His Holiness the 17th KARMAPA visit to North America

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• See Karmapa Photos of his visit to North America as well as many others by Tenpe Myima Rinpoche
• Visit Zijis official Karmapa In America '08 merchandise page. Proceeds support the Karmapa Foundation
• Read the July 7-14, 2008 Newsweek Article "Tibets Holy Man In Waiting"
• See photos of the Karmapa trying his first Starbuck's Coffee & other photos of his visit to Seattle
• See photos of the Karmapa's visit to Disneyland (meeting Mickey, etc.)
• Read the Seattle Times article "Buddhist karmapa tours U.S."
• Read the Time Magazine article "Ogyen Trinley Dorje: the Next Dalai Lama?"
• Read an article from the Associated Content called "The 17th Karmapa Visits Boulder, Seattle, New York"
• Listen to a 4 minute NPR broadcast as Co-host Renee Montagne talks to Robert Thurman, professor of Buddhist studies at Columbia University, about the 22-year-old Karmapa
• Read and see photos of the Tea & Rice Ceremony Welcoming HH the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa at the Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center
• Watch videos of the Karmapa's visit on the KarmapaDotTV channel on YouTube
• Go to the web page "Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche" for some great write ups, photos and a blog about the Karmapa's visit to the West
• Watch a short video from the Poughkeepsie Journal on the Karmapa's arrival at the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery in Woodstock
• Read the Poughkeepsie Journal article "Buddhist Holy Man visit" on the Karmapa's arrival at the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery in Woodstock
• Read a sampling of the 2008 Summer Buddhadharma magazine issue featuring an article by the Karmapa called "The Power of Unbearable Compassion"
• Read a sampling of the 2008 Summer Buddhadharma magazine issue featuring an interview on becoming the Karmapa
• Read a sampling of the 2008 Summer Buddhadharma magazine issue featuring an article called "Karmapa in America"
• Read a follow up letter from NYC Shambhala Center Member Acharya Eric Spiegel on the Karmapa's visit to the U.S.
• Read the Times Magazine Article "The World's Next Top Lama"
• Read the New York Times Article "Young Spiritual Leader Arrives in New York, Ready to Teach and Be Taught"
• Read a letter from NYC Shambhala Center Member Acharya Eric Spiegel on the Karmapa's First day in the U.S.

Shambhala International welcomes the visit to North America of His Holiness Urgen Trinley Dorje, the Gyalwang Karmapa XVII.

The 18-day tour of His Holiness will take place from 15 May to 2 June 2008, and will include visits to New York, Boulder, and Seattle.

His Holiness will first arrive in New York for public events and will teach at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra in Woodstock, New York state, the seat of His Holiness in North America.

From New York he will fly to Colorado. His Holiness will give a public talk, and also address the many hosting sanghas in Boulder on 24-25 May. The tour will conclude in Seattle, where he will give public teachings prior to returning to India on 2 June.

Planning for the visit has been underway for some time, coordinated in North America by The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Many members of the Shambhala community from around the country are involved with the planning for the tour, including the support of the Dorje Kasung, finances, and logistics.

In early March 2007, the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, sent a personal letter to the Karmapa expressing his delight at the news that a visit might be possible. He extended a warm welcome to His Holiness and invited him to visit. The Sakyong's handwritten letter was delivered to the Karmapa by Shambhala President Richard Reoch at a private audience in Gyuto Monastery, near Dharamsala, India, on 5 March 2007.

His Holiness thanked President Reoch for the Sakyong's invitation and expressed the wish to visit the stupa which holds the funeral relics of the Vidyadhara, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. However, due to the extremely short duration of this tour, the visit to Colorado will take place in Boulder. His Holiness will visit the stupa on a future tour of North America.

A new blog has been created as a forum for sharing news of His Holiness Karmapa's visit, including stories, photos, video clips, and more.

Just click here http://karmapavisit.blogspot.com

The blog will be updated regularly during the visit with items of interest from His Holiness's teachings and activities, so bookmark the URL and check back often for new posts and content. The blog will be a great way to follow the development of His Holiness Karmapa's U.S. visit as it unfolds from coast to coast.

The official website for the Karmapa's visit to North America can be found here.

The official website of his Holiness Karmapa (India) can be found here.

How Can We Deal with Everyday Distractions? Karmapa on YouTube

In this YouTube video excerpted from a teaching given at Gyuto Tantric University in Northern India, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa explains how the root of attachment that seems to pull us towards external objects and distractions lies not in the objects themselves but in our own minds. We therefore have the power to tame our distractions and work with our own attachment.  View the clip to watch His Holiness's teaching.

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