Tyler Dewar from the Nalandabodhi sangha [established under the direction of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche as a nonprofit organization dedicated to sharing the genuine teachings of Tibetan Buddhism with an international community] served as the translator for the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa in Delhi, India, in September. The Karmapa’s main teaching event was at the International Day of Peace celebrations at the American Embassy School.

About that day’s events, Tyler writes: In the morning, His Holiness gave a short talk on peace in which he said that peace is always with us but is something we have to constantly choose. In the context of this principle, he led a brief meditation session for the children. (Roughly recalled, “Test this out for yourself: is peace really always with me? Let’s try to just pay attention to our breath for one minute.”) Throughout the day, he gave six separate Q&A sessions for small groups of students ranging from first grade through high school. The students asked him some great questions, ranging from “How do you find peace in yourself?” to “What would you do if you were attacked?”

You can read the rest of Tyler’s report and view a couple of great recent photos of the Karmapa by Ellen Weeren [from which the above detail is derived] at the Nalandabodhi website.

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