THE 21ST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF HH XVIITH KARMAPA

ELEVEN LUCKY STUDENTS OF THE DZOGCHEN PONLOP RINPOCHE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO ATTEND THE 21ST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS OF HH XVII KARMAPA AT GYUTO MONASTERY IN SIDBHARI, NEAR DHARAMSALA IN THE NORTHERN INDIAN PROVINCE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH. WE TRAVELLED FROM NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE AS DELEGATES OF THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN RINPOCHE’S WIDE-REACHING MANDALA. *** The delegates were: Mark Power - Chair, NEC U.S.; Kim McMeans - Chair, NEC Canada; Sandra Roscoe and Stuart Horn - Nalandabodhi members at large; Pat Lee - official videographer and NB Connecticut member; Heather Chan - NEC Canada Publications Co-director and NB Toronto member; Christine McKenna - NB Boulder member; Heidi Caltik and Hans Wiesinger - Nalandabodhi Vienna members; Oona Edmands - Nitartha international Project Manager and NB New York member; Steve Seeley - Managing Director, Nitartha Institute, and NB Halifax member *** By Heather Chan and Oona Edmands