Tom Charland will begin a discussion on each of the Karmapas based on a book called Karmapa The Sacred Prophecy. This is a Zoom-only teaching. While visiting Karma Monastery in Nangchen, Eastern Tibet, the great nineteenth century master Chogyur Dechen Lingpa was granted a prophetic vision of twenty-one incarnations of Karmapa, the supreme head of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Translated into English for the first time in this book, the prophecy of Chogyur Lingpa is cherished by the Kagyu lineage as a sacred document indicating the qualities and activities of the future Karmapas. Tom will display photographs of the nineteenth century woodblock text, as well as the silk painting by Karmai Khenchen that accompany the translation. It is the publisher’s hope that this volume will serve to inform readers new to Tibetan Buddhism, inspire established practitioners, and, perhaps most importantly, offer insight into our very real potential to develop the qualities of power, loving kindness, and wisdom which the Karmapa himself fully embodies.

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