Two National Festivals are taking place in March. These special events are a cherished opportunity to break from our daily problems and recharge spiritually, as well as creating causes for Dharma to grow in our countries. KMC Durban in South Africa is hosting the South African National Festival on 20 – 23 March, while KMC Stockholm, in Sweden, is hosting the Nordic National Festival on 28 – 31 March 2025.
The final week of the Mountain Retreat and a fire puja to complete Vajrayogini close retreat at IKRC Grand Canyon.
KMC Montreal celebrates its 30th anniversary and KMC Quebec welcomed Gen Chodor, Resident Teacher of KMC Canada.
Read about some other recent activities organized by Kadampa centers around the world.
In this post we hear from KMC Montpellier, KMC Victoria (Canada), Tushita KMC (Cape Town), Sukhavati KBC (Queretaro, Mexico) and KMC Merida (Mexico)
This month centers in Spain, in Granada, Albacete and Huelva, held blessing empowerment and commentaries with their Resident Teachers.
Many centers held full length retreats over January and some finished with fire pujas. Here we feature three of these – please enjoy some beautiful photos of these pujas.
Since 1985, Kadampa centers have been organizing retreats at the beginning of each year on the yoga of Buddha Amitayus. Through this, participants increase their lifespan, wisdom and good fortune.
As centers complete their retreat month, they are inviting Teachers to visit their centers and give courses. Here we see recent events in France with Gen Eupame and Manchester with Gen Tonglam.
In January at KMC London, we were fortunate to be led by our kind Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Zoma, in three wonderful retreats. Starting off in Morden at the beautiful Temple with the Vajrayogini practice of The Uncommon Yoga of Inconceivability followed by The Yoga of Buddha Heruka, and concluding with Amitayus retreat in Kensington.
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At the 2026 International Fall Festival, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong will grant the empowerment of the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa and give teachings on how to develop and strengthen our faith in our Spiritual Guide.
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