General Spiritual Director
Purification Retreats Around the World ~ Part 2
Apr 21, 2024
News roundup april 7, 2019
A chance to catch up on some of the other news stories from recent days
ULVERSTON | CHICAGO | MADRID | MEXICO CITY | KADAMPA ART STUDIO | WORLD
spring festival preparations
Residents, visitors and local volunteers busied themselves over the two days of the annual spring clean to prepare the center for the upcoming Spring Festival.
With joyful minds and great energy they cleaned, scrubbed and polished the public areas. And at the end enjoyed a pizza supper together.
It is just over six weeks now before Kadampas from all over the world gather at Manjushri KMC to receive Vajrasattva empowerment and teachings on purification from Gen-la Khyenrab.
Gen-la is a popular and experienced Teacher and the subject of purification is on may people's minds, so this promises to be another powerful Festival.
If you have not yet booked there is still time to do so. Visit the Spring Festival website for more information and booking.
manjushri kmc
This weekend the Temple was full for an amazing course with Kadam Morten entitled 'Heading for Higher Ground'.
Kadam Morten explained the three higher trainings in very accessible terms, full of practical advice and examples we can easily apply to our daily life.
The sun shone, people laughed, and everyone went away happy and thoughtful. More soon.
KMC Chicago
108 people gathered on Thursday evening in downtown Chicago to enjoy a public talk with Kadam Lucy James entitled 'Silencing the Inner Critic.'
Not only was it a wonderful evening with valuable take away advice, but many seeds were sown for the flourishing of Kadam Dharma in the new downtown location that is soon to be arising.
Editorial Tharpa España & Tharpa México
The Spanish translation of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche's book Ocean of Nectar is now available.
This authoritative translation has been printed and distributed in both Spain and Mexico.
For more information and online purchase visit the websites of Tharpa Spain and Tharpa Mexico.
Kadampa Art Studio
The statues and other art forms produced at Kadampa Art Studio are cast in polyurethane (PU), which has to be freshly mixed for each casting and is notoriuosly difficult to work with.
Until now the Studio has used a small, inefficient mixer but this week they visited a company who have designed a much larger, bespoke mixer specifically for the Studio.
Due for delivery in the next couple of weeks, the mew machine will drastically speed up the production process and eliminate waste.
Worlwide
Yesterday was NKT Day - a special day on which we celebrate the extraordinary achievements of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in developing all the conditions for modern Kadampa Buddhism to flourish in this world.
Many centers around the world sent photos and stories of their NKT Day activities - too many for this post, so we will publish a special post tomorrow with a selection of these stories.
