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 Annual One Month Ngöndro Retreat and Tsawa Sum Retreat at KNSL Monastery º

December 28, 2024 – January 25, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Anniversary of the Parinirvāṇa of Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche: Ngakso Pūjā at KNSL Monastery and Nagi Nunnery º

January 3, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

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

January 26 – 28, 2025 · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

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

February 5 – 13, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Annual Chöd Pūjā at Nagi Nunnery º

February 14, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Anniversary of the Parinirvāṇa of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche: Guru Yoga Practice º

February 21, 2025 · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Vajrakilaya (Gutor) Pūjā and Lama Dances at KNSL Monastery and Nagi Nunnery º

February 21 – 27, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Tibetan New Year Fragrant Smoke (Losar Sangchöd) Pūjā at KNSL Monastery and Nagi Nunnery º

February 28, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

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

March 1, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Annual Fish Release (Tse Thar) º

March 4, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º White Amitāyus (Tsekar) Drubchen º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · March 7 – 15, 2025 · 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 · March 14, 2025 · 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 · April 2, 2025 · 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 · March 7 – April 5, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Ocean of Amṛta (Ngakso) Drubchen at KNSL Monastery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · April 5 – 13, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

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

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · May 27 – June 12, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

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

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · June 3 – 5, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Saga Dawa Düchen (Festival of Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment, and Parinirvāṇa): Padma Natesvar Avalokiteśvara (Pema Garwang) Pūjā º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · June 11, 2025 · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

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

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · June 20 – 22, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Anniversary of the Parinirvāṇa of Mipham Rinpoche: Mawey Senge Pūjā º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · June 24, 2025 · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

º Anniversary of the Parinirvāṇa of Chokgyur Dechen Shikpo Lingpa: Kusum Rigdu Pūjā at KNSL Monastery and Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · June 26, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Anniversary of the Birth of Guru Padmasaṃbhava: Thukdrup Trinley Gyepa Pūjā at KNSL Monastery and Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · July 5, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Chökhor Düchen (Festival of Buddha’s Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma): Sampa Lhündrub Pūjā at KNSL Monastery and Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · July 28, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º Monastic Rainy Season Retreat (Yarney) at KNSL Monastery and Nagi Nunnery º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · August 9 – September 21, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

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

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · August 10, 2025 · 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 · September 7, 2025 · more information · Make an offering · at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

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

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · September 22, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

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

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · October 28 – 30, 2025 · more information · Make an offering

º 3 Days of Shitro Narak Dongtruk Pūjā º

CLOSED NOW FOR OFFERINGS AND NAMES · October 28 – 30, 2025 · 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 · November 11, 2025 · more information · Make an offering · Thukdrub Gongpa Kündü Pūjā · at KNSL · Kunzang Tuktig Pūjā · at Nagi Nunnery

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