General Spiritual Director
Entering the New Year with Buddha’s Blessings – Part 2
Jan 7, 2025
It was another gorgeous start to a day at Manjushri KMC: thousands of practitioners enjoying Quick Path to Great Bliss prayers together in the World Peace Temple. It is so powerful to be engaging in this practice together with so many other Kadampas.
Throughout the day we received more precious commentary from Gen-la Dekyong on the 11 Yogas of Vajrayogini. Gen-la explained so clearly how we engage in the Quick Path to Great Bliss sadhana composed by our lineage Guru Je Pabongkhapa, the root Guru of all the greatest Gelugpa spiritual masters of the Twentieth Century. Gen-la who so clearly delights in this practice, shares her enthusiasm and experience so we are all inspired and encouraged to do the practice wholeheartedly.
In the afternoon Gen-la also gave commentary to the body mandala practice of Buddha Heruka from the sadhana The Yoga of Buddha Heruka.
Gen-la said what a wonderful example of Kadampa Buddhism in practice festival goers show because despite some challenging conditions like the inclement weather, still, we are able to maintain happy minds and cherish each other.
She ended by reminding us of the beautiful message from our Root Guru and the Founder of Modern Kadampa Buddhism Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in which he encouraged us to encourage ourselves to do these practices. He said “In this way you can accomplish the ultimate goal of human life.”
