Prayer Festival for Peace - Kagyu Monlam Germany 2026

„Kagyu Monlam is to spread the seeds of loving kindness and pure motivation, to activate their power, and hence bring about genuine peace, love, happiness and well-being in the world.“
— 17^th Gyalwang Karmapa

This weekend, together with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, we want to express our deep wish for peace and harmony in the world. These prayer festivals take place in more and more countries all over the world, as was the heartfelt wish of H.H. the 17th Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje, who took over the responsibility for the traditional Karma Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya in 2004.

This Kagyu Monlam is a wonderful opportunity to come together, motivated by the desire for peace and harmony within ourselves and in the world, to listen to teachings and recite prayers. Through our collective practice and our shared wishes for the well-being and spiritual development of all, the power of these prayers is multiplied.

This year, the focus of this year’s prayer festival is the “Instructions on fivefold Mahamudra.”

This text provides clear and detailed instructions for Mahamudra practice. With the help of this text, we can recognize a clear path of practice. These teachings contain the potential to dispel the confusion of the ordinary mind. They give us clear instructions for shaping, developing, and deepening our own practice and for avoiding difficulties along the way.

Timetable:
Friday, August 21, 2026
07:30 – 08:30 am Monlam Prayers
10:30 – 12:00 am Teachings
03:00 – 04:00 pm Teachings
04:30 – 06:00 pm Monlam Prayers
07:00 – 08:30 pm Monlam Prayers

Saturday, August 22, 2026
07:30 – 08:30 am Monlam Prayers
10:30 – 12:00 am Teachings
03:00 – 04:00 pm Teachings
04:30 – 06:00 pm Monlam Prayers
07:00 – 08:00 pm Akshobya Firepuja

Sunday, August 23, 2026
07:30 – 08:30 am Monlam Prayers
10:30 – 12:00 am Teachings
03:00 – 04:00 pm Monlam Prayers
04:30 – 06:00 pm Monlam Prayers
07:00 – 08:30 pm Cultural Program
08:30 pm Marme Monlam with music and light offering

We are supported by Buddhist nuns and monks, resident teachers from other Kagyu centers and ordained Sangha connected with Ringu Tulku.
The ceremonies are led by an umze and a chöpen, lamas from Nepal, who have a lot of experience.

English with German translation.

If you would like to be present at Kamalashila, please register here.

Course Content

Zoom Meeting Link “Kagyü Mönlam 2026”

Text “Instructions on fivefold Mahamudra” (english)

About Instructor

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a meditation master and scholar of the Karma Kagyu school. He was educated by masters from all Tibetan Buddhist traditions and has studied at both the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology in Gangtok, Sikkim and the Sampurnananda Sanskrit University in Varanasi in India. For his profound academic works, he was awarded the title of Lopon Chenpo, the equivalent of a PhD, by the International Nyingma Society. Rinpoche has been teaching around the world since 1990, and at the request of the Karmapa is the Spiritual Director of the city centres of the Karma Kagyü Gemeinschaft Deutschland e.V. Rinpoche is the founder of the large city centre Boddhicharya in Berlin and is the author of numerous books.

9 Courses

Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye

Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye has been one of the resident lamas of Kamalashila Institute since 1999. He was born in Nepal and studied at Karma Shri Nalanda Monastic University in Rumtek/Sikkim, later teaching at Karma Lekshey Ling Monastery in Kathmandu. His most important teacher, with whom he took refuge and was ordained, was the 3rd Jamgön Kongtrul Karma Lodrö Chokyi Senge. As part of his teaching activities, he visits Buddhist centers throughout Europe and supervises Kamalashila city groups. He is a competent teacher of Buddhist philosophy and the meditation practices of sutra, tantra and Mahamudra.

58 Courses

Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi

Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi is one of the resident lamas at Kamalashila Institute. He was born in Bhutan and studied and taught for 13 years at the Karma Shri Nalanda Monastic University in Rumtek, Sikkim. He received many teachings from H.E. Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. In 2004, Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi first went to the USA, where he still teaches today for Nitartha Institute, and then came to Germany. Since then, he has been living and teaching at Kamalashila Institute, and is visiting Buddhist centers throughout Europe and supervising Kamalashila city groups. He is a competent teacher of Buddhist philosophy and the meditation practices of sutra, tantra and Mahamudra, and an expert of the Abhidharma.

72 Courses

Prayer Festival for Peace – Kagyu Monlam Germany 2026

Course Content

About Instructor

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche

Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye

Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi

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