General Spiritual Director
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Jun 6, 2026
Empowering start to February
Kadampas had an inspiring start to February with empowerments being granted at their centers. At KMC Karlsruhe, participants received Buddha Shakyamuni empowerment and teachings on the Eight Auspicious Symbols. KMC Bilbao enjoyed a Green Tara empowerment, while KMC Vancouver welcomed Buddha Vajrapani, followed by a mini retreat. Meanwhile, Sangha in Pachuca, Mexico received Dorje Shugden blessing empowerment, offering protection from obstacles on the spiritual path.
A Beautiful Weekend at KMC Karlsruhe
On February 7-8 at the Kadampa Meditation Center Karlsruhe, we had the wonderful opportunity to receive Buddha Shakyamuni empowerment and a commentary to the Eight Auspicious Symbols with Gen Gogden. It was a deeply inspiring and blessed experience.
Through receiving this empowerment, we were able to create a special connection with Buddha Shakyamuni and deepen our spiritual practice. The teachings on the Eight Auspicious Symbols beautifully and clearly showed how we can grow our Buddha nature and cultivate inner peace and lasting happiness in our lives.
May what we experienced continue to resonate within us and strengthen us on our path toward the everlasting peace of enlightenment - so that we may contribute to greater compassion, wisdom, and peace within ourselves and in our world.
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who made this special weekend possible and shared in its blessings.
GREEN TARA empowerment AND RETREAT AT KMC BILBAO, SPAIN
The first weekend of February, at KMC Bilbao, we were fortunate to receive the special blessings of Buddha Green Tara and to listen to, contemplate, and meditate on teachings from Liberation from Sorrow – Praises to the 21 Taras sadhana, guided by our dear Resident Teacher, Eva Pérez. It was an unforgettable and magical weekend! We now understand that the path to supreme inner peace, liberation, and enlightenment exists. We feel it in our hearts and are very fortunate to progress on it, even during these challenging times.
We are deeply grateful for the immense kindness of the Kadampa Masters who, in an unbroken lineage, preserved these perfect instructions, and especially the great kindness of Venerable Atisha (founder of Kadampa Buddhism), who received the instructions directly from Arya Tara. They were passed down through successive Kadampa Masters to Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, our Spiritual Guide, from whom we have received the commentaries and the essential practice Liberation from Sorrow. We can now uphold these special blessings and instructions and put them into practice in our daily lives - truly extraordinary!
As Venerable Atisha said, “May all beings enjoy good fortune as great as our own.”
A powerful start to February at KMC Vancouver, Canada
February is off to a powerful start at KMC Vancouver. Following a Friday evening Introduction to Tantra class taught by Gen Sanden, Gen Delek gave the blessing empowerment of Buddha Vajrapani, the manifestation of the spiritual power of all Buddhas. Afterwards, Sangha enjoyed a delicious lunch together and then received instructions on The Yoga of Buddha Vajrapani. This was followed by a short retreat on Sunday to practice these instructions in a group setting.
"I feel reinvigorated in my spiritual practice", said one fortunate participant.
Blessings of Dorje Shugden in Pachuca, Mexico
This past weekend at Je Tsongkhapa KBC in Mexico, we received the empowering blessings of the Great Protector Dorje Shugden from our dear Resident Teacher, Gen Gawa. These very special blessings offer protection to all sentient beings, Buddhist or non-Buddhist, because great compassion wishes to free every single sentient being from suffering.
We are deeply grateful for these beautiful, meaningful, and blessed teachings, which we can put into practice in our daily lives and use as guidance to overcome human problems of hatred, attachment, and ignorance.
"Please be with me always like the shadow of my body,
And grant me your unwavering care and protection.
Destroy all obstacles and adverse conditions,
Bestow favourable conditions, and fulfill all my wishes."
