General Spiritual Director
German National Festival in November 2024
Nov 14, 2024
Deepen Your Festival Experience
2024 Post Fall Festival Retreats
The three International Festivals are invaluable opportunities to receive teachings and empowerments from the Gen-las. This experience is further enriched by spending time in retreat after the Festival to deepen our understanding of the teachings and internalize their meaning. Kadampa centers worldwide organize post-festival retreats after each of the three International Festivals.
See below for details of the retreats following the 2024 Fall Festival.
SAO PAULO - FLORIANOPOLIS - RIO DE JANEIRO - CHILE - ARGENTINA - SWITZERLAND - MENORCA - MADRID - MALAGA
Kadampa Meditation Centre Mahabodhi, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Nov 2 – 6
May I Become Just Like You, Drawing Close to Glorious Heruka
with Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang, National Spiritual Director of Austria, Switzerland, Italy and South Africa and Resident Teacher of KMC Madhyamaka.Gen-la will guide a five days retreat, integrating Buddha’s profound teachings of the practice of Heruka Body Mandala. The purpose of meditating on Heruka body mandala is to receive powerful blessings of Buddha Heruka
Kadampa Meditation Center Florianópolis, Brazil
Nov 2 – 6
Highest Yoga Tantra Practice
with Gen Kelsang Chokga, National Spiritual Director of Spain and Portugal and Resident Teacher of KMC Spain
The first ever retreat on the touristic island of Florianópolis will take place in a resort exclusively reserved for this event with plenty of good accommodations, and no more than a 5-min walk from the beach. This retreat will be based on the teachings given by Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong on the Highest Yoga Tantra of Vajrayogini.
Gen Chokga will lead us through the 11 yogas of Vajrayogini and give us the opportunity to deepen the teachings given during the Fall Festival to gain real practical experience of self-generation practice as Venerable Vajrayogini.
(All sessions in English)
Kadampa Meditation Centre Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nov 4 – 8
Post- Fall Festival retreat in Rio de Janeiro
With Gen Kelsang Sangden, National Spiritual Director of the NKT in Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia and Peru, and Resident Teacher at KMC Mexico.
In this special retreat in the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro we will have the opportunity to deepen our tantric practice, as well as contemplate more fully the teachings given at the 2024 NKT Fall Festival, the rarest and most precious teachings of Buddha. Tantric meditations are known as the fastest path to full enlightenment, the state of supreme peace and happiness, of a completely pure mind. It is extremely important that we become aware of these teachings especially in today’s world, so that we can then learn to transform all our impure experiences and appearances into pure ones and the source of this supreme peace and happiness.
Quick Path to Great Bliss and Yoga of Buddha Heruka will be practiced during the retreat. The retreat will be guided in English and will have simultaneous translation into several languages, upon request.
Kadampa Meditation Center Chile, Santiago
Nov 5 – 9
Post- Fall Festival retreat
With Gen Kelsang Tonglam, National Spiritual Director for East Asia and Resident Teacher of KMC Hong Kong
In this retreat, Gen Kelsang Tonglam will guide us through the main meditations of the Highest Yoga Tantra and share particular clarifications we just received at the festival. In each session there will be time to meditate and be in silence.
This event will be the first international event held at the Kadampa meditation center Chile, we are very happy to welcome the international sangha and that you can be part of this event so that the Dharma in South America continues to flourish.
Kadampa Meditation Center Argentina, Buenos Aires
Nov 2 – 6
The Gateway to Highest Yoga Tantra
With Gen Kelsang Rabten, National Spiritual Director for Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia and the Resident Teacher at both KMC Australia and KMC Melbourne.
In this retreat Gen Kelsang Rabten will guide us through the main meditations of the Highest Yoga Tantra, allowing us to contemplate and meditate on the meaning of the teachings we have just received at the festival. During the retreat, we will use the sadhana “The New Essence of Vajrayana”. There will be time for meditation and silence in each session.
This will be the first international event held in Argentina. We are very happy to welcome the international Sangha and that you can participate in this event and continue to support the flourishing of Kadam Dharma in South America.
Kailash International Retreat Centre
Nov 8 – 15
The Blissful Path to Keajra Heaven
with Gen Kelsang Devi, Principal Teacher of Kailash IRC and KMC Switzerland.
Having received the Highest Yoga Tantra blessing empowerment, the gateway through which we enter Tantra, enjoy an immersive, inner journey beyond our ordinary self and world in this week retreat, guided by Gen Kelsang Devi.
Deepen your understanding and experience of the profound practices of generation stage of Vajrayogini in the context of The Blissful Path sadhana under skilful guidance.
The retreat will also include training in the profound practice of The Uncommon Yoga of Inconceivability based on Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s transmission and commentary.
International Kadampa Retreat Center Menorca
Nov 8 – 15
The Highest Yoga Tantra
With Guen Kelsang Rabjor, Resident Teacher at IKRC Menorca
Through the practices of The Heart of Supreme Tantra Yoga received at Brazil Fall festival, with which we can reach the state of a Buddha quickly as they are the fast path to enlightenment.
They are also the method to bring the final result of Buddhahood to the path and purify our body, environment, enjoyment and activities.
Kadampa Meditation Center Madrid, Spain
Nov 8 – 15
The Gateway to Highest Yoga Tantra
With Gen Kelsang Pagpa, Resident Teacher at KMC Preston
Retreat based on the teachings received at the International Fall Festival which will take place from October 25 to November 1 2024 at Kadampa Meditation Centre Brazil.
At this festival Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, General Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU, will grant Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments of Heruka & Vajrayogini and give commentary to their essential practices.
Kadampa Meditation Center Spain
Nov 8 – 10
Supreme Yoga Tantra Practice
With Kelsang Pandita, Resident Teacher at Granada Kadampa Meditation Center.
After receiving initiations from the main Deities of Supreme Yoga Tantra – Heruka and Vajrayogini – at the international Autumn Festival, we now have the precious opportunity to practice together and go deeper.
