Celebrating Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day and the Birthday of our Spiritual Guide
Jun 4, 2026
This New Year's Eve, 2023, Gen-la Dekyong gave teachings based on the booklet 'Prayers for World Peace' by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. In this time of conflict and confusion, these teachings inspire us to feel hope for peace in our world through the power of our wishes and prayers. Gen-la explained how each one of us can make a difference to our world by developing pure ways of thinking and acting.
In this extract from Gen-la Dekyong's New Years Eve teaching she discusses how prayer can help us to find hope and strength in difficult times. She talks about using prayer to transform feelings of helplessness into compassion and love, especially when faced with the world's pain and conflicts.
Finding Strength through Compassion and Prayer.
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.