The Tibetan reincarnationists have just completed a beautiful ceremony for the 900th anniversary of the Karmapa lineage – the largest lineage within the Kagyu School, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The Karmapa lineage is oldest reincarnate lineage in Tibetan Buddhism!

Karmapa Lineage readies for 900th Anniversary celebration

(Dharamsala) The stage is all set and the guests have all arrived in Bodh Gaya in the Indian state of Bihar, where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, to celebrate the 900 years of the Karmapa lineage.     Buddhist monks are seen circumambulating the Tergar Monastery, the venue for a celebration marking the 900th anniversary of the Karmapa Lineage, in Bodh Gaya, India, Tuesday, December 7, 2010.(Photo: Phayul) This year marks the 900th year since the birth of the first Karmapa Düsum Khyenpa (1110-1193). The unique tradition of reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism started with the First Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa. He was said to be born in the year 1110 CE in Dreshö, a part of Dreho in Kham province of Tibet. Karma Kagyu, or Kamtsang, is the largest lineage within the Kagyu School, one of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje, is currently the holder of this oldest reincarnate lineage in Tibetan Buddhism and he has been living in India since 2000 following a dramatic escape from the Chinese-occupied Tibet. A two-day celebration to mark the 900th anniversary of the Karmapa lineage will be held at Tergar Monastery here in Bodh Gaya. The opening ceremony on the 8th will have three hours of pageantry, music and dramatic performances to express gratitude to Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa. In a message for the event, the exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, has offered his prayers and greetings for a successful conclusion of the event… For the complete article click here.

The following video is a long one, but it’s full of some really interesting stuff regarding the “reincarnation” of our own humanity – Melchizedek takes it quite literally! Check it out:

Drunvalo Melchizedek – Birth of a New Humanity from Ritchy Niburu on Vimeo.

You may not be able to get to the British Museum to see this exhibit in person, but thankfully we can at least get a glimpse of it over the internet! There are some good things about modern times…scroll down for a link to the pictures –

 

Posters for a new show at the British Museum cheerfully posed the question: what happens after death? Visitors may hope it’s a bit less stressful than the perilous journey depicted in the museum, taking them through a dark, terrifying underworld populated by vigilant baboons, an Ibis god called Thoth and crocodile-headed devourers who threaten to eat the damned…

For more on the exhibit click here. To see amazing photographs of the exhibit, click here!