Mönlam

Buddhist Prayers for Healing, Living, and Dying

º Annual Activities º

Throughout the year, the monastery and nunnery perform certain activities according to the Tibetan lunar calendar. Many of these are related to removing obstacles from the previous year and gathering positive conditions for the new year. (See the activities starting from the Wrathful Padmasaṃbhava Pūjā and concluding with the Ocean of Amṛta Drubchen at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling.)

Also of note are the four days commemorating significant events in the life of the Buddha: Chötrul Düchen, Saga Dawa Düchen, Chökhor Düchen and Lhabab Düchen. The effects of positive and negative actions are thought to be multiplied 10 million times on these days and are therefore very auspicious days to do spiritual practice, perform good deeds, sponsor prayers and make offerings.

The fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar is called Saga Dawa and is considered to be the most auspicious month of the year. It is also called the ‘Month of Merits’ and practitioners take extra care to perform meritorious deeds and avoid harmful actions during this time.  (See the activities starting from Fasting Retreat at Nagi Nunnery and concluding with the Anniversary of Mipham Rinpoche.) 

If you are unable to make an offering but would like to be included in any of the prayers or activities, please send your name(s) to [email protected].

º Ocean of Amṛta (Ngakso) Drubchen at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery º 

March 17 – 25, 2024 ·  more information · Make an offering 

º 17 Day Fasting Retreat (Nyungne) at Nagi Nunnery º

May 8 – 25, 2024 · more information · Make an offering

º Recitation of the Collected Words of the Buddha (Kangyur Dakdrok) at KNSL Monastery º

May 16 – 18, 2024 · more information · Make an offering

º Saga Dawa Düchen (Festival of Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment, and Parinirvāṇa) º

May 23, 2024 · more information · Make an offering · Padma Natesvar Avalokiteśvara (Pema Garwang) Pūjā · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º 3 Days of Jewel Garland of Chöd Feasts (Tsokle Rinchen Trengwa Chöd) Pūjā at KNSL Monastery º

June 1 – 3, 2024 · more information · Make an offering

º Anniversary of Mipham Rinpoche º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · Mawey Senge Pūjā · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Anniversary of Chokgyur Dechen Shikpo Lingpa º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · Kusum Rigdu Pūjā · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and Nagi Nunnery

º Anniversary of the Birth of Guru Padmasaṃbhava º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · Thukdrup Trinley Gyepa Pūjā · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and Nagi Nunnery

º Chökhor Düchen (Festival of Buddha’s Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · Sampa Lhündrub Pūjā · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and Nagi Nunnery

º Recitation of the Collected Words of the Buddha (Kangyur Dakdrok) at Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering

º Chanting the Collected Songs of Realization of the Kagyu Masters (Kagyu Gurtso) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Monastic Rainy Season Retreat (Yarney) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and Nagi Nunnery

º Chöd Pūjā and Dance at Nagi Nunnery (day after Yarney) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering

º 3 Day Fasting Retreat (Nyungne) at Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering

º 3 Days of Shitro Narak Dongtruk Pūjā º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information ·  Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Lhabab Düchen (Festival of Buddha’s Descent from Heaven) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · Thukdrub Gongpa Kündü Pūjā · at KNSL · Kunzang Tuktig Pūjā · at Nagi Nunnery

º Annual One Month Ngöndro Retreat and Tsawa Sum Retreat at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering 

º Anniversary of Kyabje Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · Ngakso Pūjā · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and Nagi Nunnery

º Wrathful Padmasaṃbhava Pūjā (Sidok Raksha Thötreng Drubchok Pūjā) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Ocean of Amṛta (Ngakso) Drubchen at Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering

º Annual Chöd Pūjā at Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering

º Anniversary of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · Guru Yoga Practice · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Vajrakilaya Pūjā and Lama Dances (Gutor Pūjā) at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery º

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º Vajrakilaya Pūjā (Gutor Pūjā) at Nagi Nunnery º

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º Tibetan New Year Fragrant Smoke Pūjā (Losar Sangchöd Pūjā) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and Nagi Nunnery

º Tibetan New Year (Losar) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery and Nagi Nunnery

º Chöd Pūjā and Dance at Nagi Nunnery (day after Losar) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering

º Annual Fish Release (Tse Thar) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Narayani River, Chitwan

º White Amitāyus (Tsekar) Drubchen º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Chötrul Düchen (Festival of Buddha’s Display of Miracles) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Annual Raising of Prayer Flags (Lungta) º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering · at Jamacho Temple, Nagarjuna Hill, Kathmandu Valley

º Annual One Month Ngöndro Retreat at Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · more information · Make an offering