His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa
His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa lives at his temporary camp at the Gyuto Ramoche Tantric University in Dharamsala, India, where he teaches and regularly holds public audiences.Videos featuring His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa
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Words from the Karmapa
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness begins as an internal experience. He explains that Tibetan Buddhists have studied and meditated a great deal on this ultimate truth and while traditional practices do foster a consciousness of oneness, His Holiness says that religions must also adapt to the changing needs of people.
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What does oneness mean in the context of Tibetan Buddhism?
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa explains how exile has given Tibetans a heightened experience of oneness. With very little political solidity to draw upon, Tibetan culture in exile is held together through trust, shared values and faith, all traits of the Buddhist concept of oneness, says the Karmapa.
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How is oneness experienced?
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes how oneness is experienced. First, he says, as a breadth of vision cultivated through meditation and contemplation, and second as the harmony arising from mutual support and self-sacrifice of the individual and society.
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How can we deal with everyday distractions?
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa addresses the challenge of dealing with everyday distractions. Surely, we live in an age of incredible growth and distractions. But, His Holiness replies, do external things really distract us, or is it the mind's latent tendency toward attachment?
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Is the spiritual consciousness of the world changing?
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa believes that it is the responsibility of religion to adapt to the changing needs of people. As human psychology evolves, spirituality must also evolve, preserving what is useful from the past but adapting to the new.
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What is spiritual power?
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa explains the subtlety of spiritual power, and describes traditional means of cultivating it.
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What is the role of spiritual leaders?
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa describes the need for spiritual leaders to connect with the general public. The power of spiritual leaders, on the one hand, and the faith and devotion of the people, on the other, must come together for large-scale transformation.
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How should spiritual leaders share their knowledge with the world?
Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa suggests that spiritual leaders connect to the general public. Rather than connecting solely to their own groups of students, the Karmapa says spiritual leaders must reach beyond them to engage the larger population, and asserts that transmission of spiritual power happens through conscious, positive human relationships formed with the intention of benefiting the entire human family.
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Complete Interview
In this complete interview, Tibetan Buddhist leader His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa reflects upon the meaning of oneness in this age. Noting how values of oneness hold the Tibetan culture in exile together, His Holiness describes how cultural cohesion has revivified the religious view of metaphysical oneness. His Holiness believes that religion and spirituality must adapt to reflect the evolving human condition, although root causes of suffering remain the same. Spiritual leaders and luminaries can facilitate this adaptation by connecting their spiritual power with the devotional power of the masses. Spirituality can be spread not through commodification, but rather through meaningful and conscious relationships intended to benefit the whole.
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"I think that spiritual leaders should make their goal to not just reach their own students, but to connect with the world's citizens."
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