Schedule for the 32nd Kagyu Monlam
Grand Examination of Monastic Forms
Date: December 19, 2014
Location: Monlam Pavilion
Time: 8 am–4 pm
Trisamayavyūha Empowerment
Bestowed by His Holiness Sakya Trizin
Date: December 20, 2014
Location: Monlam Pavilion
Time: 8:00–10:30 am
The Initiations of “Knowing One Frees All”
Bestowed by His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa
Dates: December 20–25, 2014
Location: Monlam Pavilion
Day 1: Saturday, December 20I 2:00–4:30 pm • Single White Tāra
Day 2: Sunday, December 21I 8:00–10:30 am • Praises of the Twenty-One Tāras (p. 281)
• White Tāra With Retinue
• Tāra of the Acacia Forest
• Single Tāra Who Shakes the Three Worlds
II 2:00–4:30 pm • Prayers to Guru Rinpoche (p. 308)
• Single Kurukullā
• Single Auspicious Tāra Who Accomplishes Aims
Day 3: Monday, December 22I 8:00–10:30 am • Praises of the Twenty-One Tāras (page 281)
• Yellow Prajñaparamita with Retinue
• Single Uṣnīṣa Vijaya
• Uṣnīṣa White Parasol with Retinue
II 2:00–4:30 pm • Prayers to Guru Rinpoche (from page 387/8)
• Single Blazing Uṣnīṣa
• The Five Queens of Awareness
Day 4: Tuesday, December 23I 8:00–10:30 am • Praises of the Twenty-One Tāras (page 281)
• Single Yellow Leaf-Clad Shavari
• Mārichi with Retinue
• Single Dhvaja Grakeyura
II 2:00–4:30 pm • Prayers to Guru Rinpoche (from page 387/8)
• Single White Sarasvatī
• Orange Mañjushrī with Retinue
Day 5: Wednesday, December 24I 8:00–10:30 am • Praises of the Twenty-One Tāras (page 281)
• Single White Mañjushrī
• Mañjushrī Nāma Saṁgiti with Retinue
• Single Mañjushrī, Lion of Speech
II 2:00–4:30 pm • Prayers to Guru Rinpoche (from page 387/8)
• Single Mañjushrī Arapacha
• Single Mañjushrī the Lion's Roar
Day 6: Thursday, December 25I 8:00–10:30 am • Praises of the Twenty-One Tāras (page 281)
• Single Amitāyus
• Four Armed Avalokiteshvara with Retinue
• Single Maitreya
Vajrasattva Empowerment in the Tradition of Marpa
Bestowed by Goshir Gyaltsap Rinpoche
Dates: December 25, 2014
Location: Monlam Pavilion
Times: 2:00–4:30 pm
Virtue in the Beginning
Teachings on The Torch of True Meaning
Dates: December 26–27, 2014
Location: Monlam Pavilion
Sessions:
I 08:00–9:00 am • The Short Vajradhara Lineage Prayer (p. 272)
• Mandala Offerings (p. 613)
• Teachings on Vajrasattva Practice from The Torch of True Meaning
9:00–9:30 am Tea break
9:30–10:30 am • Vajrasattva practice
• The Aspiration of the Mahamudra of Definitive Meaning (p. 353)
• An Aspiration for the Well-Being of Tibet (p. 427)
II 2:00–3:00 pm • Mandala Offerings (p. 613)
• Teachings on Vajrasattva Practice from The Torch of True Meaning
3:00–3:30 pm Tea break
3:30–4:30 pm • Vajrasattva practice
• The Aspiration of the Mahamudra of Definitive Meaning (p.353)
• An Aspiration for the Well-Being of Tibet (p. 427)
Virtue in the Middle
The Kagyu Monlam
Dates: December 29, 2014–January 4, 2015
Location: Monlam Pavilion
Day 1: Monday, December 29, 2014
I 6:00–8:30 am Mahayana Sojong, The Twenty-Branch Monlam
II 9:00–10:30 am Teachings on The Four Freedoms from Attachment
III 1:30–3:00 pm The Noble Aspiration for Excellent Conduct, Maitreya’s Aspiration,
Aspiration from The Way of the Bodhisattva
IV 3:30–5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Day 2: Tuesday, December 30
I 6:00–8:30 am Mahayana Sojong, The Twenty-Branch Monlam
II 9:00–10:30 am Teachings on The Four Freedoms from Attachment
III 1:30–3:00 pm The Noble Aspiration for Excellent Conduct,
The Sukhavati Prayer “I Prostrate with Respect…”
IV 3:30–5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Day 3: Wednesday, December 31
I 6:00–8:30 am Mahayana Sojong, The Twenty-Branch Monlam
II 9:00–10:30 am Teachings on The Four Freedoms from Attachment
III 1:30–3:00 pm Praises of Tara and Saraswati
IV 3:30–5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Day 4: Thursday, January 1, 2015
I 6:00–8:30 am Mahayana Sojong, The Twenty-Branch Monlam
II 9:00–10:30 am Teachings on The Four Freedoms from Attachment
III 1:30–3:00 pm Prayers to Guru Rinpoche: Clearing the Path of Obstacles and
Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes
IV 3:30–5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Day 5: Friday, January 2
I 6:00–8:00 am Mahayana Sojong, The Twenty-Branch Monlam
8:00 am Kangyur Procession
II 9:00–10:30 am Reading the Kangyur
III 1:30–3:00 pm Prayers for the Well-Being of Tibet
IV 3:30–5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
Day 6: Saturday, January 3
I 6:00–8:30 am Mahayana Sojong, The Twenty-Branch Monlam, Sixteen Arhats
7:00 am Alms Procession
II 1:30–3:00 pm The Sutra in Three Sections, Akshobhya Sutras
III 3:30–5:00 pm The Twenty-Branch Monlam
5:00 pm Akshobhya Fire Puja
Day 7: Sunday, January 4
3:30 am Fifteenth Day Sojong (Ordained sangha only)
I 6:00–8:30 am The Twenty-Branch Monlam, Medicine Buddha
II 9:00–11:00 am Offerings to the Gurus
III 1:00–2:30 pm Offerings to the Gurus
IV 3:00–5:00 pm Sponsor Appreciation, Special Address
Virtue in the End
The Marme Monlam
Date: January 5, 2015
Location: Monlam Pavilion
Time: 7:30 pm
