Festival wrap

Summer Festival 2019

Day 15

Festival wrap

The Festival Play - The Story of Atisha

The Festival concluded today with a presentation of the Story of Atisha. This was a public rehearsal of a play that will be presented at the Fall Festival in Arizona. Another reason to be there!

faces of contentment

Finally, a gallery of some Festival faces that speak for themselves! See you at the next Festival!

Listen to 5 minutes of wisdom

The Preciousness Of Our Lineage

What people are saying

Ruben Vilalta-Martinez

Spain

“My experience from this festival is going to give me more insight into the profound process of Tantra we have been learning about. I want to get better at my practice, and as part of this, to help my friends and family by my example and the changes I am making in my life bit by bit, day by day."

Ingrid Blain

France

“I want to practice the Buddha of purification. Before this festival he felt a bit distant. But now he feels more in my heart. I will begin slowly, but later it will be very established in my heart."

Mariko Fuji

Japan

"Coming to this festival is like charging a battery for me. I’m from Tokyo and I want to go back to Japan and share what I have learned here and help Dharma flourish. For me faith in Geshe-la is most important - he is the gateway to all the Buddhas. With strong faith we want to do our best, and if we do our best everything is okay."

Dao Thauvin

France

“This is my twenty-first consecutive Summer Festival. I’ve been coming with my parents since I was a baby. I have friends I’ve known here since I was little, so we have grown up together, like a family. It’s one of the places where I know the most people. I teach computer science, and when I go back home I will be re-energised and able to practice patience easily with my students."