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.
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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