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A Festival run on kindness & a Temple built on kindness

August 5, 2019

Today we celebrate the great kindness of others, and especially the kindness of all the volunteers working to help Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s extraordinary vision become a reality.

Traveling the path with an international family

August 5, 2019

When you arrive at the Summer Festival, the first thing you notice is that you are among an international family of like-minded people

The books of Modern Kadampa Buddhism

August 5, 2019

Throughout the Festival site we see people absorbed in Venerable Geshe-la’s books, reading memorising, discussing. It could be said that they are the very lifeline of the Festival.

The Protector of Modern Kadampa Buddhism

August 4, 2019

Dorje Shugden is an enlightened being, the same nature as Je Tsongkhapa himself, and that Je Tsongkhapa has manifested this precious Dharma Protector to protect the lineage of Kadam Dharma and prolong its presence in our world

Free day

August 3, 2019

The free day at the Summer Festival but work day at IKRC Grand Canyon

Going deeper into retreat

August 1, 2019

The second day of retreat in the first week of the 2019 Summer Festival, and thoughts begin to turn to the chance to go deeper into retreat after the Festival

Time for retreat

August 1, 2019

Catch-up with day 6 of the 2019 NKT Summer Festival.

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The Spotlight

Day 12 ~ Meetings and Opportunities

Day 12 ~ Meetings and Opportunities

Throughout the festival so many meetings take place. First and foremost we meet as an International Kadampa Sangha, a spiritual familiy that stretches around the world. We have an opportunity to experience the International Union of Kadampa Centers and communities that Venerable…

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