Month: November 2022

Prayers for world peace

Prayers for World Peace is a practice introduced by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. It gives members of the public an opportunity to visit a Temple or center and join in prayers and meditation for world peace once a week, often on a Sunday.
Recently, encouraged by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, a new recording of the payers was made and is proving very popular.

Nordic Dharma Celebration 2022

This year the Nordic Dharma Celebration was hosted by Kadampa Meditation Centre Copenhagen in Denmark, where over 60 people from the Nordic sangha were fortunate enough to meet in-person and via online recordings, to celebrate together over 3 wonderful days.

National Dharma Celebration in Brazil 2022

After a 3-year wait since the last gathering at the Brazil Temple for the National Festival, this year people from all over Brazil reunited with old friends to receive profound blessings and teachings, enjoy working and laughing together and experience directly how wonderful it is to attend a Kadampa Festival in person. 

Everyone welcome at Café im Gartensaal

Tharpaland’s community offers popular morning prayer services to benefit the local community, guided tours and meditations in the afternoon; to learn about the history of the place but also to get a taste for its nature and function nowadays.

Preparing for an auspicious arrival

With deep joy and gratitude, members of the community of Durban KMC spent the day yesterday cleaning and preparing the ‘New Meditation Room’ for the arrival of the Buddhas statue that began their journey from the Kadampa Art Studio to us.

Winter retreats 2023

For many Kadampa centers, January is a retreat month and retreats of various levels and duration are organised at centers around the world. Here is a selection of the longer ones:

Giving Dharma in Germany, Austria & Slovenia

After giving a powerful public talk at KMC Berlin, Gen Ananda is now heading for Vienna and Lubiljana where he will give further public talks and weekend courses 

Annual Walk for World Peace at KMC Los Angeles

At KMC LA, one of the most joyful events each year is the annual Walk for World Peace, a day of fun and fundraising. All funds raised go to support KMC LA’s efforts to help people in the Los Angeles area develop peaceful minds, increasing inner peace and thereby world peace.

DHARMA CELEBRATION IN ARGENTINA

National Dharma Celebration in Argentina

This weekend Kadampa Meditation Centre Argentina hosted the seventh National Dharma Festival with practitioners from Argentina and Uruguay.