Basking in sunflowers after the rainy monsoon season, the IKRC Grand Canyon looked this August even more welcoming. The community at the Fifth Temple for World Peace has been engaging in a variety of activities – from retreats and kids’ classes to rooftop refurbishment, community outreach, and new branch classes. There’s so much happening at our beloved Temple!
In August some Kadampa Centers organized group retreats to allow their students to gain deeper experience of inner peace.
Here Kailash IRC, KMC Argentina, KMC Vancouver and KMC Fraser Valley.
The Sangha of Argentina and Chile have had the wonderful opportunity to receive teachings from Teachers of their neighboring countries. Gen Rinchung, the National Spiritual Director of Argentina and Uruguay, visited KMC Chile, while Gen Chokyong, the National Spiritual Director of Chile, visited KMC Argentina.
Coming to the IKRC Grand Canyon, Don’t miss out on this precious opportunity to receive Buddha Vajrapani Empowerment from NKT Deputy Spiritual Director Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. It is the first time the IKRC Grand Canyon will be hosting a US Festival and it is the first major event back in this location since the Temple officially opened during the NKT-IKBU International Fall Festival in 2019
Throughout 2024 KMC Aberdeen have been travelling to the very north of Britain, far out in the North Sea, to offer meditation workshops across the Shetland Isles.
Recently, some Centers have started activities to help spread peace in the world through activities that are open and accessible to everyone. These include KMC Montreal, KMC Birmingham and KMC Boston (USA). Everybody is welcome!
This August, practitioners in Mexico had a wonderful opportunity to engage in a post-Festival retreat and learn about karma and lojong (training the mind). See below for more details on the courses offered at KMC Mexico, KMC Cuernavaca, and KMC Monterrey.
Participants deeply experienced the profound theme of emptiness with Gen Rabten in Germany at the post-Summer Festival retreat at Tharpaland KMC and the special course at KMC Berlin.
While people in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy summer in August, those in the Southern Hemisphere are now enjoying their winter events. Check out the recent wintertime events in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Uruguay.
In the past few days we have shared photos from centers around the world as they conclude their post-Summer Festival retreats. Here we share more from that time. Enjoy!
General Spiritual Director
