Assembled in Tergar Monastery shrine room, 400 nuns from seven nunneries in India, Bhutan and Nepal chanted together to begin the 6th Ārya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering for Kagyu Nuns on February 12, 2020.

The nunneries in attendance this year were Karma Drubdey Palmo Choskyi Dingkhang, Karma Lekshey Ling, Khegyu Dhagma, Samten Ling, Thekchen Lekshey Ling, Thrangu Tara Abbey, and Tilokpur. In addition to the nuns, there were two Dorje Lopons, three Geshes, six Khenpos, and nine teachers.

Prior to the beginning of the 6th Ārya Kshema Winter Dharma Gathering for Kagyu Nuns, 17 nuns from different Kagyu nunneries attended the third training course in Tibetan incense making. Under the guidance of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, nun umdzes assumed a greater role at the Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya by completing the Umdze training from January 15 – 27, 2020 at Monlam Pavillion Library.

H.E. Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche presided over the opening ceremony of the 6th Ārya Kshema.

The 21 days of programme from February 12, 2020 to March 3, 2020 is sponsored entirely by Kun Kyong Charitable Trust.

Programme

January 28, 2020             – Nuns Complete Umdze Training
– The Incense-Making Project for Nuns Resumes for a Third Year
12 February 2020           – Puja to Dispel Obstacles: Saptik Tara, Heart Sutra, and Siṅhamukha
13 February 2020          – Opening of the 6th Ārya Kshema
14 February 2020           – The Six Perfections and the Three Trainings, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s Teachings on Gampopa’s Ornament of Precious Liberation
15 February 2020           – Teaching, Individual Debate, and Group Debate
16 February 2020          – Teaching, Individual Debate, and Group Debate
17 February 2020          – Teaching, Individual Debate, and Group Debate
18 February 2020          – Teaching, Individual Debate, and Group Debate
19 February 2020           – Individual | Group Debates & Losar Preparation
20–22 February 2020     – Gutor Mahakala Puja
23 February 2020            – The Ritual of Receiving Siddhis & Smoke Offering Puja
24–26 February 2020      – Losar – Tibetan New Year
27–29 February 2020      – Individual and Group Debates
1 March 2020                    – The Karma Pakshi Guru Sadhana and Tseringma Puja
2 March 2020                    – Ritual for the Teachings to Flourish & Chöd Puja “A String of Jewels”
3 March 2020                    – Individual and Group Debates
4 March 2020                    – Final Debate

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