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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This afternoon the Sangha members of Dharma Chakra Centre, Karma Sri Nalanda Institute and the lay community of Rumtek Monastery paid their condolences to the victims and survivors of the catastrophic earthquake that struck parts of Kham province in Tibet on the morning of 14th April 2010.   As  directed by His Holiness the 17th...

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It is with great sadness that we inform of a devastating earthquake that has hit the Kyegu region in Kham, Tibet on the morning of 14th April 2010, which has claimed more than 400 lives and injured around 10,000. His Holiness the Karmapa has directed all the Kagyu Monasteries to hold the following prayers; Zangchod Monlam (Aspirational...

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RUMTEK MONASTERY CARRIES OUT SPRINGSHED ASSESSMENT WITH WWF SIKKIM February 5th 2010: First day started with a field visit to Monastery’s Spring of Rumtek block – (in East Sikkim) along with Ms. Priyadarshnee Shrestha, Co-ordinator-WWF, Sikkim. The spring is situated about 2kms from the Monastery. The spring water is collected in...

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  Dear Dharma Friends, This is to bring to your kind notice that we, Environment  Conservation Committee, Rumtek  Monastery is going to convey Tashi Delek to all the Dharma Centre and all the Monasteries on the auspicious occasions of Tibetan New Year (Losar) which is on coming 14th. Here, our Environment Committee has already...

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Following the 1st Conference for Environmental Protection, Ven. Dy. General Secretary, K. Chungyalpa, Khenpo Kalsang, Chotrim Woser Jungney & ECC member, Tashi gave a talk to the Students of Thumi Sambhota School, Gangtok in order to motivate them to protect the environment. Rumtek donated  Use Me garbage bins and issued the...

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