The New Zealand Festival 2025

The 2025 NKT New Zealand Festival was hosted by KMC Wellington and held at the Strathean Retreat Centre, near Otaki, Kapiti Coast.

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The New Zealand Festival is an annual event where people from the whole of NZ have a chance to come together and celebrate the teachings of Modern Buddhism in a peaceful yet vibrant environment. The Festival is characterised by joy, positive energy and the kindness of the Teachers and volunteers who run it.

This year around 60 fortunate Kadampas received powerful, heartfelt blessings and teachings from Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition. She granted the empowerment of Avalokiteshvara – the Buddha of Compassion – and shared the special teachings she received directly from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche on how to engage in this practice according to the very blessed instructions in Mirror of Dharma with Additions.

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The meditations at the Festival were guided by Kelsang Lachpa and a short retreat afterwards was led by Gen Kelsang Rabten who helped all of us gain confidence to continue the practices and teachings in our daily life.

Gathering together to learn how to purify and transform our world and all the inhabitants was immensely practical and profound. We are so fortunate to have these qualified Teachers continuing to share our Guru’s teachings and blessings.

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Visiting Teachers in Teachers in Paris, Metz and Manchester

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Retreats at KMC London

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Public talks in the North and South of Spain

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Inspiring events in Argentina and Brazil