地點：印度 上密院 Gyuto/Dharamsala
時間：2009年06月5日 June 5th, 2009
報導：Tashi Paljor
攝影：Tashi Paljor

由於印度達蘭沙拉白天溫度高達攝氏38度，法王與大眾等到了傍晚，方可參加在上密院舉行的植樹儀式。

與上密院住持堪仁波切及資深僧眾一起，法王督導種植了十棵樹苗及各種的灌木和花朵。

植樹儀式開始，由上密院常住僧眾持誦願文祝願世界和平，隨後，法王種下第一棵阿育王樹樹苗，法王輕輕地挖出泥土覆蓋樹根，然後澆水於其上。隨後，上密院住持堪仁波切跟著種植了一棵松樹樹苗。

With day-time temperatures soaring to more than 100 F, His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa waited until the early evening before taking part in a tree planting ceremony. The ceremony took place on the grounds of Gyuto Tantric University, His Holiness’s temporary home near Dharamsala.

Accompanied by the Abbot of Gyuto and other senior Gyuto monks, Gyalwang Karmapa supervised the planting of ten saplings, various shrubs and a multitude of flowers.

The ceremony began with the recitation, by monks from Gyuto, of prayers for world peace. Then, the Gyalwang Karmapa placed the first sapling, an Ashoka tree, in the ground. He gently scooped up earth to cover the roots of the tree, and then watered it. The Abbot followed by planting a pine tree sapling.