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Atsara Retreat The annual Atsara Retreat was held from September 23 to September 27, 2015 at Kunzang Palchen Ling. Atsara is an important protector practice in the Barway Dorje lineage. Dharma protectors, usually depicted as […]

June 20, 2015 [Photos by Robert Hansen-Sturm] [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”27″ gal_title=”Nick and Karmas Wedding”]

Alan McCoy visited KPL the weekend of July 18-19 and took these photos of the Buddha statue in the main shrine room. The priming of the statue’s surface had just been completed—leaving it a smooth golden tan— in […]

Zurmang Kagyu Monlam The Zurmang Kagyu Monlam (Great Non-Sectarian Prayer Festival) begins on July 31. Bardor Tulku Rinpoche is one of the sponsors. The prayer festival will last for five days. Lama Tashi Topgyal will […]

Lama Tashi Topgyal recites a liturgy in preparation for giving the chöd empowerment from the Barway Dorje lineage at Kunzang Palchen Ling in December of 2013. The practice of chöd (literally ‘cutting through’) skillfully combines […]

The Buddha statue filling continues. Prior to H.H. Karmapa’s arrival, only the base portion had been filled. Work is underway in filling the body and head of the statue. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”22″ gal_title=”Filling the Buddha Statue”]

His Eminence Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche gave teachings on the bardo, the intermediate state between death and rebirth, at Kunzang Palchen Ling in May 2015. He also offered a Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”21″ […]

On Saturday, May 2, many students, friends, and family members joined Bardor Tulku Rinpoche to celebrate Kunzang Palchen Ling’s 12th Anniversary. Everyone performed a Guru Rinpoche tsok feast in the morning and received a Long-Life […]

H.H. 17th Gyalwang Karmapa at Kunzang Palchen Ling On Friday, April 24, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa made his third visit to Kunzang Palchen Ling. He offered a brief teaching on the practice of […]