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Kagyu Monlam – Live from India

Kagyu Monlam, photo by Corey Kohn

The Kagyu Monlam will be broadcast live from Bodh Gaya, India starting on December 20th.

The first broadcast will be a teaching by His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa on Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend. This is a letter composed for King Gautamiputra, in which Nagarjuna presents ethical teachings for daily life.

His Holiness’ teachings will be broadcast live from Pal Tergar Dhargye Ling Monastery at Kagyu Monlam TV: http://www.kagyumonlam.tv/

Broadcast Date: Sunday, December 20th to Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Broadcast Time: 9:00-11:00 AM and 3:00-5:00 PM India Standard Time (IST)*

* India Standtard Time (IST) = Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) + 5 1/2 hours

Conversion for Teachings:
Start Date in India at 9:00 AM on December 20th is…

Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 4:30 AM Paris
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 3:30 AM London (~GMT)
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 11:30 PM Halifax
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 10:30 PM New York (EST)
Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 8:30 PM Boulder

Afternoon Teachings at 3:00 PM on December 20th is…

Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 10:30 AM Paris
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 9:30 AM London (~GMT)
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 5:30 AM Halifax
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 4:30 AM New York (EST)
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 2:30 AM Boulder

Teachings will be broadcast for the duration of the Kagyu Monlam through January 1st.

His Holiness’ daily teaching schedule will be as follows:

Morning Teaching Session:
3:30 AM to 5:30 AM GMT
10:30 PM to 12:30 AM EST

Afternoon Teaching Session:
9:30 AM to 11:30 AM GMT
4:30 AM to 6:30 AM EST

See equivalencies in conversion chart above.
Please note that on December 22nd there will only be a Morning Teaching Session.

Visit http://www.kagyumonlam.tv/ for more information and periodic updates.