A Spiritual Weekend in South America
Dec 12, 2024
Precious opportunities arose for the people of France, the UK, and the US: KMC France, Nagarjuna KMC Thornby Hall, and KMC New Mexico organized well-attended events to bring more peace, health, and harmony into this world.
This was the theme of the latest retreat with Gen Eupame, the National Spiritual Director of France, organized at KMC France. With many years of study and practice of Buddhist teachings, Gen Eupame masterfully presented the keys to successful contemplation, and therefore successful meditation from the book How to Understand the Mind. Such a beautiful retreat - thank you, Gen Eupame, and thank you Geshe-la.
Gen Samten, Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Center New York, visited KMC New Mexico and gave clear, heartfelt, and practical teachings on How to Become a Friend of the World. He encouraged us to be in this world but not of this world, to stop ordinarily responding to the world and instead become good-natured, patient, and loving. He encouraged us to create our own good habits to become friends of the world.
As Bodhisattvas, we embrace and love all beings. We are like a tiny grain of sand on a vast beach of living beings. In our insignificance, we understand our significance in this web. We aim to become protectors, protecting all living beings from suffering.