Canadian National Festival 2025

Canadian National
Festival 2025

The Canadian Festival was held for the first time in Western Canada in the beautiful city of Vancouver with Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. It was undoubtedly a wonderful source of encouragement and blessings for its many participants, both in person and online.

Canadian FESTIVAL ~ Real Inner Freedom

with Gen-la Kelsang Jampa in Vancouver

Thanks to the great kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, we have access to everything we need to enter, make progress on and be continually inspired on the joyful path to lasting happiness.

The Canadian Festival 2025 brought immense inspiration and blessings to many, whether attending in person or online. For the first time, it took place in the stunning city of Vancouver, in Western Canada.

Titled Real Inner Freedom, we were delighted to welcome the Deputy Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU and National Spiritual Director of Canada, Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. We received the sublime empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva and priceless teachings on karma, moral discipline, purification, the nature and function of the Spiritual Guide and the patience of willingly accepting suffering as a means of purifying our negative actions.

The Festival took place at a community center in Vancouver, a lovely venue with a large meditation room, a World Peace Cafe and Dharma Bookshop with views of the mountains, and a marquee tent similar to the one at Manjushri KMC for delicious meals!

We all feel closer to each other, so grateful that Venerable Geshe-la's precious Kadam Dharma is flourishing in Canada and determined to create causes so that as many people as possible can benefit from it.

Thank you to Venerable Geshe-la, to Gen-la Kelsang Jampa, to everyone involved in the creation of the Festival, to all the volunteers and to all the participants! May Kadam Dharma flourish in Canada and throughout the world for all future generations.