On the morning of June 23 His Holiness met with the different sanghas from the Baltic area in the shrine room located in his house, next to his living quarters – incidentally, this was the first time this room was used for any official purpose.
In the afternoon His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa transmitted the Bodhisattva Vows to the devotees who had gathered in the big tent which was the venue of the three-day event.

Stupkalnis Retreat Center is the main center of the Diamond Way network of the Karma Kagyu Lineage in Lithuania and the biggest one in the Baltic States. It is located in a secluded spot surrounded by fields and forests, far off the hustle and bustle of our modern world, and thus ideally suited for short or long meditation retreats.