General Spiritual Director
INTENSIVE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM 2027
Jun 8, 2026
Our editors select their favorite photographs from around the world for the month of January.
KMC Rio has entered the new year with lots of indoor and outdoor activities, mirroring the vibrant energy of the city and its people.
Read about some other recent activities organized by Kadampa centers around the world.
In this post we hear from KMC Peru, Odiyana KMC (Cheshire, UK), KMC Karlsruhe (Germany), Drolma KBC (San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico) and Maitreya KBC (Marseille, France)
Most Kadampa centers around the world regularly organize retreats, so that everyone can have the opportunity to put aside their normal activities for a while and emphasize going deeper with particular spiritual practices. Some of these retreats are residential retreats, but many are right in the city.
Some centers organized away retreats in January, giving their students an outer break as well as an inner break. Enjoy these beautiful places with the students of KMC Trois Rivieres in Canada and KMC Merida in Mexico.
The month of January is a special month in the Kadampa calendar during which we emphasize the practices of Heruka and Vajrayogini, the principal Highest Yoga Tantra Deities of modern Kadampa Buddhism.
During January, Vajrayogini retreats provided an ideal space for participants to deepen their understanding and personal experience of Tantra, applying effort to transform their daily appearances into the spiritual path. Here are some activities organized by centers in Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Germany and France.
At the New Zealand National Festival, around 60 fortunate Kadampas received powerful, heartfelt blessings and teachings from Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition.
January is a time when practitioners immerse themselves in various retreats to deepen their Dharma practice. Across different Kadampa Centers worldwide, these retreats cater to both advanced practitioners and those who are just beginning their journey. Here are the activities organized by centers in New York, Mexico and France.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso explains in the book Heart Jewel what a retreat is. ‘On retreat we stop all forms of business and extraneous activities so as to emphasize a particular spiritual practice’. In these times when the flow of new impulses, activities and tasks we have to perform is never-ending, a time of retreat is a very precious and rare opportunity to enjoy a real break. During this time we enjoy conditions that allow us to create space both physically and mentally.
