The 3rd Ārya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering for Kagyu Nuns was held from January 13, 2016 to February 3, 2016 at Tergar Monastery. 410 nuns attending from nine nunneries in Nepal, India, and Bhutan attended the 3rd Ārya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering for Kagyu Nuns. The 14 days programme was sponsored by Kun Kyong Charitable Trust.

The participants came to hear the Karmapa teach every morning for fourteen days on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation. They sought to improve their debating skills through daily teachings and practice; and, on top of daily observances, they participated in four days of sadhana and ritual practices: White Tara Who Bestows All Siddhis; Karma Pakshi Guru Yoga; Offerings to the Five Long Life Sisters (Tseringma), and the extensive Chӧ Ritual, A Garland of Jewels, composed by the Third Karmapa Rangjung Dorje. On the last day, February 3, the nuns engaged in a closing formal debate. Further, on an astrologically auspicious day, they performed a special puja for the flourishing of the nuns’ Dharma.

Programme
13 January 2016             – Opening of Ārya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering for Kagyu Nuns
14 January 2016             – Teaching on Bodhichitta and Discusses Bhikshuni Ordination Plans
15 January 2016             – The Gyalwang Karmapa Announced Plans for Shedra Curriculum
16 January 2016             – Teaching on Bodhichitta
17 January 2016             – Teaching on Generating Equal Compassion for All Beings; Vision for Monastic College for Kagyu Nuns
18 January 2016             – Nuns Learn to Make Incense
19 January 2016             – Teaching on Developing Genuine Bodhichitta
20 January 2016             – Consecration of the New Nyingma Temple in Bodh Gaya
20 January 2016             – Teaching on Two Traditions of Taking Bodhisattva Vows and How We Actually Receive Them
21 January 2016             – Nuns’ Ordination; Teaching on Bodhisattva Vow
23 January 2016             – White Tara Puja, “Bestowing all Siddhis”
25 January 2016             – Practice of Karma Pakshi and the Five Tseringma
28 January 2016             – The Seven-Branch Prayer Embodies the Essence of Practice; New Emanations of Tseringma
30 January 2016             – Power of Remorse for Purification
31 January 2016             – Developing Confidence in the Power of Confession
01 February 2016           – Cultivating the Delight of Rejoicing and the Freedom from Prejudice
02 February 2016           – Day of Chö Puja
03 February 2016           – Conclusion of the 3rd Ārya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering for Kagyu Nuns

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