The final post from 2024 New Year celebrations at Kadampa Centers. It is wonderful to see prayers being made, especially to Buddha Tara, in every part of the world for the benefit of all living beings. See the celebrations from Kadampa Centers in Mexico, Chile, the USA, Spain, Germany, and Portugal.
Continuing the reportage of the New Year’s Celebrations from around the globe, in this article we hear from many centres around the world. A wonderful events to begin the 2024 in a meaningful way!
Centers around the world celebrated New Year’s Eve in numerous ways, entering 2024 with blessings and joy. Communities gathered to enjoy courses, empowerments, chanted prayers, and festive buffets to start the year in the most meaningful way. See the article to hear from Manjushri KMC in the UK, KMC Montreal in Canada, KMC Durban in South Africa, KMC Tharpaland in Germany, and KMC France.
New Year’s Eve 2023, Gen-la Dekyong gave teachings based on the booklet ‘Prayers for World Peace’ by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. In this time of conflict and confusion, these teachings inspire us to feel hope for peace in our world through the power of our wishes and prayers.
KMC Colorado are happy to announce that they have received their Certificate of Occupancy and moved into the new Temple last weekend.
Many Kadampa centres offered short retreats over the Christmas period, giving people space to cultivate peaceful minds of love and compassion while enjoying the companionship of their spiritual friends.
The 2023 Asian Festival has concluded with our hearts full of love and joy. In the picturesque setting of Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, 170 practitioners from all across Asia gathered joyfully to receive the blessing empowerment of Buddha Maitreya and the teachings on the Buddhist way of loving kindness.
In every Kadampa Centre around the world, retreats are an integral part of the spiritual program, providing an opportunity to familiarize ourselves with a particular practice, meditation, or drawing closer to a Deity. Concluding the year, Centres in Argentina, Mexico, and Portugal engaged in retreats, creating peace in their hearts and in this way contributing to peace in this world.
With this timeless message, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche shows simply and practically how to make our life happier and our world a better place.
During a week-long course at Nagarjuna KMC, Thornby Hall in UK, participants had the opportunity to learn from the internationally renowned NKT Buddhist artist, Kadam Chris Heyes. The week was filled with peaceful and creative energy. Participants had the option to stay in beautiful en-suite accommodation offered by the center and enjoy woodland walks, as well as social time in the World Peace Cafe between sessions.
General Spiritual Director
