General Spiritual Director
Foundation Programs at Kadampa Centers around the world
Nov 15, 2024
A Powerful Worldwide Purification
More wonderful photos of the Buddha Day celebrations around the world.
Month: April 2021
Celebrating Buddha’s Enlightenment Day Around the World
Here we share more photos of nyungnay fasting retreats held at Kadampa centers around the world.
Kadampa Festival Mexico 2021 Online
What great good fortune for the people of Mexico to attend the 2021 National Festival online with Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang, retired Deputy Spiritual Director of NKT.
Featured Book ~ The Bodhisattva Vow
This month’s featured book is The Bodhisattva Vow. In this welcome guide to compassionate living, Geshe Kelsang explains in detail how to take and keep the Bodhisattva vow, how to purify negative minds, and how to practise the Bodhisattva’s actions of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom.
Prostrations to the Protector of the World
Nyungnay retreat took place at the Temples for World Peace to celebrate Buddha’s Enlightenment Day. Please enjoy these photo galleries from Manjushri KMC, IKRC Grand Canyon, and KMC Deuachen.
There is no one who has not received help from Buddha
The fifteenth day of the fourth month is a very special day in the Buddhist calendar, for it marks the day on which Buddha demonstrated the manner of attaining enlightenment in this world.
Understanding emptiness in Argentina
Recently, people throughout Argentina enjoyed a weekend course on emptiness with Gen-la Kelsang Thubten, and wrote to share how the teachings have impacted them.
Gen Kelsang Rigpa on his favorite passage in Venerable Geshe-la’s books
In the third video of this series, Gen Kelsang Rigpa reads his favorite passage from the book How to Understand the Mind and explains what it means for him.
Protection from untimely death
At the 2021 German Dharma Celebration fortunate Kadampa disciples in Germany will receive White Tara empowerment on the weekend of April 16-19, granted by the German National Spiritual Director Gen Kelsang Ananda.
Brasilian and French Dharma Celebration
Both Brasil and France enjoyed their annual Dharma Celebration with their National Spiritual Directors over NKT Day weekend. Enjoy the wonderful photos they have shared.