Spring Festival 2026 Day 6
May 27, 2026
From a global heart of compassion, offerings, praises, and prostrations to Thousand-armed (Eleven-faced) Avalokiteshvara resounded throughout the world on the second weekend of April. Practitioners worldwide engaged in Nyungnay retreats to develop their good hearts of compassion and wisdom so that, one day, they will be able to alleviate the suffering of our troubled world.
This post features Kadampa Centers from Mexico, Spain, France, and Malaysia. For submissions from Germany, the UK, South Africa, the US, and Canada, see Part 1 of this post here.
In Drop of Essential Nectar sadhana, used during this retreat, we dedicate:
Through the force of my making these praises and requests to you,
Please pacify all sickness, poverty, misfortune, fighting, and quarrelling
Throughout all directions where I and others live,
And cause the Dharma and all good fortune to flourish.
May the precious, supreme bodhichitta
Grow where it has not yet grown;
Where it has grown, may it not decrease, But flourish for evermore.
The temple is full of dedicated practitioners from around the world meditating in two final sessions on deepening our mind of compassion until it transforms into the compassion of a Buddha. In this way we awaken our Buddha nature - wishing to attain Enlightenment for all living beings.