Month: August 2019

City of Seven Wonders

With the 2019 Fall Festival just a few weeks away, many people will soon be traveling to Flagstaff Arizona, the site of the Festival Hotels. We thought you might enjoy a quick overview of the town:

Summer Post Summer Festival retreat @ KMC Barcelona

Summer Festival Retreat 2019 has now ended and many people have traveled to the various centers around the world holding Post Festival Retreats. See photos of the retreat at KMC Barcelona.

StudioWatch 13

The two full-size stupas for the Temple in Arizona have now been cast at the Kadampa Art studio, along with vajras and Dharma Wheels for the next Temple and many new pieces for urban temples.

The stream of kindness continues to flow

As Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche says, ‘Wherever we look, we find only the kindness of others.’ This week, we see this stream of human kindness flowing before our very eyes as an army of unsung heroes removes the last physical traces of the 2019 Summer Festival.

The Festival dissolves

Just three weeks ago we watched as the 2019 Summer Festival appeared out of emptiness. Now the Festival is over, the people are gone and, like mist lifting, everything begins to dissolve back into emptiness . . .

Festival wrap

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!

The source of all the great good fortune we have enjoyed

As the Festival draws to a close, we focus especially on the source of all the great good fortune we have enjoyed during the last two weeks – the sublime, compassionate intention in the mind of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

Mixing Kadam Dharma with our heart

With just a couple of days remaining naturally thoughts turn to returning home and how to keep the magic of the Festival alive in our hearts when we return to the the realities of daily life.