Celebrating Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day and the Birthday of our Spiritual Guide
Jun 4, 2026
Kadampas from all over the Northeast descended upon the Temple for World Peace in Glen Spey for their annual Dharma Celebration.
This year, Kadam Morten Clausen, the Eastern US National Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU, granted the blessing empowerment of Buddha Manjushri and taught the practice of self-generation.
Gen Kelsang Samten the Resident Teacher at KMC New York taught the introduction and Gen Kelsang Khedrub, Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Boston and Odiyana Kadampa Buddhist Center in Hartford, guided the morning meditations.
June 4 is the Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day on which we celebrate Buddha’s first teaching in this world - the first Turning of the Wheel of Dharma. It is also the birthday of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, the Founder of NKT.