In this short clip (Tibetan and English subtitles, Chinese translation in writing below) from the 36th Kagyu Monlam speech in 2019, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa explains how as a young man he was advised by HE Tenga Rinpoche to be given monastic ordination vows by the 14th Dalai Lama, as the 16th Karmapa was said… Continue reading The 17th Karmapa’s unrequested vows from the 14th Dalai Lama and why he still lacks monastic vows (Chinese translation included below)
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What defines a monastic? Vows, dress and conduct and advice and personal experience of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa
In my latest Buddhism in a Nutshell reel and this companion article, the question is what makes someone a monastic and how to distinguish them from a layperson householder (not from a ngagpa tantric practitioner, which is another type of non-monastic practitioner). In sum, there are three main features of a monastic that distinguishes them… Continue reading What defines a monastic? Vows, dress and conduct and advice and personal experience of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa