Fall Festival 2024 ~ Day 1
Oct 25, 2024
14 June 2019
At the Summer Festival 2019 the two Gen-la's will pass on the lineage of the Oral Instructions of Mahamudra and show how we can gain deep experience of these special practices in meditation. After the Festival there will be many opportunities to absorb into these practices at post-Festival retreats:
Aug 13 – 16
Entering the heart
With Gen Devi, Principal Teacher at KMC Switzerland and Kailash IRC
This retreat on the oral instructions of Mahamudra will be led by Gen Devi from KMC Switzerland and Kailash IRC. Her long retreat experience will help lead us into the depths of this practice.
Aug 11 – 16
Healing our mind; Transforming our world
With Gen Kelsang Dornying, Resident Teacher of KMC Australia
Based on the teachings given by Gen-la Dekyong and Gen-la Jampa at the International Summer Festival, this retreat will enable us to take the precious Mahamudra instructions to heart through qualified meditation.
Aug 11 – 16
The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra
Retreat with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab, NKT National Spiritual Director for Canada and Resident Teacher of KMC Canada
This is an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the teachings and to receive guidence from a highly qualified and experienced practitioner. An opportunity to progress along the blissful path to enlightenment with Gen-la Khyenrab in the perfect conditions of a quiet retreat.
Aug 11 – 15
The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra
With Gen Kelsang Rigden, Resident Teacher at KMC Deuachen, Portugal. In this retreat we are going to emphasize the meditations during the International Summer Festival.
The retreat will be held in an extremely beautiful and blessed environment and offers a great opportunity to go deeper in your meditation and experience the stillness and clarity of your mind.
Aug 12 – 18
The True Essence of Buddha’s Teachings
With Gen Rabjor, Resident Teacher of KMC Seville, Spain
Gen Rabjor will lead this meditation retreat based on the commentary to the practices of ‘The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra’ This is an opportunity to deepen our understanding under the guidance of a qualified and experienced Teacher. We will progress happily along the spiritual path, under the perfect conditions offered by the Kadampa Temple in Sintra, Portugal.
Aug 30 – Sep 3
Summer Festival Review & Retreat
With Gen Kelsang Drolkyi – RT at KMC Singapore & Gen Kelsang Dornying – RT at KMC Australia
An essential review of the NKT International Summer Festival with Gen Kelsang Drolkyi, based on Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s book, The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra. Learn everything from the initial preliminary practices of Mahamudra to the final completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra – the complete path to enlightenment.
Aug 11 – 18
Training in the oral instructions of Mahamudra
With Kadam Morten Clausen, Eastern US National Spiritual Director of
the New Kadampa Tradition and Resident Teacher at the Kadampa
Meditation Center New York
Develop experience of the precious teachings of the Summer Festival on the Oral Instructions of the Mahamudra, guided by Kadam Morten at KMC
Spain, an ideal, beautiful and blessed environment.
Aug 16 – 19
Training in the Oral Instructions of Mahamudra
Kadampa Teacher, Dianna Lau, will guide a weekend retreat based on the
teachings given by Gen-la Dekyong and Gen-la Jampa during the Summer Festival. We have a precious opportunity to learn how to prepare the mind for Mahamudra meditation, and then engage in the profound practice of completion stage to accomplish the real meaning
of human life.
Teaching will be in Cantonese with English and Mandarin translation.
Aug 11 – 17
The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra
with Gen Kelsang Kunsang, Resident Teacher at KMC Edinburgh, National
Spiritual Director of Switzerland, Italy and Austria and retired Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU.
Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang will lead this retreat based on the commentary to the practices of The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra, which she has received personally in 2015 from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Rinpoche This is a special opportunity to deepen our understanding of the teachings in our heart by receiving guidance from a highly qualified and experienced practitioner. In this way we progress along the blissful path to enlightenment with Gen-la Kunsang in the perfect conditions in the mountains of Switzerland.
Aug 16 – 18
Accomplishing The Real Meaning of Human Life Retreat
With Gen Kelsang Demo the Midwestern US National Spiritual Director and the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Washington DC
Gen Kelsang Demo will lead this meditation retreat based on the commentary to the practices of The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra. This is a special opportunity to deepen our understanding of the teachings in our heart by receiving guidance from a qualified senior practitioner. In this way we progress along the blissful path to enlightenment with Gen Demo in the perfect conditions of an oasis of peace within the City of Sarasota, Florida.
Aug 12 – 18
Post Summer Festival Retreat
With Gen Kelsang Tonglam, East Asia National Spiritual Director and Resident Teacher of KMC Hong Kong
We are delighted to have Gen Kelsang Tonglam to guide this Post-Summer Festival Retreat at Menorca IRC. In this retreat we will have the
precious oportunity to deepen our understanding of the wonderful
teachings received during the Summer Festival.
Aug 11 – 16
The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra
With Gen Kelsang Rabten, Spiritual Director for Kadampa Buddhism in Australia, New Zealand & South East Asia
Based on teachings from the Summer Festival at Manjushri KMC, Gen Rabten will guide this meditation retreat on the very essence of Mahamudra. These instructions are very special and engaging in retreat following the teaching helps us to take them deeper into our hearts.