Public Meditation Course at Karmapa International Buddhist Institute 2018/2019

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, arrives with Sangyumla and Thugsey at Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI), during the 2018/2019 Public Meditation Course

Mandala offering to Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, during the Public Meditation Course at KIBI, New Delhi

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Sangyumla and Thugsey receive a mandala offering from Professor Sempa Dorje

As Thugsey entered the temple, there were offerings of mandala, ku sung thug, tea and rice.

Karmapa, Sangyumla, Thugsey, Yum Mrs Kunzang, and other members of the family, together with Rinpoches, monks, KIBI staff and lay students at the Public Meditation Course 2018/2019

In the private shrine on top of KIBI, Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche performed a ritual bath (Krus – thrü) ceremony for Karmapa’s son Thugsey

In the private shrine on top of KIBI, Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche performed a ritual bath (Khrus – thrü) ceremony for Karmapa’s son Thugsey

Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche pays respects to Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, and his son Thugsey

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, holding his son Thugsey. Lama Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche (left) and Solponla Tsultrim Namgyal, Karmapa's Senior Attendant (right), smile at Thugsey

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, leads the annual Public Meditation Course at Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI), New Delhi