News
                  & Press release
            
              
                His
                Holiness Karmapa Birthday Wish (May 2010)
                
                An
                        open letter to all centers from His Holiness Karmapa (May
                  2010)
                
                The
                  17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje in Europe 2009
                
                Feb. 2009: Gyalwa Karmapa visits Hong Kong
                                  
                
                
                Kagyu Monlam in Bodh Gaya, Dec. 2008
                
                Statement
                  from International Karma Kagyu Buddhist Organization (IKKBO)
                
                May 17, 2008: A Condolence Message by Gyalwa
                    Karmapa
                                    
                
                
                European
                Tour of Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje 2008
                
                March
                        13 to 20, 2008: Gyalwa Karmapa gave teachings and empowerments
                  in New Delhi
                
                November 10 to 14, 2007: Kagyu Monlam in Bodh
                    Gaya
                
                
                May
                          17 to August 7, 2007: H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa Visits Europe
                                    
                
                May 6, 2007: Birthday of the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa
                    Trinley Thaye Dorje
                                    
                
                April
                    14, 2007: Gyalwa Karmapa visited the birthplace of Dr. Ambedkar
                    in India
                                  
                
                April
                      2, 2007: Djang Chog puja of Amitabha for the passing of Hannah
                Nydahl
                
                February,
                        2007: Tibetan New Year in Kalimpong, India                
                
                October
                      14, 2006: Gyalwa Karmapa as the Chief Guest at the Golden
                Jubilee in Mumbai, India
                
                October 7 to November 18, 2006: H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa visits
                  Southeast Asia
                
                Shamar
                    Rinpoche recently recognized a child as the reincarnation
                    of one bodhisattva among
                the 21  abbots of Yangpachen
                
                His
                        Holiness 17th Karmapa, Thrinley Thaye Dorje has now arrived
                  at the Karma Kagyud Buddhist Centre, Singapore, to give teachings
                and empowerments
                
                Visit of His Holiness 17 Karmapa to Karma Kagyu Dharma Society,
                  Kuala Lumpur
                
                May 17th 2006: Announcement to Karma Kagyu Buddhist Centers
                  in Asia, Europe, and the Americas from the Council of His Holiness
                Gyalwa Karmapa
                
                Meeting
                with His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, the spiritual
                head of the Drikung Kagyu lineage
                                
                                March 13 to 19, 2006: H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa visits Mexico 
                
                December
                    22, 2005 to January 4, 2006: Gyalwa Karmapa visits Taiwan
                
                
                H.H. 17th Karmapa activities Nov, 2005
                 
                November
                    24 to 27, 2005 
                  Gyalwa Karmapa in Uttar Pradesh, India 
                November 19 - 22, 2005
                Gyalwa Karmapa visits Bhopal, India
                                 
                
                
                Lopon
                      Rinpoche : Receiving Blessings from the sacred Cloth of
                the 15th Karmapa.
                
                ITINERARY
                        OF 17TH KARMAPA THAYE DORJE’S VISIT TO EUROPEAN
                        CENTERS, 2005
                
                May
                          21, 2005
                Visit of Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling, France
                
                May
                          12, 2005
                  Shamar Rinpoche  gave White
  Tara Empowerment at Karma Guen, Spain
                
                April
                  18 - May 19, 2005
                  Gyalwa
                        Karmapa gives initiations to the practitioners of the three-year
                        retreats in Dhagpo Kundreul Ling
                Le Bost and Laussedat, France
                
                April
                  9 - 10, 2005
                  Gyalwa
                      Karmapa at the First International Buddhist Conference Mumbai
                  (Bombay), India.
                
                Kagyu
                Monlam – December 10-14, 2004, Bodh Gaya 
                Hundreds
                    of disciples from all around the world came together at Bodh
                    Gaya, in India’s northeast Bihar state, to participate
                in the annual Kagyu Monlam, or great prayer festival.
                
                Report
                          about Shri Diwakar Vihara Buddhist Research and Educational
                          Institute.
                  Kalimpong, India. 
                
                Dharma
                        programs of H.E. Lopon Rinpoche (dec. 2004) and Grand
                        Ceremony for Consecrating the 17 Karmapa Statues & Enshrining
                  the Holy Relics of the 5th Shamarpa Escorted to Taiwan
                
                Complete
                          report of
                          Karmapa Thaye Dordje's visit
                  (Europe,
                  2004)                        
                
                New druplas come out of retreat
                  Nov. 04, 2004
                  The retreat centres (drupkangs) of Kundreul Ling in
                  Le Bost and Laussedat, in the Auvergne , were founded by Gendun
                  Rinpoche
                  at the request of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and accomodated about
                  one hundred men and women....
                
                
                Events
                      for Shangpa Rinpoche's 45th Birthday
  5-13 Sept 2004
  Karma Kagyud Buddhist Centre, Singapore
                
                H.E
                          Lopon Tenzin Rinpoche conducts the Grand Puja for the
                          Dead through Triple Mandalas. And His program for
                          2004.
                
                Teaching
                        at Grand Puja of Liberating the Death Through Triple
                        Mandalas
By H.E Lopon Tenzin Jigme Rinpoche III 
                
                Shamar
                Rinpoche at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling
                August 2004. Shamar
              Rinpoche visit the European Seat of Gyalwa Karmapa. 
              
              Shangpa
              Rinpoche in 'For You Information' Magazine
              16 August 2004.
              Shangpa Rinpoche and his Dharma projects have appeared on the front
              cover of the 'For You Information' magazine, the leading Dharma
            magazine in Singapore.             
            
            
            
            
            
            Some
                      pictures of Karmapa Thaye Dordje's visit
                (updated on
                July 15 ) 
            
            The
                    17th KARMAPA THAYE DORJE visits Dhagpo Kagyu Centers. July
                    2004  
            
            The
                    lama dancers of Zimchung Monastery : a spiritual event
            
             ITINERARY
                    OF 17TH KARMAPA THAYE DORJE’S VISIT TO EUROPEAN CENTERS,
                    2004 
            
            Buddhist
                      monks pray, May 25, 2004, at Madrids Atocha railway station, 
              site of the March 11 bombing that killied 191 people.
            
            Rituals,
                        Blessings and Empowerment conferred by the 17th Karmapa
                        Thaye Dordje
              in Kalimpong at the Occasion of Lossar, the Tibetan
              New Year Celebrations.
            
            Vidyadhara
                    Ceremony of the 17th Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje
              On Monday, December 1, 2003, the Vidyadhara ceremony of
              the 17th Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje, took place in the Karmapa
              International Buddhist Institute in New Delhi.
            
            Vajraacharya
              Newspaper article North Eastern Weekend Review Gangtok,
              Vol 2 No 29, 5-11 Dec., 2003 
            
            The
                    Karmapa International Buddhist Institute & 
              the Monastic Community of Rumtek 
            Is
                pleased to inform you that on Monday, December 1, 2003 at 10.00
                am the Vidyadhara Ceremony of the 17th Karmapa, Trinley Thaye
                Dorje.
            
            October
                    6 - 15, 2003:
              H. H. the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa visits Bhutan
            In
                order to pay his respects to Her Majesty, the late Ashi Phuntso
                Choden Wangchuck, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Thaye
                Dorje, paid a visit to the Kingdom of Bhutan...
            
            His
                    Holiness The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Thaye Dorje Visits the Central
                    Coast of California.
            The
                17th Gyalwa Karmapa and his party of nine, including Thinley
                Tulku Rinpoche, left Menlo Park ...
            
            His
                    Holiness Karmapa Consecrates Buena Park Center’s New
                    Facility. 2003, September
  
              At the end of September, HH Karmapa
              visited the Bodhi Path center in the Los Angeles area ...
            
            His
                    Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Thaye Dorje arrived in San Francisco,
                    California, USA on June 1, 2003
            The
                Karmapa was invited to the family home of Sandy Yen, a benevolent
                sponsor of the Karma Kagyu School, to conduct teachings and initiations
                ....
            
             Prediction About
                  the Future of the Kagyu Lineage
              By Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
            
            Statement
                    of Karmapa Charitable Trust (February 2003)
              
              The Karmapa Charitable Trust is
              trying its utmost effort to ...
            
            Retreat
                    at Kundreul Ling (September 2002)
              
              After a short visit to Dhagpo Kagyu
              Ling, His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa returned to Kundreul Ling... 
            
            Visit
                    at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling (August 2002)
              
              In spite of the very short time
              available between his two consecutive retreats...
            
            Gyalwa
                    Karmapa's retreat ceremonies 
              (18th June 2002) 
            On
                Tuesday 18th June His Holiness the Karmapa came to the end of
                his internal Dorje Pagmo practice...
            
            The
                    arrival of Gyalwa Karmapa at Kundreul Ling 
              ( 2002, May)
              
              The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa arrived at
              Kundreul Ling on the evening of 25th May...  
            
            Apostle
                of peace
              
              Religion: Politics is a
              no-no for 
              Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje.
              (The week, India's n.1 weekly news magazine. Dec 2001.)
            
            Drubgyud
                Choeling Monastery has been officially
                opened on 21 November 2001, with HH17th Karmapa, Thaye
                Dorje in attendance.
            
            The
                    Announcement of Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje's monastic
                    ordination (2000, april 07)
            On
                this day, the third day of the third month of the Iron Dragon
                year according to the Tsurphu calendar...
            
            Brief
                    report of Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje's spiritual
                    education in Dhagpo Kundrol Ling, France.
              (February 2000)
            The
                17th Gyalwa Karmapa Thaye Dorje has been staying at Dhagpo Kundrol
                Ling, his main European Monastery, in order to continue his spiritual
                education.