We are pleased to share photos taken at Shelkar monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Event ID: 4353
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Brief description: This special practice is dedicated to world peace, the well-being of all sentient beings, and the removal of obstacles to the body, speech, and mind of all the great masters upholding the Buddhadharma. You are cordially invited to participate.
Event details: The ‘Annual Grand Cakrasamvara Drupchod’ is held each year at Shelkar monastery for multiple days in the twelfth Tibetan lunar month, and includes the creation of an elaborate sand mandala, along with extensive offerings and a fire offering puja (Jin-sek) on the final day. This profound Vajrayana practice, centred on the meditational deity (yidam) Cakrasamvara, is a complex ritual involving visualisation, mantra recitation, and symbolic offerings, with the aim of transforming the practitioner’s body, speech, and mind into those of a buddha and radiating these enlightened and protective qualities throughout the environment.
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 January 31st, 2026.
We apologise for the cancellation /postponement of this event. All paid registrations will be refunded, all pre-registrations have been cancelled.