USA Tour 2015

March 17, 2015 - May 9, 2015

Subevent

བོད་སྐད་

Prayers for Victims of Earthquake in Nepal

Prayers for Victims of Earthquake in Nepal

Session 19
བོད་སྐད་
May 2, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa leads prayers for victims of the earthquake in Nepal.

16th Karmapa Stupa Consecration Ceremony

16th Karmapa Stupa Consecration Ceremony

Session 21
བོད་སྐད་
May 4, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa preforms a consecration ceremony in Zion, Illinois. The land will have a stupa built on it to commemorate the parinirvana of the 16th Karmapa, Ranjung Rigpe Dorje.

བོད་སྐད་ / English

Ceremony to Officially Welcome the Karmapa USA

Ceremony to Officially Welcome the Karmapa USA

Session 1
English / བོད་སྐད་
March 16, 2015

The Gyalwang Karmapa arrives in San Francisco. Rice and Tea Ceremony.

Talk at Stanford University

Talk at Stanford University

Session 1
English / བོད་སྐད་
March 17, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa gives a talk at Stanford University, "Caring Connections: Compassion, Technology and the Environment". This is the 1st stop at a major university during His Holiness' American tour 2015.

At Karma Droden Kunchab

At Karma Droden Kunchab

Session 2
English / བོད་སྐད་
March 19, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa gives a Dharma talk at the request of Karma Droden Kunchab Dharma Center of San Francisco. This talk is part of His Holiness' America 2015 tour. English translation by Tylor Dewar

At Redlands University

At Redlands University

Session 2
English / བོད་སྐད་
March 24, 2015

The University of Redlands will welcome His Holiness the Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, to campus March 24, 2015, as the only Southern California stop on his third trip to the United States. Reigniting a years-long connection with the University and special bond with students, the Karmapa will interact with Redlands students, faculty, and alumni and accept an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, presented by University President Ralph Kuncl. He will then offer a public lecture, “Living Interdependence,” at 7 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

At Harvard University

At Harvard University

Session 3
English / བོད་སྐད་
March 26, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa visits Harvard University as part of his American Tour 2015. At the request of the Harvard Divinity School, the Karmapa gave a short talk, "Caring for Life on Earth in the Twenty-first Century". English translation by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.

At Princeton University

At Princeton University

Session 4
English / བོད་སྐད་
April 1, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa gives a talk at Princeton University on "A Buddhist Perspective: Gender, the Environment and Activism". Part of His Holiness' America Tour 2015.

At Yale University

At Yale University

Session 5
English / བོད་སྐད་
April 7, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa gives a talk at Princeton University on "A Buddhist Perspective: Gender, the Environment and Activism". Part of His Holiness' America Tour 2015.

At Yale University

At Yale University

Session 1
English / བོད་སྐད་
April 8, 2015
At Ethical Cultural Society

At Ethical Cultural Society

Session 8
English / བོད་སྐད་
April 14, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa gives a Dharma Talk at the Westin Hotel. An event organized by KTC New Jersey as part of Karmapa's tour of America 2015. English translation by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.

Karmapa meets with people from Woodstock

Karmapa meets with people from Woodstock

Session 16
English / བོད་སྐད་
April 22, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa meets with the people from the town of Woodstock. An event organized by Karma Triyana Dharmachakra as part of His Holiness' American Tour 2015.

At Kagyu Thubten Choling

At Kagyu Thubten Choling

Session 18
English / བོད་སྐད་
April 24, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa visits Kagyu Thubten Choling Monastery, Lama Norlha's Dharma Center in Wappingers Falls in New York State. The visit is part of His Holiness' American Tour 2015.

At Kunzang Palchen Ling

At Kunzang Palchen Ling

Session 17
English / བོད་སྐད་
April 24, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa visits Kunzang Palchen Ling, dharma center established by the 3rd Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Visit is part is Karmapa's American Tour 2015. English translation by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.

Visiting KTC Chicago

Visiting KTC Chicago

Session 20
English / བོད་སྐད་
May 4, 2015

His Holiness 17th Gyalwang Karmapa visits the Chicago Karma Thegsum Choling. His Holiness gives a short teaching on the practice of Chenrezik. The visit is part of His Holiness' American Tour 2015. English translation by Tyalor Dewer.

At University of Madison, Wisconsin

At University of Madison, Wisconsin

Session 6
English / བོད་སྐད་
May 5, 2015

His Holiness the Karmapa joined some of the world’s leading researchers in neuroscience and psychology for a panel discussion on “The Heart, the Brain, and Society: Buddhist and Scientific Perspectives on the Cultivation of Well-being.” English translation by Taylor Dewer

At Tergar Mediation Community

At Tergar Mediation Community

Session 23
English / བོད་སྐད་
May 5, 2015

At the invitation of Tergar Meditation Community, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa taught on meditation and devotion in Madison, Wisconsin. Event was prat of His Holiness' American Tour 2015. English translation by Taylor Dewer.

Arrival at Naladabodhi in Seattle

Arrival at Naladabodhi in Seattle

Session 25
English / བོད་སྐད་
May 7, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa made a special stop on his tour in order to visit Minneapolis, home to the second largest community of Tibetans in the United States. Organized by the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota, the gathering with Tibetans living in the area was the sole activity of his brief stay in this Midwest city.

Karmapa Advocates Understanding Emptiness As a Means to Compassion

Karmapa Advocates Understanding Emptiness As a Means to Compassion

Session 28
English / བོད་སྐད་
May 9, 2015

His Holiness the Karmapa today delivered the last public teaching of his epic, two-month journey around the United States of America. The Karmapa resumed the topic of enacting compassion, drawing links from it to the topic that had been scheduled for this evening session, that of emptiness. The teaching formed the second session in a two-session event entitled “A Call to Compassionate Action,” organized by the Nalandabodhi community, headed by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, and translated by Mitra Tyler Dewar.

Compassion Itself Is an Action: Karmapa in Dialogue with Young Activists

Compassion Itself Is an Action: Karmapa in Dialogue with Young Activists

Session 27
English / བོད་སྐད་
May 9, 2015

His Holiness the Karmapa this morning shared the stage with six young activists whose life work puts into direct action the principles and values that His Holiness has been encouraging throughout his two-month trip. In an event organized by the Nalandabodhi community headed by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, the Karmapa first delivered a talk entitled “A Call to Compassionate Action,” and then participated in a panel discussion with the six area leaders on issues of social justice.

བོད་སྐད་ / 中文

大寶法王噶瑪巴在雷德蘭茲大學開示

大寶法王噶瑪巴在雷德蘭茲大學開示

Session 2
བོད་སྐད་ / 中文
March 24, 2015

The University of Redlands will welcome His Holiness the Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, to campus March 24, 2015, as the only Southern California stop on his third trip to the United States. Reigniting a years-long connection with the University and special bond with students, the Karmapa will interact with Redlands students, faculty, and alumni and accept an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, presented by University President Ralph Kuncl. He will then offer a public lecture, “Living Interdependence,” at 7 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

大寶法王噶瑪巴在哈佛大學開示

大寶法王噶瑪巴在哈佛大學開示

Session 3
བོད་སྐད་ / 中文
March 26, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa visits Harvard University as part of his American Tour 2015. At the request of the Harvard Divinity School, the Karmapa gave a short talk, "Caring for Life on Earth in the Twenty-first Century". English translation by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.

大寶法王噶瑪巴在普林斯頓大學開示

大寶法王噶瑪巴在普林斯頓大學開示

Session 4
བོད་སྐད་ / 中文
April 1, 2015

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa gives a talk at Princeton University on "A Buddhist Perspective: Gender, the Environment and Activism". Part of His Holiness' America Tour 2015.

大寶法王噶瑪巴在耶魯大學開示

大寶法王噶瑪巴在耶魯大學開示

Session 5
བོད་སྐད་ / 中文
April 7, 2015