Event
Retransmission of the Kagyu Monlam at
Dhagpo Kundreul Ling
From 15th to 21st December 2025
Event
Retransmission of the Kagyu Monlam at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling
From 15th to 21st December 2025
Invitation
We are pleased to invite you to Dhagpo Kundreul Ling to take part in the retransmission of the Kagyu Monlam 2025, which will take place from 15th to 21st December.
This 23rd edition of the Kagyu Monlam will be held in Bodhgaya, India, the place where Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment. Thaye Dorje, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, will lead the aspiration prayers under the Bodhi tree, accompanied by the main lamas of the lineage.
For the sixth consecutive year, we will join, from the Main Temple of Dhagpo Kundreul Ling, in the aspiration prayers of Karmapa and the monastic sangha. Gendun Rinchen will be present for this accumulation.
The Kagyu Monlam is a precious moment when we can practise in unison, monastics and laypeople, in Asia as in the West, gathered around the prayers of wishes and Karmapa.
May this opportunity to connect with the deep aspirations of the buddhas and bodhisattvas be a source of great benefit to the world and all beings.
The Community of Dhagpo Kundreul Ling
Can’t come to the Dhagpo Kundreul Ling Temple?
Follow the whole event from home live from our YouTube channel.
Katas offering online
Registration
To attend to Kagyu Monlam, you have to register. Registering early allows better organisation so we can welcome you in the best possible conditions. This year, two registration options are offered. It is only possible to have meals on-site if you are accommodated at the venue.
Option 1: You register to indicate your presence in the Main Temple during the accumulation sessions. You are not requesting accommodation or meals.
Option 2: You register to indicate your presence in the Main Temple and to submit a request for accommodation and meals.
Option 1
You register to indicate your presence in the Main Temple during the accumulation sessions. You are not requesting accommodation or meals.
- One form = 1 person
Fill in the registration form: COMING SOON
Option 2
You register to indicate your presence in the Main Temple and to submit a request for accommodation and meals.
- One form = 1 person
Contributions
Purchased meals cannot be refunded. However, in case of an emergency, contact the welcome office.
Fill in the registration form: COMING SOON
Price
Contact us
+33 4 73 52 24 34
ktl.contact@dhagpo.org
Accomodation
It is possible to be accommodated on site according to the availability of rooms. Our accommodation capacity is 103 beds in 56 rooms. We mainly have double bed rooms with two, one-person beds.
In order to give priority to long stays, the welcome office will process accommodation requests :
• from November 14 for stays including all the Kagyu Monlam ;
• from November 25 for stays of shorter duration.
Remember to bring:
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- Earplugs
- A torch for moving around at night
- Warm clothes: Altitude of Dhagpo Kundreul Ling is 700m. Temperatures are generally cold in this season.
Accommodations outside of Dhagpo Kundreul Ling
See the list of accommodations
Meals
Meals are reserved for people staying on site and will be taken in the various refectories on site. They are prepared by us and are vegetarian.
Programme
Programme of the event:
- Morning:
6.45am–7.15am: Sojong vows
8am–10.30am: Practices
10.30am–11am: Break
11am–12.30pm: Practices - Afternoon:
3pm–4pm: Practices
4pm–4.30pm: Break
4.30pm–7pm: Practices
8pm: Chenrezig
Remark: In case Karmapa would give a teaching in Bodhgaya, we would do our best to broadcast it in Dhagpo Kundreul Ling, and offer a simultaneous translation.
Online Broadcast
All practice sessions will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel.
Texts to bring
The Kagyu Monlam Prayers: the gate of two merits
For a deeper understanding
The King of Prayers
A Commentary on the Noble King of Prayers of Excellent Conduct
Bird of Paradise Press
In December 2009, on the occasion of the Kagyu Monlam, Shamar Rinpoche gave an explanation on the wishing prayer of Samantabhadra, the prayer accumulated during the Kagyu Monlam.
Reading his published commentary entitled “The Noble King of Prayers of Excellent Conduct” allows the practitioners to familiarise with this prayer and to understand its meaning more deeply.
