Europe, Asia, and the United States since 1997.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special teaching event. At the time you register, there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of Bodong Porong Pelmo Choeding monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. From the closing registration date of November 30th, 2025, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
Featured Current Event
Event ID: 4099
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: As advised by His Holiness last year, the remaining sessions this year will focus on advanced topics, including the ‘Ten Impermissible Actions’ and the ‘Five Points of Bhikshu Mahadeva’.
Recorded by the Office of H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, with English and Chinese translation, the first three sessions of the teaching will be available for viewing on Sunday, 24th August, with subsequent sessions released on the following Sundays until 21st September, 2025.
Event details: In order to help revive the Kagyu transmission of teachings, in particular, the advancement of the teaching of the Vajrayana in Kagyu monasteries, H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa has instituted this summer teaching program.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary, and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness. From the closing registration date of October 20th, 2025, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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Gompa’s not-for-profit platform has been built specifically as an advertising-free alternative to commercial platforms, especially for the presentation of Dharma teachings and other Dharma activities and events. Gompa’s member-supporters enable us to keep Gompa’s purpose-built platform free of advertising and of all forms of data marketing. (The privacy of your personal data is fully respected on Gompa – we do not market or sell your personal data as on commercial platforms.)
Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
Event ID: 4168
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This beautifully poetic and profound guru puja practice is a powerful method for strengthening the guru-disciple relationship and for accumulating great merit on this auspicious occasion. The practice is dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the well-being of all sentient beings, and to the fulfilment of the enlightened intentions of all glorious gurus. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Every year, in commemoration of the parinirvana anniversary of H.H. the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, the ‘Lama Choepa (Guru Puja) Offering Ceremony’ is traditionally held for seven days at Rumtek Monastery. During this period, the entire monastic assembly performs the week-long practice entitled ‘The Ocean of Infinite Blessings, Source of Precious Siddhis, Clarifying the Meaning of the Four Kayas – The Guru Yoga composed by the 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche.’
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until November 4th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4144
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The teaching, to be recorded at Bodong Porong Pelmo Choeding monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal, will be available to view by the end of each day (Nepal time).
Event details: One of the most celebrated works of the great Tibetan Kadampa master and meditator Langri Thangpa. Although very short and succinctly expressed, it outlines the essential aspects of the training of one’s mind in the conduct of a bodhisattva. Its main emphasis is on the altruistic practices of the bodhisattva’s way of life. Particularly highlighted are the skilful ways in which a true practitioner can transcend adverse circumstances and transform these into conditions which will enhance spiritual progress. This text forms part of a tradition which evolved in ancient India and later developed, in Tibet, as a distinct category of practices known as ‘Lo-jong’, often translated as ‘Thought Transformation’ or ‘Mind Training’.
Geshe Pema Dorjee (born in 1951, Tibet) is an internationally respected scholar and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, known for his fluent English, clear explanations, warm nature, and humour. After advanced studies at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics and earning his Geshe degree at Drepung Loseling Monastery, he held senior roles including Director of the Tibetan Children’s Village and Principal of the College for Higher Tibetan Studies. At the Dalai Lama’s request, he revived the Bodong tradition, establishing a research centre in Dharamsala and a monastery and school in Kathmandu. He also leads humanitarian projects in the Himalayas and has taught widely across Europe, Asia, and the United States since 1997.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special teaching event. At the time you register, there will also be the opportunity to make a voluntary offering in support of Bodong Porong Pelmo Choeding monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal. From the closing registration date of November 30th, 2025, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
If you wish to be notified by email of further upcoming teachings, or special events at Bodong Porong Pelmo Choeding, please select 'Notification Preferences' from the Navigation Menu.
Gompa’s not-for-profit platform has been built specifically as an advertising-free alternative to commercial platforms, especially for the presentation of Dharma teachings and other Dharma activities and events. Gompa’s member-supporters enable us to keep Gompa’s purpose-built platform free of advertising and of all forms of data marketing. (The privacy of your personal data is fully respected on Gompa – we do not market or sell your personal data as on commercial platforms.)
Monks and nuns at the partner monasteries and nunneries are cordially invited to view the webcast using the free member login of your partner monastery or nunnery.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4167
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: Propitiating and making offerings to the Dharma protectors is regarded as extremely beneficial in overcoming both spiritual and worldly obstacles. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Propitiation Ritual of the Dharma Protectors’ (Kangso) involves making offerings and prayers to the Dharma protectors in order to purify negativities and restore broken commitments.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4164
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These practices are dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Red Avalokiteshvara (Gyalwa Gyatso in Tibetan) practice is highly regarded by Vajrayana practitioners, especially within the Kagyu lineage tradition. Through prayers to and meditation on Avalokiteshvara, one can purify many aeons of negative karma, eradicate sufferings and obstacles, clear away obstacles to our lives and practice, and firmly close all possibility of taking rebirth in the six realms.
Vajravarahi (Dorje Phagmo) is a wrathful form of Vajrayogini, associated particularly with the Cakrasamvara Tantra. The meditational deity Vajrayogini is considered to be one of the supreme manifestations of female enlightened energy. It is said to be highly beneficial to make a connection with Vajrayogini, whose blessings are extremely powerful.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4165
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This puja is also dedicated to the long life of H.H. the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, H.H. the Drikung Kyabgon Chokyi Nangwa, and the other great masters of all traditions, to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Every month, Drikung Kagyu Nunnery performs this special ritual on the 29th day of the Tibetan lunar month, in which offerings and prayers are made to the protector Achi Chokyi Dolma in order to purify negativities and restore broken commitments. Propitiating and making offerings to Achi Chokyi Dolma is regarded as extremely beneficial in overcoming our spiritual and worldly obstacles.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4166
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This puja is also dedicated to the long life of H.H. the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang, H.H. the Drikung Kyabgon Chokyi Nangwa, and the other great masters of all traditions, to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Every month, Kagyu College performs this special ritual on the 29th day of the Tibetan lunar month, in which offerings and prayers are made to the protector Achi Chokyi Dolma in order to purify negativities and restore broken commitments. Propitiating and making offerings to Achi Chokyi Dolma is regarded as extremely beneficial in overcoming our spiritual and worldly obstacles.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4157
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice is dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the well-being of all sentient beings, the pacification of malevolent forces, the removal of illnesses and obstacles, and the fulfilment of all positive wishes. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: All the monks participate in this special puja when offerings and prayers, in harmonic chanting, are made to the Dharma protectors in order to purify negativities and restore broken commitments. Propitiating and making offerings to the Dharma protectors is regarded as extremely beneficial in overcoming both spiritual and worldly obstacles.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 18th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4158
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This sophisticated torma offering ritual, which is performed every year at Komic Sakya Tangyud monastery for the benefit of all sentient beings, is regarded as highly effective in averting obstacles and establishing favourable conditions for the practice of Dharma. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Jig-je Drug-chu-yi Tor-dok’ is an extremely profound practice focusing on Vajrabhairava, also known as Yamantaka, the wrathful manifestation of Manjushri, the embodiment of the wisdom (prajna) of all the Buddhas.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4159
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice is dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Propitiation Ritual of the Dharma Protectors’ (Kangso) involves making offerings and prayers to the Dharma protectors in order to purify negativities and restore broken commitments. Propitiating and making offerings to the Dharma protectors is regarded as extremely beneficial in overcoming both spiritual and worldly obstacles.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4155
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special practice is dedicated to the longevity of all spiritual masters, the overcoming of adverse factors, the well-being of all sentient beings, the pacification of malevolent forces, the removal of illnesses and obstacles, and for the fulfilment of all positive wishes. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: This sophisticated torma offering ritual, which is performed every year at Lomanthang Monastery for the benefit of all sentient beings, is regarded as highly effective in averting obstacles and establishing favourable conditions for the practice of Dharma.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4156
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: These practices are dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Khandro Thuk-thik (The Dakini Heart Essence), also known as the ‘Treasury of Accomplishments: The Practice of the Profound Path of the Dakini (Yeshe Tsogyal)’ is a terma of Dudjom Rinpoche, revealed as a gongter in 1928. It is the main dakini practice of the Dudjom Tersar lineage, and one of the four main terma cycles of Dudjom Rinpoche, especially revered for clearing away the obstacles to receiving the ordinary and extraordinary siddhis and the ripening of the potential for liberation in a single lifetime.
‘Chod’ (meaning ‘cutting away’ or ‘cutting through’) is a set of unique tantric practices based on the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) teachings. These practices seek to overcome both a self-cherishing attitude and the apprehension of an independent, inherently existing self, which two kinds of obscuration lie at the root of all our delusions and suffering.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 16th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4152
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The abbot and all the monks dedicate their prayers to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, to the wellbeing of all sentient beings, the pacification of malevolent forces, the removal of illnesses and obstacles, and the fulfilment of all positive wishes. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Lama Gyu-Choe’ is an important ceremony which includes making a mandala offering to the abbot of the monastery to thank him for all the teachings he has given during the Yarney (Summer Retreat) period. All those present at the ceremony also engage in prayers and practices to cultivate the supremely altruistic wish to attain enlightenment in order to lead all beings to enlightenment.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 16th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4153
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special puja is dedicated to the long lives of all the spiritual masters, and for the benefit of all beings, living and dead. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: ‘Guru Puja’ (Lama Choepa), literally means ‘making offerings to the spiritual guide’. This beautifully poetic and profound guru puja practice is a powerful method for strengthening the guru-disciple relationship and for creating merit on this special day. ‘Tsok’ or ‘Ceremonial Feast Offering’ is an important Vajrayana practice of offering and purification through which merit and the realisation of the ultimate nature of mind are generated and shared.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 16th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4154
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This practice is said to bestow great benefit and blessing to all participants – including the clearing away of obstacles to our lives and practice, the overcoming of illness, and the alleviation of negative mental states and depression. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Heruka Cakrasamvara (Dhe-chog) is a meditational deity (yidam) of the Highest Yoga Tantra (Anuttara) of Vajrayana Buddhism.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 16th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4161
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special practice is dedicated to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The Guru Drakpo Drupchod at Sakya Tharig monastery is performed every year starting on the 23rd day of the seventh month of the Tibetan lunar calendar for nine days. Guru Drakpo is the wrathful form of Guru Rinpoche and this puja is performed in order to dispel all obstacles and adversities such as war, famine, and epidemics, and to purify all negativities.
Chime Pakme Nyingtik (The Heart Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality) is a long-life practice revealed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. The Chime Pakme Nyingtik is a practice in which the main meditational deity is White Tara, in union with consort, which accomplishes the three deities of longevity together, which makes it a very special longevity practice.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 25th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4162
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special Mahakala puja is renowned for its efficacy in giving protection from all kinds of harm, for bestowing the power to overcome life’s struggles, for pacifying negativities, and for eliminating obstacles to success in all endeavours. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Each year, usually during the ninth Tibetan lunar month — which this year is being held a month earlier — the Annual Grand Mahakala Puja is performed over the course of a week at the very sacred and historic Mahakala Shrine, renowned for its self-arisen black Mahakala statue, at Kag Chode Thupten Samphel Ling Monastery.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4148
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This special practice is dedicated to the continuing welfare and stability of the Yungdrung Bon tradition and to the well-being of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: On the 23rd day of the Eighth Tibetan lunar month, Menri monastery will begin an intensive seven-day retreat focussing on the yidam Gekho. The epithet ‘Gekho’ in the Zhang Zhung language means ‘tamer of malevolent forces’. The yidam Gekho is a wrathful meditational deity, specifically related to the practitioners of Yungdrung Bon.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4149
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This Drupchod is said to bestow great benefit and blessing to all participants and is dedicated to world peace and the well-being of all sentient beings. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: Red Avalokiteshvara (Gyalwa Gyatso in Tibetan) is the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions. Through prayers to and meditation on Avalokiteshvara, one can purify many aeons of negative karma, eradicate sufferings and obstacles, clear away obstacles to our lives and practice, and firmly close all possibility of taking rebirth in the six realms. The Gyalwa Gyatso practice is highly regarded by Vajrayana practitioners, especially within the Kagyu lineage tradition.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 21st, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4163
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The merits accumulated from participating in the Yangdup Chenmo are regarded as tremendous, not only in terms of generating material wealth but also for increasing health, longevity, and spiritual development. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The Yangdup is an elaborate prosperity and abundance summoning ritual traditionally performed annually at Jamyang Choling Nunnery and Institute. The rituals invoke the energies of the wealth deities to generate material resources, abundance, and prosperity.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 11th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4150
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This ‘Extensive Series of Special Practices’ is especially dedicated to the stable health and long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the other great masters of all traditions, to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings and all sangha members, supporters, and benefactors. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The practices to be performed will include:
October 2nd and 16th: Ceremonial Feast Offering (Sol-tsog).
October 4th: Monthly Propitiation Ritual of Dharma Protectors (Dha-Kang).
October 7th: Series of the monastery’s regular dharma practices and rituals on the auspicious Cho-chod Dusang day.
October 19th and 20th: ‘Grand Propitiation Ritual of Dharma Protectors’ (Kangso Chenmo).
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4140
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This ‘Extensive Series of Special Practices’ is especially dedicated to the stable health and long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the other great masters of all traditions, to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings and all sangha members, supporters, and benefactors. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The practices to be performed will include:
September 30th: Tara Ritual (Dol-chog).
October 6th: Day-long Recitation of the Abhisamayalamkara (Ngon-tok Gyen), and the Madhyamakavatara (Uma Juk-pa) on the auspicious Gyen-juk Dusang day.
October 7th: The Sixteen Arhats Ritual (Ney-ten Chag-choe) and series of the monastery’s regular dharma practices and rituals on the auspicious Cho-nga Dusang day.
October 10th: Series of the monastery’s regular dharma practices and rituals on the auspicious Chu-gu Dusang day.
October 16th: Series of the monastery’s regular dharma practices and rituals on the auspicious occasion of Nyer-nga Dusang.
October 19th and 20th: Grand Propitiation Ritual of Dharma Protectors (Kangso Chenmo).
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4141
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: This ‘Extensive Series of Special Practices’ is especially dedicated to the stable health and long life of H.H. the Dalai Lama and the other great masters of all traditions, to the flourishing of the Dharma and world peace, and to the well-being of all sentient beings and all sangha members, supporters, and benefactors. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The practices to be performed will include:
September 30th: Vajrabhairava Self-Initiation Ritual (Jig-je Dhak-juk).
October 1st and 2nd: The Great Torma Offering Ritual (Tor-chen) of Dharmaraja and Mahakala.
October 6th: Cakrasamvara Self-Initiation Ritual (Dhe-chog Dhak-juk).
October 7th to 17th: Great Melodic Chanting and Pujas (Yang-ra Chenmo).
October 13th: Ceremony of Offering the Highest Reverence to the Abbot (Tri-Khang Pe Lama Gyu-Choe).
October 19th: Great Auspicious Recitation (Shi-jod Chenmo).
October 20th: Torma Offering Ritual (Tor-dra).
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 20th, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4123
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: The session recorded by Sakya Centre, Dehradun, India, on September 4th, 2025, will be available to view on September 10th, 2025.
Event details: The Grand Vajrakilaya Drupchod is held annually in the seventh lunar month for thirteen consecutive days. This musically rich and beautiful puja begins with the creation of the Vajrakilaya sand mandala, accompanied by associated ritual practices and the Vajrakilaya Cham (sacred dance), followed by the puja, which continues until 14th September. On the penultimate day, 14th September, there will be a Vajrakilaya Drum and Sword Dance, and on the final day, 15th September, the monastery will sweep together the sand mandala and offer Vajrakilaya blessings to the public. This Drupchod is said to bestow great benefit and blessing to all participants, including the removal of obstacles to our lives and practice, the overcoming of illness, and the bestowal of profound confidence, wisdom, and merit.
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Event ID: 4112
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: ‘Rainy Season Summer Retreat’ is considered an especially meritorious time when it is traditional for lay followers to participate by making offerings for the monks’ food and tea during the period of retreat. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha Shakyamuni. During this time, the monks remain within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed by all of the monks.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 21st, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4113
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: ‘Rainy Season Summer Retreat’ is considered an especially meritorious time when it is traditional for lay followers to participate by making offerings for the monks’ food and tea during the period of retreat. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha Shakyamuni. During this time, the monks remain within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed by all of the monks.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 21st, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4114
Event type: Non-webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: ‘Rainy Season Summer Retreat’ is considered an especially meritorious time when it is traditional for lay followers to participate by making offerings for the monks’ food and tea during the period of retreat. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The summer retreat is a sacred tradition established by the Buddha Shakyamuni. During this time, the monks remain within the monastery and concentrate exclusively on study and practice. Special vows are taken and strict discipline is followed by all of the monks.
There is no webcast for this event. Gompa member-supporters are invited to register for the event and to send offerings, together with dedications, at any time up until October 21st, 2025.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.
Event ID: 4099
Event type: Webcast Event (for member-supporters)
Brief description: As advised by His Holiness last year, the remaining sessions this year will focus on advanced topics, including the ‘Ten Impermissible Actions’ and the ‘Five Points of Bhikshu Mahadeva’.
Recorded by the Office of H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, with English and Chinese translation, the first three sessions of the teaching will be available for viewing on Sunday, 24th August, with subsequent sessions released on the following Sundays until 21st September, 2025.
Event details: In order to help revive the Kagyu transmission of teachings, in particular, the advancement of the teaching of the Vajrayana in Kagyu monasteries, H.H. the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa has instituted this summer teaching program.
Gompa member-supporters are cordially invited to register for this special event. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary, and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness. From the closing registration date of October 20th, 2025, onwards, the teaching will continue to be available to Gompa member-supporters from the Gompa Library.
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Event ID: 1894
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: These suttas (discourses) stress the practice of sati (mindfulness) for the purification of beings, and the overcoming of suffering, and for walking on the path of truth toward the realization of Nirvana. English and Chinese translation available.
[This event was originally webcast in December 2021 as Event ID 1835.]
Event details: The Satipatthana Sutta (The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), and the subsequently created Mahasatipatthana Sutta (The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness), are two of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism, acting as the foundation for contemporary vipassana meditational practice. The Pali texts of the Satipatthana Sutta and the Mahasatipatthana Sutta are largely similar in content; the main difference being a section about the Four Noble Truths (Catu Ariya Sacca) in the Observation of Phenomena (Dhammanupassana), which is greatly expanded in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta.
Teaching recorded at H.H. the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala, HP, India. Donations made related to this event are strictly voluntary and any donations that are made will go to the Tibetan International Digital Library, a project supported by His Holiness.
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Event ID: 1602
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: The first formal discourse which the Buddha Shakyamuni gave following his attainment of buddhahood at Bodh Gaya was on the Four Noble Truths. The investigation and understanding of these four truths are regarded as an indispensable basis for a successful practice of the Buddhist path. [This event was originally webcast in March 2021 as Event ID 1578.]
Event details: The Four Noble Truths are: the truth of suffering (the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence), the truth of its origins (the causes of suffering), the truth of cessation (that there is a state free from suffering), and the truth of the path leading to such cessation.
Gaden Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden is a former abbot of Gaden Shartse monastery and former Executive Director of the Geluk International Foundation. He is a Deputy General Secretary of the International Buddhist Confederation and Vice President of the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace. Khensur Jangchup Choeden also teaches widely in India and abroad, where his teachings are much appreciated for their clarity and directness.
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Event ID: 1599
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Nagarjuna, the great 2nd century Indian master and leading proponent of the Madhyamaka philosophical school, wrote this celebrated poem as a letter of advice to his disciple King Gautamiputra. This course of teachings, recorded in August 2017 by Thrangu Monastery, Canada, is given in Tibetan with English and Chinese translation. [This event was originally webcast in December 2020 and January 2021 as Event ID 1469.]
Event details: Nagarjuna’s ‘Letter to a Friend’ gives a concise and comprehensive introduction to the entire path and practice of Mahayana Buddhism, guiding both householders and the ordained onto the path leading to liberation and enlightenment. The instructions are of special interest to those who wish to follow a spiritual path while continuing to live and work in society, styled in a language and imagery that are easy to understand.
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Event ID: 1600
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: This is a rare opportunity to receive step by step guidance from His Holiness on key elements of ‘Ngondro’, the inner preliminary practices, namely: taking refuge, developing bodhicitta (the altruistic intention to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings) and the practice of Mandala Offering. In English with simultaneous Chinese translation. [This event was originally webcast in August 2019 as Event ID 223. There were no webcasts on Days 7, 8, and 9.]
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Event ID: 1601
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: Karma is a Sanskrit word which means ‘action’. Karma refers to the doctrine of actions and their causal consequences. These three talks by senior teacher Karma Wangchuk Lhamo are given in Tibetan with English translation. [This event was originally webcast in July 2019 as Event ID 220.]
Event details: The concept of karma includes, in its causal aspect, both the actual actions (physical, verbal and mental) and the psychological imprints and tendencies created within the mind by such actions. After the commitment of an action a causal chain is maintained within the mental continuum which continues through successive events and rebirths. Such a karmic potential is later activated when it interacts with appropriate circumstances and conditions thus leading to the fruition of its effects. In general, if we act motivated by greed, anger, or delusion, we are planting the seed of suffering; when our acts are motivated by generosity, love, or wisdom, then we are creating the karmic conditions for openness and happiness.
Karma Wangchuk Lhamo was ordained at Thrangu Tara Abbey at the age of sixteen. In 1999 she entered solitary retreat for three years in Manang, Nepal. Between 2005 and 2014 she completed the nine year shedra studies course at Namdroling monastery in South India. Since 2014 she has been a senior teacher at Thrangu Tara Abbey.
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Event ID: 173
Event type: Free Webcast
Brief description: H.E. Minling Khenchen Rinpoche teaching on the fundamental importance of the cultivation of Bodhicitta (the altruistic intention to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings) in our practice of Dharma (the process of spiritual transformation). English translation available.
[This event was originally webcast on 14 April 2018 as Event ID 152.]
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