Fortunate – and very happy – Kadampas from Slovenia and Austria gathered in Ljubljana this weekend to receive the blessing empowerment of Buddha Maitreya. The empowerment was given by Kadam Andrew Crompton, the Resident Teacher of KMC Slovenia.
Vodafone Spain has a corporate volunteering program that selects worthy causes in the community to help.
This last week they chose the Temple for World Peace at Kadampa Meditation Center Spain and sent a full team of 54 volunteers to help for the day.
Kadampa Art Studio at Manjushri KMC is aglow with beautiful statues and other artwork being prepared for the new temple in Mexico City due to be opened on April 6, 2023.
In a converted shipping container next to the Kadampa Art Studio at Manjushri KMC, two skilled Kadampa artists are quietly manufacturing a prototype of the next generation of statues, which will be made of metal rather than polyurethane.
Following our previous report of Amitayus retreats in Kadampa centres around the world here are some more photos of this year’s retreats:
For the past 7 months Tharpa Australia has been on a country-wide tour of libraries holding free talks called “Meditate to Transform Your Life” based on the book “How to Transform Your Life”.
Tharpa Publications Germany has just completeda 2-week tour during which Gen Ananda, the National Spiritual Director of Germany gave talks in 12 different cities on Venerable Geshe-la’s book How to Transform Your Life.
At Kailash International Kadampa Retreat Centre over 40 people from 9 different countries have just finished a special 6-week silent retreat. They started with a close retreat of Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka, which was followed by training in the five stages of the actual practice of Mahamudra.
In October 2022 Tharpa Spain started a book talk campaign to promote the book The Clear Light of Bliss as it was the last book of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s collection to be translated into Spanish. This year the tour is continuing in Barcelona, Alicante, Bilbao and Elche.
Spring Festival site is now live: online booking opens March 2 at 13.00 UK time. At this Festival, Gen-la Dekyong will give a special commentary to the Liberating Prayer and preside over an International Refuge Vow Ceremony.
General Spiritual Director
