Due to the untiring efforts of enlightened leaders, scholars and translators, Buddhism was established in Tibet with the translation of the Buddhist canon and transmission of uninterrupted oral traditions. Tibet became a Buddhist country possessing the complete teachings of sutra and tantra. Gradually four lineages developed based on specific lineages of teaching, different interpretations and different locations.

The last of these, the Gelug lineage, was pioneered by the great saint scholar Tsongkhapa who revitalized and reformed the practice of sutra and tantra. His tradition of tantric teaching was mainly established in the tantric monasteries Gyudme and Gyuto where it was promulgated and practiced.

Gyuto Tantric University preserves one of Tibetan Buddhism's most esoteric traditions, training many young Tibetan monks in the spiritual legacy of the Gyuto order.

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

Since 2000 His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa lived at the Gyuto Tantric Monastery. When his travel and personal schedule permits, His Holiness holds regular public audience. Before seeking to attend a public audience with His Holiness, please check his schedule, which is available kagyu office org If you would like to attend, we would recommend that you also please confirm the schedule with the Kagyu Office.

For additional information about meeting His Holiness, please visit kagyu office org or contact .

 

The Gyuto Monks Newest CD

TIBETAN CHANTS FOR WORLD PEACE

The powerful Gyuto monks chants on this album had never been recorded until 2001, when Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart brought The Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir to his California studio to record the incredible multiphonics of their sacred rituals. The Gyuto monks gave Hart permission to overdub their voices, achieving the huge sound of the 100-voice choir as one might hear at their mountain monastery in India or Tibet.

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Gyuto monks prayers for healing, compassion and peace.

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