In response to an invitation from the Arya Kshema Spring Dharma Gathering organizing committee, Guru Vajradhara His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa presided over the Arya Kshema's inauguration ceremony in the morning of January 28, 2024, at the Great Encampment of the Karmapa in Bodhgaya. As soon as Guru Vajradhara arrived at the gathering of tulkus, khenpos, spiritual teachers, and the nuns' community, headed by Chungpo Gyalton Rinpoche and Drupon Dechen Rinpoche, the program began with the chanting of auspicious verses. Following that, a mandala, along with representations of the Buddha's body, speech, and mind was presented to Guru Vajradhara, and traditional Tibetan tea and sweet rice were offered to everyone present. Guru Vajradhara then delivered a teaching on the importance of cultivating a pure perception towards all traditions of the Buddha's teachings and the need to carefully guard one's precepts, vows, and samaya.

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