Karmapa Public Course 2026: Photos

March 28, 2026

This year’s Karmapa Public Course at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute (KIBI) took place between the 8th and the 16th of March, 2026.

On the afternoon of the 10th of March, Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, granted the empowerment of White Tara (Tib. Dolkar), one of the Buddha aspects representing longevity, to a large gathering of practitioners who had come to KIBI to attend the course, including Rinpoches, monks, nuns and lay practitioners from East and West. Karmapa gave detailed instructions on the meaning and essence of the practice, so as to enable the students to follow the various steps of the empowerment.

In the following days Karmapa continued his teaching on the 8th chapter of the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by the great Indian scholar Shantideva, dedicated to the Paramita of Meditative Concentration (Tib. Samten). During each of the sessions Karmapa reserved a generous amount of time for questions and answers.

Karmapa also guided daily practice sessions on the Four-Armed Chenresig.

On the afternoon of the last day Karmapa bestowed the empowerment of Avalokiteshvara (Tib: Chenresig), the meditation aspect embodying the enlightened compassion of all Buddhas, to the gathered practitioners.

Several other eminent teachers shared their knowledge and experience of the Buddha Dharma with the course participants: His Eminence Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche taught on Buddha Nature, Venerable Lama Jampa Thaye on Mind Training (Tib. Lojong), and Venerable Khenpo Lobsang on the Uttaratantra Shastra (Tib. Gyu Lama).

Please enjoy this selection of pictures from this year’s Karmapa Public Course at KIBI.