The power of collective prayer is palpable each morning as thousands of practitioners join together led by Gen Kelsang Sangden and engage in the extensive Vajrayogini prayers, Quick Path to Great Bliss.  The temple resounds with the purest of sounds and is filled with the collective peace of deeply faithful minds.

We have received many special, unique teachings during the Festival from Gen-la Dekyong that help us to understand our tradition, our International Kadampa Family and our incredible good fortune. Today, on Tara Day, Gen-la took time to help us understand the benefits of living within the Kadampa world and how we can do that in the midst of daily life.

The pre-eminent quality of the Kadampa world is that it is a pure world where people train in abandoning killing, stealing, lying, negative speech, and divisive speech.  We are collectively trying to keep our Spiritual Guide’s instructions in our hearts, put them into practice, and take responsibility to share them with others. We try to maintain positive views and intentions and to live in a positive world.

Today we also received a moving commentary to the meaning of the precious statue of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso that is in every centre of our tradition as well as available as a personal statue or image.  Every aspect reveals the spiritual path and helps us to rely on our Spiritual Guide.