Monks at Kagyu Monlam Prayer Festival in Bodhgaya

monks are rushing back to the monastery
so they can have lunch and then return to the mahabodhi stupa to continue the kagyu monlam. for two weeks from early morning hours until night, a large assembly of Tibetan Buddhist monks and nuns of the Kagyu tradition are gathering in india in bodhgaya, where buddha was enlightened, to pray and meditate for peace and happiness in the world. for more on this monlam festival, see http://www.kagyuoffice.org/karmapa.currentactivities.html#vision

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• kagyu
• monlam
• india
• bodhgaya
• 2007
• karmapa