His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, delights hundreds of students when he appears at his North American seat KTD Monastery in Woodstock New York to conduct pre-Losar and Losar prayer ceremonies, and Mahalkala, Sang (fire) Puja and Green Tara, for purification, protection, empowerment and gratitude.