Impermanence Archives - The 17th Karmapa: Official website of Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

Karmapa’s condolence message for the Turkey-Syria earthquake

Published February 10, 2023

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, shares this message of condolence after the recent earthquake on the… more

Some reflections on human life

Published April 28, 2022

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, shares the following reflections on human life: “These leisures and endowments,… more

Published November 5, 2019

The rising of the sun is very interesting to all of us, very inspiring, while the setting is often… more

Published February 18, 2019

"I think the teaching of the Buddha, when he says ‘all compounded phenomena are impermanent,’ is relevant when we… more

Published May 4, 2015

Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, shares an official address regarding the Nepal earthquake, on the occasion… more