Friday 23. July 2004: Warsaw, Poland
Gyalwa Karmapa arrived in Warsaw, Poland where he visited the Diamond Way Buddhist centre ‘Stupa House’. The Stupa House is currently under construction, being transformed into a beautiful center in the heart of the city. H.H. Karmapa and other guests were shown a video presentation that chronicled the four years of construction of the “Stupa House” center.

Sunday 25. July 2004: Kuchary, Poland
Gyalwa Karmapa travelled to the retreat center in Kuchary near Warsaw. Upon arrival H.H. Karmapa was interviewed by a local TV station and by “Przekroj”, the largest weekly magazine in Poland. Later, H.H. Karmapa gave the first part of the Demchok Initiation to those who had finished Ngöndro, the Foundational Practices. 300 Dharma practitioners received the initiation.

Monday 26. July 2004: Kuchary, Poland
Gyalwa Karmapa gave the second part of the Demchok Initiation to those who had completed Ngöndro. H.H. Karmapa also gave the Initiation of Amitabha, the Buddha of Limitless Light, and the Bodhisattva promise to 3,000 Polish and Eastern European Dharma students.

Tuesday 27. July 2004 [Birthday of Guru Rinpoche]: Kuchary, Poland
Gyalwa Karmapa gave the Karma Pakshi initiation to 3,000 people. A meeting with representatives of the Diamond Way Buddhist centers from Eastern Europe followed. Several hundred dharma students from all corners of Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania and other Eastern European countries enthusiastically informed H.H. Karmapa about the Dharma activity in their respective countries. Gyalwa Karmapa thanked all present for their hard work and expressed a wish to visit their countries in the near future.

Wednesday 28. July 2004: Warsaw, Poland – Kassel, Germany
Gyalwa Karmapa and his party travelled to Frankfurt, Germany. H.H. Karmapa arrived at the summer camp near Kassel, Immenhausen where nearly 2,000 Dharma students waited to receive him.