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DATE 10/12/2014

terms of education as KIBI collaborated with 7. Jinpa Thaye the prestigious Mewar University to offer 8. Dorte Kamarid Bachelors course in . With a 9. Lopon Ngawang Tharchin strength of 23 students (18 academic and 5 guest students), and 9 faculty members, the During this semester the students were also first Fall Semester is about to come to an end. fortunate to have classroom interactions with a This semester was a lot of fun with interactive number of honourable teachers like HH activities and lively class discussions! Gyalwang Karmapa, His Eminence Beru Khyentse and Professor Sempa The semester end Dorje. They received Amitayus empowerment examination was by HH Gyalwa Karmapa and held from 1st of teachings by His Eminence Beru Khyentse December to the Rinpoche. 12th of December. As the students brace themselves for their The highlight of the semester was the exchange course break (13th December 2014 to 5th Jan programme that took place between KIBI and 2015), preparations for the spring semester are Dagpo Kagyü Freiburg Buddhist Center, in order! Germany. A group of students lead by Dr. Michael Kalff, a former KIBI student visited to Here are the feature highlights of the fall seek teachings and blessing from H.H. Gyalwa Christmas and New Year is around the corner semester Karmapa. and we realised that it’s been a while since we Cultural Activities updated you with what’s up and happening in On the 15th of September 2014, there was a KIBI as a Buddhist institution is always busy KIBI! 2014 has been such a busy year for course opening ceremony for Bachelors conducting prayers for the benefit of all . KIBS that we couldn’t keep up with each one Programme (Buddhist Studies). Faculty Culturally, this year a diverse number of poojas of you! However, with this newsletter we members introduced their respective course were held. The main ones included: bring you a glimpse of all events that took structure and syllabi to the students. The 5 days grand Dorje Doloe (one of the place in KIBI in the last quarter of this year! Rinpoche's manifestation) puja conducted in We hope this newsletter finds you in the best The faculty members include: KIBI from the 18th November, led by H.E. of your health. Season’s Greetings everyone! Beru Khyentse Rinpoche 1. Lobsang Academic Activities Lhabab Duchen The day of 2. Prof. Lara Braitstein (辷་བབས་䝴ས་ཆེན) ( 3. Lopon Jinpa Namgyal Buddha’s decent from heaven As all of you 4. Inka Wolf according to the Tibetan calendar) celebrated must be aware 5. Tashi Dorjey by the KIBI on the 13th November. by now, this 6. MG Chaturvedi year has been a landmark year for KIBS in What are we looking forward to?

The Monlam 2014 be conducted from 15th December to 21st December. His Holiness Karmapa Thaye Dorje will lead the ceremonies at the Kagyu Monlam 2014 in Bodhgaya. We hope to see all of you there!

This year will finally close in with the Public course (including a 10 day meditation retreat with Sojong vows) that will be conducted from 24th December 2014 to 3rd January 2015 at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute. The PMC course of 2014 will be led by HH the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa (alternative days) and continued by Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche. Senior guest teachers like Khenpo Ngedon will also be a part of the PMC. There are so far 147 registrants for the course.

Here’s the schedule of the course!

Date & Time 6:00 to 7:30 9:00 to 11:00 14:00 to 16:00 17:00 to 18:30

24/12/2014 3:30pm to 4:pm Course introductions, 4: to 4:30pm Tea break, 4:30pm to 6pm Sojong and Tuesday Four Foundation introduction

25/12/2014 H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Khenpo Ngedon H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa 1-Wednesday Granting Sojong Vows (Dikcha) Four Foundation Overview Shinay introduction Chenrezig Practice Four Foundation Transmission (Transmission and Instruction)

26/12/2014 Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Khenpo Ngedon Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche 2-Thursday Granting Sojong Vows Taking and Shamatha Meditation Chenrezig Practice Calm-abiding Practice (Meditation on Compassion)

27/12/2014 Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa Ven.Dupsing Rinpoche 3-Friday Granting Sojong Vows Taking Refuge and Prostration Shamatha Meditation Chenrezig Practice Calm-abiding Practice (Meditation on Compassion)

28/12/2014 Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Khenpo Ngedon Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche 4-Saturday Granting Sojong Vows Taking Refuge and Shamatha Meditation Chenrezig Practice Prostration Calm-abiding Practice (Meditation on Compassion)

29/12/2014 H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Khenpo Ngedon H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa 5-Sunday Granting Sojong Vows Taking Refuge and Prostration Shamatha Meditation Chenrezig Practice Calm-abiding Practice (Meditation on Compassion)

30/12/2014 Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Khenpo Ngedon Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche 6-Monday Granting Sojong Vows Taking Refuge and Prostration Shamatha Meditation Chenrezig Practice Calm-abiding Practice (Meditation on compassion)

31/12/2014 Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche 7-Tuesday Granting Sojong Vows Taking Refuge and Prostration Shamatha Meditation Chenrezig Practice Calm-abiding Practice (Meditation on Compassion)

1/01/2015 Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Khenpo Ngedon Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche 8-Wednesday Granting Sojong Vows Taking Refuge and Prostration ShamathaMeditation Chenrezig Practice Calm-abiding Practice (Meditation on Compassion)

2/01/2015 H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa Ven. Dupsing Rinpoche Ven. Khenpo Ngedon H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa 9-Thursday Granting Sojong Vows Taking Refuge and Prostration Shamatha Meditation Chenrezig Practice Calm-abiding Practice (Meditation on Compassion)

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SERVING TIME FOR MEALS AND TEA

6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. Sojong (Morning session) 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Breakfast 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. First Foundation practice (post breakfast session) 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Communal lunch for Sojong practitioner 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch for non-Sojong participant 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Meditation (afternoon session) Shinay Practice 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tea break (hot drinks served for Sojong practitioners) 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Chenrezig Practice (evening session)

Things to Remember: 1. Please maintain your behaviour in order to make this course successful 2. Not allowed to invite any visitor or none registrant friends to KIBI during the 10-day retreat rd rd 3. KIBI kitchen for the meditation course will operate from the evening of 24 December until the morning of 3 January. 4. A light juice will be served in the evening. rd 5. Extra day lodging after 3 January will be charged separately. 6. It is not appropriate to engage yourself in other activities while you are in the meditation retreat.

Karmapa Public Course 2015 We introduce to you, the latest version You could also study at KIBI as a guest student! A guest student has lesser engagement website of KIBI:www.kibi-edu.org The The Karmapa Public course 2015 is yet another in documentation and other formalities. As a website is 90% complete and will be the new annual program at KIBI which opens guest student you’d not be allowed to sit for the website for all sort of correspondence and opportunity to directly interact with H.H. 17th Semester end examination as well. updates related to the Karmapa International Gyalwa Karmapa and other eminent Kagyu Buddhist Institute. We request you to check Scholars. Here’s what KIBI’s students have to say this new website for all further requisites! Log The teachings of this course start from about the academic course! Monday, 16th up till 21st of March 2015 for a Coralie from Corsica period of six days. As for the Gyalwa BA First year student Karmapa’s program; It includes two empowerments and four days of teachings on I met some KIBI the 2nd chapter of the “ ways of students at the Kagyu life” (Bodhisattvacarya awatara). Ven. Monlam in Bodhgaya four years ago. They Jampa Thaye will give Teaching on th inspired me to want to based on 5 Sharmarpa’s commentary which study the in th he received the transmission from the 14 on to kibi-edu.org NOW! more depth, and to . There are two more classes from also learn Tibetan. I spent some time in the US other guest teachers. To know more about We would also like to inform all of you that the improving my English, and then came to KIBI public courses please contact us at common washrooms have been renovated and in 2014. I have learned so much about [email protected] re-done now, keeping in mind your comfort! Buddhist , but also about myself, finding new ways to look at things. The studies What’s new? are so logical, and the people, teachers and How one can study here: Academic classes have made this an incredible registration or a guest student .

New KIBI Academic session will start from th 15 of September 2015. We will welcome registration from 1st of April to 30th July 2015. For detailed queries please log on to kibi’s website or write to [email protected]

Stephane from meditation practice, and as an unshakable Here Thure shares his experience of studying France value system for profession and private life. in KIBI and tells a lot of interesting stories BA First year student Often I tell my fellow Buddhists, that KIBI about past times. The most important thing that has changed is changed me into a civilized (and hopefully that the KIBI is now recognized as a I wanted to make a even useful) member of society. The greatest University (under Mewar University), and that more in-depth study joy however is to share the gift, we got from you can get a B.A. if you study here 3 years. It of and I our teachers at KIBI. Sarah and me started has been Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche’s wish for couldn’t find anything like this course in with classes in Buddhist philosophy in many years. Another important thing about France. It was also important to me that KIBI education centers, and now I am teaching studying at KIBI is that you have a lot of time offered a recognized qualification from an Buddhist Philosophy in Buddhist groups and to discuss the teachings and reflect upon them, accredited University. We have a very good Dagpo center Freiburg since some years. The and this gives you a solid inner base for your library here for making independent research, quality of KIBI education seems to pass on – daily life and your daily ……Read and I find that KIBI is a great place to combine students of the Freiburg philosophy class more interview http://www.kibi-edu.org/interview- study and practice. wanted to know the roots of the program and-life-stories/svane-dupont/

they study, so we arranged a trip for Kagyus to Liliya from Moscow, KIBI and Bodhgaya. Coming back to KIBI 17 Russia years after is somewhat emotional… realizing Update in the students storeroom: BA First year student what KIBI gave to me after 17 Years ... seeing I decided quite spontaneously all the changes (and what did not change) KIBI students to come and study at KIBI touches a lot. There is a cyber-monk now, who and guests often during the meditation course last December runs all the IT and internet, there is a find it (2014). I feel at home here, and its very inspiring Dharmashop and an information center, KIBI difficulties to to know that the the Karmapa is close by, and became the main seat of Gyalwa Karmapa, and locate their metal boxes in visits quite often. I felt strongly drawn to stay more important: there is an official, the store room. here, study and practice. I wrote out a list of what professional Bachelor study program now, Even if they do happen to find it, they clothing I would need, but hadn’t quite made the integrated in the international system of sometimes complain that it has been not cared final decision. Then, during the refuge with the university degrees. is still catastrophic, for well. Keeping that in mind, since March Karmapa I Delhi still a nightmare … but is much closer to 2014 we have completely rearranged the Knew instantly it was the right thing to do. He Germany now, and the main thing to say after students’ and guests’ storeroom such that now blessed my application, and I knew everything 17 years: to study Dharma in the KIBI was and it’ll be easier to find your boxes, and much safer to store them! would work out OK. is worth every single day”. There are more than 100 boxes and suitcases that we found in the storeroom. Some of these Dr. Michael Kalff, KIBI Student from 1993 to 1997, lives in Staufen, Germany. Dagpo Center Freiburg and metal boxes Ani From Sofia, Bulgaria Diamondway Center Stuttgart, teaches Buddhist Philosophy are from 1990s and have yet to be utilized or BA Second year student and works as scientist for sustainable development at HFT opened. To cover the investment of care Stuttgart. and management of your metal boxes, we will I met Lama Ole in 1997, took charge small maintenance amount and storage refuge and started to practice. Thure Svane-Dupont, Denmark charge as the following: Box size height of 14 inches is considered as When I retired in 2011 I had Alumni 1994 small, the storage charge for which is Rs. 100 more free time. I saw the meditation course in per month. KIBI and decided to attend. I had spent some time Thure Svane-Dupont is Box size height of 18 inches is considered as a meditating but not much on studying. Professor one of the first Western middle size. Storage charge Rs. 150 per month Sempa Dorje had relayed the Buddha’s advice to people, who started to Box size height of more than 18 inches is practice Diamond way read, contemplate and meditate, so I decided to considered as big size. Storage charge Rs 200 Buddhism in the come to KIBI. As a result of following the per month. Kagyu tradition, and one The above rules will apply w.e.f the 1st of curriculum I read many texts, and received of the alumni of the January 2015. explanations that under other circumstances I KIBI. He took refuge by If you know your boxes and belongings are in wouldn’t have. Lama in the KIBI storeroom and you don’t need them 1986. In 1989 he moved anymore, you can write to us at to Southern Spain to live in the newly build [email protected], so that we could by Buddhist centre, Karma Gön. Shortly after his your permission donate the useful things and Here’s what the KIBI Alumni have to return to Denmark in 1990, he moved into the store the metal box for lending them to the say about KIBI and their past Buddhist Centre in Copenhagen where he new students. experience in KIBI! lived for more than 8 years. In 1994/95 and 1996/97 he studied Buddhist philosophy at the That’s all for now! We wish you all the best in What KIBI gave, was a Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in all of your endeavors! New Delhi, India. Now Thure and his wife very deep understanding Thank you! Marie live in the US, where he runs his own of the Dharma in the company. They are both active part of the New Kagyu interpretation, as York sangha. a stable basis for 5