The first Saturday of April of each year is NKT Day, during which we celebrate the founding of the New Kadampa Tradition by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in 1991. Kadampa centers around the world organize special retreats, events, and prayers.
On the first Saturday in April, we celebrate NKT Day, a time to reflect on the profound kindness of our Spiritual Guide and Founder, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. We deeply appreciate his gift of the New Kadampa Tradition, which provides us with a pure spiritual path, guiding each of us towards a life of lasting happiness and deep meaning.
Today the booking opens for the International Spring Festival 2025. Get ready to book your place for this beautiful Spring Festival focussing on loving kindness. This is the perfect event for those new to Kadampa Festivals.
Once a month we pick out some of our favorite reels from Kadampa centers around the world. In this post, we’ve curated a selection of fun, creative, and inspiring reels for the month of January.
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.
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.
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.
January holds a unique place in the Kadampa calendar, as it is traditionally an opportunity for practitioners to withdraw from busy activities and engage in retreats. In January the IKRCs offer longer retreats with qualified guidance so that people can gain deep experience of their practice. Everyone is welcome to join, whether for the entire retreat or just a portion of it.
Tharpa US offers a FREE 30-Day Meditation Challenge for those unable to attend in-person retreats. Receive daily guided meditations, tips, and inspiration to cultivate inner peace and build a lasting meditation practice from home.
Kadampa communities in Paris and Malaysia held blessing empowerments of Buddha White Tara and Avalokiteshvara giving their centers a great start to the year.
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KMC Monterrey and Resident Teacher Kelsang Damcho welcomed more than 250 people to the MARCO Museum of Contemporary Art for an inspiring evening talk exploring practical wisdom and meditation to help overcome anger.
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