6 new monasteries have joined Khoryug! The third Khoryug Conference was attended by 6 new monasteries. • Jang Tanagon, South India • Jonang Monastery, Nepal • Karma Thubten Chokhor Ling Monastery , Mahey – Ladakh • Rigpe Dorje Institute , Lava – West Bengal • Samdrub Darjay Choling, Sonada – West Bengal • Thusam...

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Day Three of Khoryug Conference The morning of Day Three consisted of overview on the next steps for Khoryug, including large joint projects that will be carried out in the next few months. Given that the majority of Khoryug monasteries faced difficulties in implementing waste management, especially due to the lack of recycling...

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November 14, 2010 The conference was hosted by Kagyu Nalanda Institute, Karma Rinpoche’s monastery. It began with an update of current trends for biodiversity, and global environmental conditions. There was a short overview on previous environmental training including that of the earth’s biological cycle. ___________ The...

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Third Khoryug Conference to be held in Bylakuppe, South India The third Khoryug Conference will begin on the 14th of November and end the 16th of November, 2010 in Bylakuppe, Mysore. The conference is hosted by Kagyu Nalanda Institute, the monastery of Venerable Karma Tulku Rinpoche, and will be attended by 31 monasteries and 7 nunneries...

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His Holiness gives an environmental interview to Asia Sentinel Late July 2010, His Holiness spoke with Saransh Sehgal with the Asia Sentinel on reaching out to his followers to seek to revive the ecological consciousness of the Tibetan people. An excerpt from the interview follows. To read the full interview, please go...

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European Translators Make an Offering of Words to His Holiness, the Karmapa As part of their commitment to His Holiness’s environmental vision, translators affiliated with Kagyu Centers in the west offer their translations of the Environmental Guidelines for Kagyu Monasteries and Centers! They hope that this will increase...

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Seven months after the launch of the forestation project at Gaya Airport, Tergar Monastery has begun planting the majority of tree saplings in partnership with the Gaya Airport Authority in the allocated area. We hope that this brings pleasure to everyone who uses the airport for their pilgrimage to the holy land of Bodh Gaya. This...

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This is to giving you a glimpse of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s Birthday. The great occasion started by offering Sang at 6 AM and also one thousand butter lamp offeringa and hosting of prayer flags. It was followed by gathering of the monks of Damang, Sherda & lay people and offering of mandala and...

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5th June Rumtek Environment Conservation Committee organized a World Environment Day plantation at Rumtek Monastery. A group of monks from Dharma Chakra Centre gathered and planted tree saplings that are naturally found in Sikkim in the mountain sides behind the monastery. Here are some photos from the Plantation Project: Make...

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Nine Khoryug monasteries from Nepal organized together so that we could do a joint clean up activity in Boudha, which is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage center in Nepal, for World Environment Day. We were joined by one school as well. The monasteries included: Phulbari Monastery, Nenang Pawo Monastery, Thrangu Monastery, Dilyak Monastery,...

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