The Gyalwang Karmapa’s Birthday Celebration

June 26, 2008, report by Khenpo Ten Nam, translated by Karma Choephel, photos taken by Karma Norbu

During the 25th Kagyu Monlam, the Gyalwang Karmapa spoke profoundly and extensively about the need to preserve and protect the world’s environment. In accordance with this, on the occasions of the birthdays of the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa, on June 26, 2008, and the omniscient Dalai Lama on July 6, 2008, the Kagyu Monlam Administration Team planted over 1000 trees in Palampur, near Dharamsala, India. These trees were planted for world peace and for the long lives of the Dalai Lama, the Gyalwang Karmapa, and the other great masters upon whom world peace depends.