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親愛的法友，

台灣本週發生了最近有史以來最嚴重的鐵路災難。至少有50人喪生，其中包括一名6歲女孩，還有很多傷亡者尚未尋獲。

在疫情期間，我們被痛苦和死亡的故事一直圍繞著。可以理解如果這幾天我們沒有留意這次火車肇事的消息，也許這是一個我們不太認識和離我們很遙遠的地方。

儘管如此，我們應該對此態度保持警惕。作為佛教徒，我們對眾生懷著無限的慈悲心。我們對所有眾生的痛苦應該永遠敞開我們的心，並祈禱一切痛苦及其根源的結束。

請與我一起為這場災難的受害者和他們的親人祈禱。請專心念誦觀世音菩薩心咒六字明，並回向給遭受這一場悲劇所影響的人們，以及全世界所有受苦難的眾生。

致上慈悲
第十七世大寶法王嘉華噶瑪巴泰耶多傑

Dear dharma friends

One of the worst rail disasters in Taiwan’s recent history occurred this week. At least 50 people, including a six-year-old girl, lost their lives. Many others are still unaccounted for.

During the period of the pandemic, we have been surrounded by stories of suffering and death. It could perhaps be understood if we paid less attention these days to the news of a train crash, perhaps in a country that we know little about, very far away.

Nevertheless, we should guard against this. As Buddhists, we practice limitless compassion. We remain open to the suffering of all sentient beings, at all times, and we pray for the end of all suffering and its causes.

Please join me in praying for the victims of this disaster and their loved ones. Please focus on the six-syllable mantra of Chenresig, and dedicate the merit of this practise to those who have been affected by this tragedy, and to all those who suffer around the world.

With compassion

Thaye Dorje

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmap

Taiwan train disaster: Karmapa’s message

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各位師兄：

 

由於油麻地一帶出現疫情爆發，政府在該區間中要進行強制檢測，並對居民實施「禁足令」等措施。

 

有見及此， 本中心在藏曆及新年法會的安排如下：

 

2月9日至11日下午2:30，舉行綠度母、獅面金剛（辛宗護法）法會及大黑天除障法會。只由上師們主持，恕不對外開放。敬請諒解

 

2月12日上午10 時，舉行年初一新年法會 （唸誦16 阿羅漢）。師兄們可以前來中心向法王的寶座獻哈達及參拜。

 

時間：上午10 時至中午12時。

人數： 每次2人 （請電55071138 報名）

 

參與的師兄進場獻哈達及參拜後請立即離場，恕不宜久留。敬請見諒

 

祝身體健康！心想事成！如意吉祥！

 

親愛的法友

 

2020年噶舉祈願法會已圓滿結束，我懷著非常高興和感謝的心情來寫這訊息。自1994年由已故第十四世昆津夏瑪仁波切於我們這年代發起祈願法會以來，此次爲第18屆法會。

 

有賴我們尊貴的僧伽、仁波切、喇嘛、比丘、比丘尼、在家修行者、義工和贊助者的付出和努力，以及佛菩薩的加持，我們得以安全地舉行眾多祈願法會，並能直接將法會進行直播帶進世界各地的學生家中。

 

我想藉此機會親自感謝那些直接參與這為了利益眾生的無限祈願、祈禱和回向直播法會的人士：

 

• Khenpo Lekshey

• Tshering Dorje

• Daniel Lin

• Magda Jungowska

• Stephan Grallert

• Knut Jelden

• Philipp Mohrenweiser

• Paul Partington

. 眾多技術人員、義工、攝影師以及其他幕後工作人員

 

顯然在祈願法會過程中，超過140萬分鐘的念誦祈禱透過面書Facebook 傳播得而收聽，念誦的每分每秒都能使眾生受益。

 

因此，我也衷心感謝你們所有人和親愛的法友們的參與和不斷的修持。

 

學生可以在以下的流媒體頁面重溫祈願法會。

 

我希望以下照片可以帶給大家2020 噶舉祈願法會一些印象，就如它們之前也在世界各地分享過一樣。

 

致上祈禱

第十七世大寶法王嘉華噶瑪巴泰耶多傑

 

 

Dear dharma friends

 

It is with great joy and appreciation that I write to you following the successful completion of the 2020 Kagyu Monlam, the 18th gathering since its initiation in our time by the late His Holiness 14th Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche in 1994.

 

Due to the dedication and efforts of our venerable Sanghas, our Rinpoches, lamas, monks, nuns, lay practitioners, volunteers and sponsors, as well as the blessings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, we were able to safely host numerous Monlams and stream them directly to students’ homes around the world.

 

I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank those directly involved in streaming these limitless aspirations, prayers and dedications for the benefit of all sentient beings:

 

• Khenpo Lekshey

• Tshering Dorje

• Daniel Lin

• Magda Jungowska

• Stephan Grallert

• Knut Jelden

• Philipp Mohrenweiser

• Paul Partington

• The many technicians, volunteers, photographers and others working in the background

 

Apparently, more than 1.4 million minutes of prayers were listened to on Facebook over the course of the Monlam. Every second of every minute will benefit sentient beings.

 

Therefore, I would like to also offer my heartfelt thanks to all of you, dear dharma friends, for your participation and continued practice.

 

Students can listen again to the Monlam prayers on the streaming page https://www.karmapa.org/live-stream-kagyu-monlam-2020/.

 

I hope the following photos give a small impression of the Kagyu Monlam 2020, as it was experienced around the world.

 

With prayers

 

Thaye Dorje

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

 

噶瑪巴邀請學生一起參與噶舉祈願法會現場直播

第十八屆噶舉大祈願法會2020

依照大寶法王嘉華噶瑪巴的指示，噶舉大祈願法會委員會正籌備2020年度噶舉大祈願法會，一連七天的法會將於2020年12月16日至12月22日在各大社交媒體平台直播。

大祈願法會將會由隆德寺僧伽為首及帶領，我們非常歡迎來自世界各地的你們一起參加這祈願法會。

世界和平唱誦噶舉大祈願法會2020聲頻直播串流連結

Kagyu Monlam 2020 streaming link:
www.facebook.com/KagyuMonlamChenmo/live
Kagyu Monlam Prayer books download:
www.kagyumonlamchenmo.org/prayer-book

 

The 18th Grand Kagyu Monlam Chenmo 2020

On the instruction of His Holiness the Gyalwa Karmapa, the Kagyu Monlam Committee will organize the 2020 Kagyu Monlam to commence from 16/12/20 to 22/12/20 for a week on various social media platforms.

The Monlam will be conducted and led by the monastic sangha of Karmae Sangha Duche – the main seat of his Holiness in Rumtek and we welcome all to participate in the collective aspiration and observances.

World Peace Chanting Kagyu Monlam Chenmo 2020 Audio Live Streaming Link

Kagyu Monlam 2020 streaming link:
www.facebook.com/KagyuMonlamChenmo/live
Kagyu Monlam Prayer books download:
www.kagyumonlamchenmo.org/prayer-book

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噶瑪巴邀請學生一起參與噶舉祈願法會現場直播

November 23, 2020

第十七世大寶法王嘉華噶瑪巴分享有關今年12月16至22號舉辦噶舉祈願法會的訊息。

親愛的法友

我誠意邀請各位透過在隆德寺的現場直播，參加今年噶舉祈願法會。

令人遺憾的是，由於COVID-19疫情，迄今為止已有近5900萬人確診，超過130萬人和上百萬動物失去生命，我們今年無法舉行面對面式的法會。

不過，我感到我們很幸運，現有科技使我們能夠一起修習，我將與來自世界各地的你們一起參加祈願法會。

我想藉此機會與你們分享我對佛法的一些看法，尤其是祈願的修持。

當然這個每年一次以隆德寺僧伽為首，帶領我們念誦祈願文的法會是一個歷史悠久的傳統。

但是，如果我們真的對此活動深思並問自己目的是什麼，奇怪的是很難找到一個明確的答案。

作為人類，我們主要受到一種觀念來驅使我們做任何事情。這種觀念就是無論我們做什麼，都必須有一個目的，否則就毫無意義。儘管該理論有它的原因，但如果我們僅依靠這種邏輯，那麼對於我們來說找到一個很好的理由來持續像噶舉祈願法會這樣的一個傳統，是一種挑戰。

但是，我感到我們需要為此傳統感恩。

為什麼？

人類社會的運作模式使我們感到必須從事情中獲得一切，連最簡單的事情也需如此，即使我們從繁忙的日常工作中抽出五分鐘，我們也會感到內疚，除非我們認為自己獲得了可以享受這五分鐘的權利。

雖然佛教徒認為這種思維方式與事物本身和現實的本質並不一致，但是從佛教徒的角度來看，如果我們也是由這種必須獲得結果的理論，驅使我們做任何事情的話，那麼為了體驗我們相信的東西是不是真的，一直走下去就變得有其意義。

因此，從這個意義來說，任何的佛法修持就像是一種工具，使我們能夠完全按照自己相信的往前進。

這樣子，修行可以使我們的道路變得更完整。

如果我們從一開始就了解這一點，我們就不會被成功的想法所限制。在祈願時，我們不會從錯誤的觀念開始，以為我們必須要成功，因為成功的想法總是與失敗的想法密切聯繫在一起的。

因此，祈願的修持是一條使我們能夠探索自己的信念，而沒有任何承諾或保證結果的途徑，就像是「親自看一看，你相信的是不是就是這樣。」

換句話說，如果我們堅信我們需擔任佛教徒的角色，並且希望一直堅持下去，那麼我們就有很好的機會，今年連續7天，從12月16到22日，我們能夠將這角色完美的發揮。

因此，如果你想祈願，這裡是一個將祈願達到極致的平台！

利用此平台來探索你真正相信的東西，並充分享受它，不要期望成功或恐懼失敗。

全心全意地享受它。

我邀請大家與我們一起參加這次法會，讓我們以佛教徒的身份，沒有任何障礙。我們有唱誦師領唱，我們有導師來指導法會，可以這麼說，我們有樂器可以使你在適當的氛圍，我們有歌曲和旋律來表達我們的祈願。

讓我們聚到一起，並利用這種自由為所有眾生，尤其是那些受到疫情嚴重影響的眾生祈禱！

無需保持社交距離，也無需遮住嘴巴，只需透過電子屏幕和電子音響，我們便可以完美地發揮佛徒的身分，不用感覺我們正在執行某種使命。

但是，不要有是我要求或命令你們參加修持這樣的一個概念，令自己感到一種負擔。不要因為我們是佛教徒，就認為有義務去做或是不應該去做。

但是，如果你希望能親證自己遵循的信念會發生什麼事情，做得徹底且精進修行是合乎邏輯的唯一做法。

同時，你無需感到有任何負擔，因為祈願修持不需要像密勒日巴尊者這樣建九層大樓，也不需要像那諾巴尊者忍受十二大苦行與十二小苦行，也不用像悉達多太子多年修習苦行。

相反，你可以在舒適的家中探索祈願所帶來的潛能，這樣我們還能要求什麼？

因此，親愛的法友，請你們毫無疑問或猶豫，全心全意地享受，為一切有情而祈願！

Karmapa invites students to Kagyu Monlam audio stream

November 23, 2020

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, shares the following message regarding this year’s Kagyu Monlam, which takes place from 16-22 December.

Dear dharma friends

I would like to invite all of you to join this year’s Kagyu Monlam prayers via live audio stream from Rumtek.

It is regrettable that, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 59 million cases, more than 1.3 million human lives and millions of animal lives lost so far, we will not be able to come together in person this year.

Nevertheless, I feel that we are very fortunate to have the necessary technology to allow us to practice together, and I will be joining the aspiration prayers along with all of you around the world.

I would like to take this opportunity to share some of my own thoughts with you, concerning Buddhist practice in general, and in particular the practice of aspirations.

Of course, we have this long-standing tradition of gathering once a year for the recitation of aspiration prayers, led by our monastic sangha from Rumtek.

But if we really investigate this activity and ask ourselves what the purpose is, curiously enough, it will be difficult to come up with a solid one.

As human beings, we are driven primarily by the concept that no matter what we do, there has to be a purpose – otherwise it is pointless. And while that theory has its own place, if we rely exclusively on that logic it might be challenging for us to find a good reason why we should keep up traditions such as the Kagyu Monlam.

Yet, I feel that we need to be thankful for this tradition.

Why?

Our human society functions in a way in which we feel that we have to earn everything, down to the simplest of things: even if we just take five minutes break out of our busy daily schedule, we feel guilty unless we think that we have somehow earned the right to enjoy it.

While Buddhism understands that this way of thinking is not really in line with the way things are, with the nature of reality – nevertheless, from a Buddhist point of view, if we are driven by the theory that every result must be earned, then it makes sense to go through with it all the way, in order to experience for ourselves whether what we believe is true or not.

So in that sense any Buddhist practice is like a vehicle to allow us to go all the way, fully, with what we believe.

In that way, the practice will complement what we think the path is.

If we understand this from the beginning, then we will not be driven by the idea of success; in the case of aspirations, we will not start out with the mistaken belief that we have to have a ‘successful’ aspiration, because this very idea of success invariably goes hand in hand with the idea of failure.

So the practice of aspiration is a path that allows us to explore our beliefs all the way, without any promise or guarantee for a result, like saying, “See for yourself whether what you believe is it – or not.”

In other words, if we hold the belief that we need to play the role of being a Buddhist, and we want to go all the way with it, then we have the perfect opportunity: this year, for seven days – from 16 to 22 December – we will be able to play that role to perfection.

So, if you wish to aspire, here is a platform to aspire to the fullest!

Use this platform to explore what you truly believe – enjoy it to the fullest, without any expectation of success or fear of failure.

Enjoy it wholeheartedly, with full freedom.

I invite all of you to join us – let us play at being Buddhist, without any hang-ups. We have the Umdzes to lead the chants; we have our disciplinary masters to direct and guide the performance; we have the musical instruments to put you in the right mood, so to speak; we have the songs and the melody to voice our aspirations as one.

So let us come together and use this freedom to pray for all sentient beings, and especially all those whose lives have been severely affected by the pandemic!

Without having to practice social distancing, without having to cover our mouths, through a digital screen and a digital sound box, we can play our Buddhist role to perfection, without feeling that we are on some kind of mission.

However, do not burden yourself with the notion that this is a request or a command from me to join this practice. There is no obligation for us to do this or not do this because we are Buddhists.

But should you wish to see for yourselves what happens if you follow your belief all the way, then it is only logical for you to be thorough and diligent all the way.

At the same time, there is no need for you to feel any sense of burden, because this particular practice of aspiration doesn’t require you to build any nine-storey towers like Milarepa, nor does it demand of you to endure the twelve minor and twelve major hardships of Naropa, nor to undergo years of gruelling ascetic practice like Prince Siddharta.

Instead, you can explore the full potential of aspirations from the comfort of your own home. What more could we ask for?

Therefore, dear dharma friends, aspire for all sentient beings, without doubt or hesitation, but with whole-hearted enjoyment!

Source:

Karmapa invites students to Kagyu Monlam audio stream

#Karmapa #Kagyu #Monlam

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大寶法王官網和臉書剛剛宣布，由於全球大流行病和舉辦大型集會所涉及的明顯健康風險，二○二○年十二月的噶舉祈願法會已延期到二○二一年十二月🙏🏻
自一九九六年以來，聖陛下第十七世大寶法王一直在印度菩提迦耶舉辦的噶舉祈願法會裏，帶領著其他佛教喇嘛進行祈願。在適當的時候，大寶法王將會分享修行人如何在我們通常聚集在菩提伽耶的時間，能夠聚在一起為一切有情眾生的福祉祈禱的想法🙏🏻

Kagyu Monlam 2020 postponed due to the coronavirus

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9 August 2020

噶瑪巴對黎巴嫩和印度發生的悲劇發出的訊息。

親愛的佛友

你們當中許多人必定再次對最近所發生的悲劇感到震驚。

本週發生在貝魯特的大規模爆炸奪去了許多人的生命，並傷害了數千人；昨天在喀拉拉邦發生的飛機失事，至少有18人喪生，這顯然是令人難過的事情。

當我們正在經歷全球大疫情之同時，也發生這樣的悲劇，即使我們想為這些事情幫上一些忙，然而這些悲劇卻使我們的心不勝負苛，讓我們感到無助。

這些慘劇會令我們感到困惑，“為什麼這些悲劇反覆發生？” 沒有人覺得是自己造成這些障礙，因為我們天生就是善良和純潔的。那麼為什麼這些事情會發生？為什麼我會有這些感覺？人類為什麼要經歷這種苦難？我只能說，我們有這種感覺是很正常的，有這種情緒是完全正常的。

但是，如果我們只是停滞於這種情感推理和質疑，那麼我們就會迷失於此，並且感覺好像沒有出路。

因此，即使我們大多數人不認識那些死傷和受影響的人，但是因為我們彼此擁有人身這個共通處，它有助於我們彼此聯繫，最重要的是，它使我們能夠將情感推理和問題釋放，並轉化為有意義的東西。

首先，要專注我們彼此共同之處，縱使我們跟他們互不相識，我們也會給予他們同情。

我們可以為亡者祈禱，使他們找到他們一直渴望的和平與幸福。僅僅因為他們已經去世而不存在，並不代表他們失去了他們所追求的目標，即和平與幸福。他們將通過我們實現他們的渴望。

就是這樣，通過我們這些陌生人。你可以看到，他們也不認識我們。但是由於我們有著相似之處，例如希望和恐懼，他們的去世迴盪在我們心中，因此他們的夢想沒有失去。透過我們的願望，我們將為他們實現他們的夢想。因此，實際上我們可以對這些悲劇和其他所有悲劇作出貢獻。

我們作為初學佛法的佛教徒，應為死者祈禱，使他們的願望得以實現。

我不知道這是否有幫助，但是當有人要求他人為某人的往生祈禱時，我總是將之視為，是往生者讓在世的人可以活著善良和具道德的人生，這樣，亡者就可以透過在世的人獲得功德。

致上慈悲

第十七世大寶法王嘉華噶瑪巴泰耶多傑

Karmapa’s message following tragedies in Lebanon and India.

Dear dharma friends

Many of you must once again be taken aback by the recent tragedies.

The news of the massive explosion in Beirut this week, which claimed many lives and harmed thousands, and yesterday’s plane crash in Kerala, in which at least 18 people lost their lives, are obviously sad things to reflect upon.

When tragedies of such a kind unfold – on top of the global pandemic that we are all experiencing – they burden our hearts by making us feel helpless, even though we want to do something about them.

They confuse us by giving rise to the feeling ‘why do these tragedies occur repeatedly?’ None of us feel that we caused these obstacles, as we have an innate sense of being kind and pure. So why does it have to happen? Why am I feeling this way? Why do people have to experience such pain? All I can say is that it is perfectly normal for us to feel that way. It’s perfectly normal to feel such emotions.

But if we just hang on to this emotional reasoning and questioning then we will become lost in the emotional reasoning and questioning, and it will feel as though there is no way out.

So even though most of us don’t know those who have lost their lives or those who are affected, nevertheless utilising the similarities we share as human beings will help us to connect with one another and, most importantly, it enables us to let the emotional reasonings and questions flow out and transform into something meaningful.

To begin with, by focusing on the similarities we share, we can sympathise with them without having to know them intimately.

We can aspire for the deceased ones in such a way that they find the peace and happiness that they were always yearning for. Just because they have passed away from this existence does not mean that they lost what they strived for: their peace and happiness. They will achieve what they yearned for – through us.

Yes, through this lot of strangers, us. You see, they didn’t know us either. But because of the similarities we share, such as hopes and fears, their passing echoes in us, and therefore their dreams are not lost. Through our aspirations, their dreams will be realised by us for them. So, in fact, we can do something about these and all other tragedies.

We, as beginner Buddhist practitioners, offer our prayers for the deceased so that their aspirations will be realised.

I don’t know if this helps but when someone asks another to pray for someone’s passing, I always view that as the deceased’s way of making the living live a virtuous life. In that way the deceased ones earn merit through the living.

With compassion

Thaye Dorje

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

Source: https://www.karmapa.org/karmapas-message-following-tragedies-in-lebanon-and-india/

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