2,600+ years since Buddha's Awakening, 900+ years of the Karma Kagyu lineage.

 Who is The Karmapa?  

•  Tibetan rapper Dawa Tsona  relates and sings devotion to the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZf2csZSaM  

•  Selection of photos from  The 32nd Kagyu Monlam, the end-of-year 2014 prayer festival in Bodhgaya, India led by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa attended by 12,000 people from 50 different countries, https://plus.google.com/photos/100292066864922974270?banner=pwa

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  Losar Tibetan New Year 19th February 2015 begins  Year of the Female Wood Sheep or, Would ewe be my neighbour?

 

 

~ Arkive.org,  Dall sheep (ewe & lamb,)  Western Canada

 

 

 

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 The Environment 

•   Ecobuddhism:  Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche responds to questions
  •  http://www.ecobuddhism.org/bcp/all_content/buddhist_declaration/

  • Our thoughts and prayers are with all who are suffering, especially as a consequence of drastic changes in /to the land where they live.  

    •  Prayer for disastrous times

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