General Spiritual Director
First-ever Tharpa US online book talk
Jun 24, 2025
▲ Opening Vajrasattva KMC
in Dumfries. Gen-la Dekyong, our General Spiritual Director, travelled to Scotland to open and bless our new center.
Editors' Picks: Special moments from May
Our editors select their favorite photographs from around the world.
Lake District, UK
At Manjushri KMC in the Lake District, 1,400 people gathered in person, joined by 1,500 online. You could hear French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Chinese, Finnish, Italian, and more—a truly international Festival. Kadampas across the globe united in meditating on love.
Austria, Vienna
The Austrian Dharma Celebration 2025 with Gen-la Kunsang, a special event for practitioners from all over Austria and beyond, took place at KMC Austria in Vienna.
Malaga, Spain
In a beautiful union of spiritual friendship and international Dharma community, Kadampa Meditation Centre Leeds (UK) held a very special 4-day retreat at Kadampa Meditation Centre Spain, located in the peaceful mountains of Malaga.
Sintra, Portugal
Portuguese National Festival 2025. With joyful hearts, we gathered to receive the precious blessings of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, from Kadam Bridget Heyes, National Spiritual Director for the UK.
Vancouver, Canada
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.
Glen Spey, New York
Medicine Buddha empowerment at the Northeast US Dharma Celebration was enjoyed by around 350 people in person and over 100 people online. It was an event pervaded by the kindness of others.
Venerable Geshe-la opened our precious World Peace Temple in 2006 with Medicine Buddha empowerment, and has created such unifying and inspiring events for us all to enjoy.
Victoria, Australia
Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia, located in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, recently hosted the annual Australian Dharma Celebration 2025 with National Spiritual Director Gen Kelsang Rabten.
Menorca
A heartfelt thanks to IKRC Menorca for hosting our Nagarjuna KMC retreat. It was a joy to share time with Sangha from across Europe and receive inspiring, practical teachings from Kadam Bridget Heyes in such a peaceful setting. A beautiful few days of connection, reflection, and deepening our Dharma practice.
London, UK
The NKT General Spiritual Director, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, paid a flying visit to London from Manjushri KMC, arriving by train to deliver two sublime public talks the following day at Logan Hall, Central London.
Monterrey, Mexico
In May, Gen Kelsang Shima, guest Teacher from the Guadalajara center, visited Kadampa Meditation Center Monterrey to lead two wonderful events: a weekend urban retreat, De todo se aprende: Three Keys to Transforming Failure and a public talk at the MARCO Museum: From Doing to Being.
Barcelona, Spain
The Resident Teacher of the Kadampa Meditation Center in Barcelona, Gen Kelsang Lochani, visited the Institute Guttmann, a leading neuro-rehabilitation center, to offer a talk to both patients and healthcare professionals. In a warm and accessible way, she shared Buddhist wisdom on how to cultivate a peaceful mind, regardless of one’s physical condition or external circumstances.
Törbel, Switzerland
KMC Geneva and Samoudra KBC (Lausanne) had the great good fortune of co-organizing a retreat at Kailash IRC. The topic was Tasting the Inner Peace of Concentration.
Cuernavaca Mexico
Over 200 people enjoyed a course at the beautiful Cuernavaca meditation center, spending an afternoon focused on virtue
Festival Shops, Manjushri KMC
For the Spring Festival, both the Tharpa shop and the gift shop have special items to support practitioners' Dharma practice as well as wonderful gifts to take home.
