In October 2013, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche gave his last public teachings in Portugal. During these teachings, Geshe-la granted the empowerment of Great Mother Prajnaparamita and taught the Essence of Wisdom Sutra (Heart Sutra), which contains the heart essence of Buddha’s perfection of wisdom teachings.
During the last few weeks the 3 Kadampa Centers in Argentina held very blessed events. They were very beautiful and powerful events, which showed great unity and the desire to put Dharma into practice. There was a White Tara empowerment at KMC Argentina in Palermo, a purification retreat at KMC Cordoba and Nagarjuna KBC organized a retreat out of town in Zona Norte (Buenos Aires)
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In late June at KMC Hong Kong, over 60 people attended the Tantra Workshop: Creating an Extraordinary Life. Our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Tonglam, gave a clear explanation of what Tantra is and why we need to practice it, and Kelsang Dachog guided the meditations.
The month of June was very special at IKRC Grand Canyon with great events and the culmination of important outdoor projects.
Avalokiteshvara Empowerment | Annual Fun Fair | Outdoors Projects
In June, IKRC Grand Canyon in the US, KMC Tharpaland in Germany, and Vajrayogini KBC in Brazil organized outreach events to create connections with their local communities. Enjoy these fun events below.
Read about some other recent activities organized by Kadampa Centers around the world: Sukhavati KBC | KMC Birminghan | Vajrapani KBC | KMC Texas
In the heart of the magical island of Florianopolis in the middle of a very cool neighborhood is our southernmost Kadampa center of Brazil – KMC Florianopolis
Can the most profound teachings of Buddha – the teachings on the ultimate nature of reality – become practical tools for our daily lives? In June, three Kadampa Centers organized courses to explore this very topic, sharing the profound wisdom and insights of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
Need some inspiration and motivation? Check out this collection of success stories. Did you know you can read many accounts of how meditation has helped people overcome life’s challenges on kadampa.org?
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