Announcement for Attending Bhikkhunis Group of the 27th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo

Objectives：

1. Spread the seeds of love and compassion, set the power of love and compassion in motion, and let the true happiness and peace pervade in the world.

2. Take share and responsibility in establishing the Bhikkhuni sangha of Tibetan Buddhism in the future.

3. By demonstrating the reverence-inspiring bearing of Bhikkhunis, notify the public the importance of Bhikkhunis’ presence in the sangha.

4. Give Tibetan Buddhism Bhikkhunis courage and confidence in establishing the Bhikkhuni sangha.

Time：December 24~31, 2009
Place：Bodh Gaya, India (The Vajra Seat)
Leading Master: The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa and Rinpoches in the lineage

Program：

1. Chanting: Purification Prayer, Realization Prayer, Medicine Buddha Sadhana, Gangyur, Ashokbya Buddha Ritual, Ashokbya Buddha Sutra , Sixteen Arhat Sandhana , Offerings to Gurus Sadhana.

2. Teaching: receive the teachings from the Karmapa on “The Life of Milarepa”, meditation instructions, and commentaries of monlam prayers.

3. Special Activities: alms procession, the Lamp Prayer ceremony, Milarepa empowerment, Ashokbya Buddha Ritual and fire puja to bless the deceased.

Qualifications for Participation：it is required,

1. To have received the complete bhiksuni precepts with correct understanding and view

2. To wear the robes of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition

3. To obey the rules of the Kagyu Monlam, and to act in accordance with the demeanor of a Bhikkhuni.
   
   ## His Holiness’ teachings at the Monlam and on “The Letter to a Friend” by Nagarjuna will have simultaneous translations of various languages. Please bring your own FM Radio and earphone for reception. To avoid radio interference, please do not use your mobile phone for this purpose.  

Rules for Bhikkhuni Participants:

1. Once you have enrolled, please respect and follow the procedures during the Kagyu Monlam. Please do not arrive later or depart earlier than scheduled for the assembly; please conform rather than follow your own point of view.

2. If you are unwell, you should get permission to be absent from the Gelongma Disciplinarian. Leave of absence will not be given except when you are unwell.

3. If you absent yourself without good reason or being warned more than three times, you will be asked to leave and will lose your allotted seat.

4. You can not change your seat at liberty.

5. Hold the reverence-inspiring bearing of Bhikkhunis at all times. Do not laugh loudly or nod one’s head repeatedly.

6. Wear your name card at all times.

7. Please bring your tea bowl, Cho Gho, Namjar.

8. Please bring two 2-inch passport photos, a photocopy of your ordination certificate and passport with you for registration.

9. Please stay at the place arranged by the organizer as much as possible so that it is easier to look after each other.

10. Please make yourself familiar with the “New Codes of Discipline for Kagyu Monlam” addressed by His Holiness. On-line link: http://www.kagyumonlam.org/English/Lectures/2004_HHK_Kagyu_Monlam_Diccipline.html

11. You must memorize the dharani recited before receiving any offerings: “namo baghawati sumeru kalpa rajya tathagataya aryate samnyag sambudhaya, tyatha om kalpe kalpe maha kalpe kalpepari shodhani swaha” for purification of the offerings.
     

Registration Deadline: December 15, 2009
Email：gelungma@kagyumonlam.org
Contact Person: Gelongma Yung Song / Gelongma Karma Palmo
 

Download: 27th Kagyu Monlam Gelongma Application Form

Karma Kagyu Gelongma Group