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3.rd KHCP-Medicalcamp in Bodhgaya/India, Dec.2010

KHCP Medical Camp for the 900th anniversary of the 1st Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa

Enlarge the pictures by Mouse-Over! Photos by Peter Cerveny

Bodhi stupa with Bodhi tree

Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje’s arrival

Mönlam programme 2010

Our KHCP medical team of almost 40 people arrives in Bodhgaya despite icy weather in Europe and fog in Delhi.

Team meetings every morning

Shangpa Rinpoche is new KHCP-member now

Re-admission of his nuns of Mustang

We have two new institutes include into KHCP.
We are pleased about the new collaboration with Beru Khyentse Rinpoche, his monks in Bodhgaya and Shangpa Rinpoche’s nuns from Mustang/Nepal.
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With the help of our supporters, we’re hoping to expand to further areas within the next few years.

Our monks and nuns present their collaboration with the KHCP at the information desk in the Mönlam committee tent. We’re very happy about our first Tibetan sponsors.

Tulku visit from Buthan

The Mönlam starts at the Bodhi tree…

Our service at the Bodhi tree

… whilst our medical team is working on site

Eye test and distribution of glasses

Acupuncture and neural therapy

Consultation of our ENT specialist

Skin therapy – disinfection of hundreds of heads

Physiotherapy

Karmapa...

...Shamarpa, Rinpoches...

… and all friends are making their wishes for all sentinent beings

Beru Khyentse Rinpoche’s monastery
All institutes and health professionals have gathered for the 1st meeting of the KHCP project in Bodhgaya. 

Karmapa had passed on a message to all of them stressing the importance of the collaboration. All institutes have now been linked and will start sharing their experiences with each other. First exchanges have been made at the meeting.

1st KHCP institute meeting in Bodhgaya

Leaders of the institutes reported back to each other whilst our health professionals got to know each other and shared their expertise.

By now we have established 12 institutes into the KHCP.

Medical room in the Ningma-Gumpa

A 500kg clothes collection arrives from Europe

Unpacking and sorting in the medical room

Customers are already waiting outside

Everybody is happy about the warm clothes

Our Tibetan medicine department

Our dentist attended hundreds of patients

Physiotherapy sessions

Podiatry

Western medicine

Beru Khyentse Rinpoche's monastery

3000 people attended the Chenrezig initiation…

… with Gyalwa Karmapa

Initiation of Karmapa’s new secretary general Lodrö Rapsel Rinpoche

900th anniversary of the 1st Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa at Kalachakra Maidan Ground

All centres of the Karma Kagyü lineage world-wide were invited for the 900th anniversary of Gyalwa Karmapa. Over 5000 friends visited. Karmapa and Shamarpa gave their declarations. The governor of Bihar gave a festive speech. The KHCP were guests, too.

5000 people attended the festivities

Last day of the Mönlam at the Bodhi tree

Last day of the Mönlam

The KHCP team offers a mandala to Karmapa…

… and to Shamarpa and we thank for their support!

The KHCP team at the end of the Mönlam

Karmapa and Shamarpa bid farewell to all their friends

Interview with Karmapa and the KHCP medical team

The next Mönlam medical camp will take place from 12th to 21st December 2011. See you soon! DONATE NOW >>

Any travel costs are paid privately. This also applies to all helpers. 
All activities are carried out voluntarily and the full amount of donations is forwarded directly and personally to Karmapa’s monks, nuns and accordingly to KHCP projects in Asia.