Foundation Programs at Kadampa Centers around the world
Nov 15, 2024
At the 2021 Fall Festival, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong the General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU will teach a special practice of transference of consciousness in association with Buddha Tara. Here we show an excerpt of a teaching given by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in 2013 in which he explains what transference of consciousness is.
As KMC Brasil approaches the 11th anniversary of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche opening the Temple there, we share a few of the many photos that visitors to the Temple have posted on social media in the last year.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche says that Kadampa centers do not belong to any individuals but to all living beings. And legal and constitutional safeguards are in place to ensure this will always be the case. This means the centers are very precious. Venerable Geshe-la says that whenever we engage in an action to benefit our center we are in fact benefitting all living beings. Through such actions we accumulate vast merit, purify negativities and receive powerful blessings.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche inaugurated the annual International Kadampa Festivals to provide the international community with an opportunity to gather three times a year. He explained that these gatherings are essential for the growth and development of the International Kadampa Buddhist Union.
Yesterday was a day full of blessings in which the students of Madrid came together with great joy and enthusiasm to clean and set up the new building for KMC Madrid at La Sierra de Guadarrama. “We hope we can start hosting events there soon. Everyone welcome!
KMC Colorado has moved to a new location in the Slo-Hi area of Denver. With so many people in the area seeking teachings and meditations, they outgrew their space in Cap Hill of nearly almost 20 years.
KMC Barcelona recently held a wonderful weekend on refuge at their retreat center in Montserrat. Over 100 people attended in-person and online.
The online Fall Festival page is now live, offering everything you need to support your practice during and after the Festival including the brand new sadhana, The Path to Heaven, which will be taught at the Festival.
Recently at IKRC Kailash IRC Gen Devi, the Resident Teacher, guided a powerful 10-day retreat on Mahamudra Tantra. This was followed by a wonderful weekend course on Buddhist Art with Beat and Yolanda.
On October 8, Tara Day, Tara KBC in Granada, Spain became KMC Granada. The new center also has a new Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Dewang.