After a wonderful, heartfelt and clear meditation with Gen Sangden we begin two days of teachings to receive the essential commentaries to the practices of Highest Yoga Tantra from Gen-la Dekyong.
Today we meet Vajrayogini, with the final Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment. Three hours pass quickly as we are first introduced to Vajrayogini, taking time to appreciate the unique benefits of relying upon her and then we receive the blessings of the four empowerments in her sindhura mandala.
On Monday we spend the day entering into Heruka’s mandala, physically entering the beautiful temple, itself a representation of Heruka’s palace, for the two sublime sessions of the Heruka empowerment. Then through the concentration of the empowering Spiritual Guide, the blessings of Venerable Geshe-la and our own pure imagination and intentions we are created as a newly arisen Heruka Body Mandala.
Today we prepare a pure mind ready to receive the priceless jewel of the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments into our minds. First a morning of guided meditations with Gen Mudita using the the Prayer to the Lord of all Lineages as our preliminary practice and meditating deeply on the verses that help us develop the correct Lamrim motivations of Renunciation and Bodhichitta.
It’s the first full day of Festival, a day to prepare our minds for receiving the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments by contemplating the three principal aspects of the path of lamrim. As Gen-la Dekyong teaches us, lamrim is the essential foundation for our practice of Highest Yoga Tantra to take us quickly to enlightenment.
It’s Je Tsongkhapa Day and the first day of our dream-like International Fall Festival in Brazil. An extraordinary gathering is taking place and people are arriving from all over the world, pouring into the Festival site on buses, in cars, by taxi, on foot. At the head of the road you are greeted by the first sight of the Temple grounds, a stunning scene of a golden five tiered Temple surrounded by terraces of tents and trees.
Today the international ordained Kadampa Sangha gathered together ahead of the Fall Festival for a very special ordination ceremony with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong.
As the Festival approaches, an increasing number of volunteers from all corners of the globe are arriving. They join forces with the Brazilian Sangha, who have been tirelessly making preparations for months, bringing an incredible sense of energy to the work teams.
People in the local area who are not attending the Fall Festival are invited to register for the International Prayers for World Peace session. This gathering offers a beautiful introduction to the Kadampa Temple for World Peace for local people.
In recent weeks, some centers have held very blessed events deepening the students’ connection with Guru Buddha. Here are KMC Hong Kong, KMC Manchester and Atisha KMC in Darlington.
General Spiritual Director
