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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 […]

Happy Losar – Year of the Wood Sheep! In this auspicious year of the sheep, May the wish-fulfilling tree of happiness spread its leaves. May its fruit, perfect bodhichitta, ripen. May spiritual and temporal riches […]