News from the post Fall Festival retreats ~ Part 2
Nov 16, 2024
Over 80 people from Kadampa Centre’s all around Australia gathered together at KMC Australia over the weekend for our Flourishing Kadam Dharma in Australia weekend.
In mid-September, KMC France, KMC Paris, and KMC Metz hosted open door events. These centers welcomed the public with tours, guided meditations, and information about meditation classes.
Held at KMC Madrid in the beautiful setting of the Sierra de Guadarrama, the retreat will be based on the teachings received at the International Fall Festival 2023.
The Tharpa Festival Shop is a key part of the International Fall Festival 2023 experience. It provides everything you need to support your spiritual practice during the Festival and beyond. New products include Venerable Geshe-la cards, Eleven Reversals card, Songs of Healing, and much more. Explore the festival shop today.
It is over a year since the 6th Kadampa Temple for World Peace was opened by Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong at KMC Spain, Malaga. This video shows what an extraordinary year it has been and just how much has been accomplished.
In mid-September, at two different corners of the Americas, KMC Colombia and KMC Fraser Valley, Canada, organized retreats that allowed participants to step away from their usual hectic lives. These retreats provided a unique opportunity to retreat in tranquil settings, allowing attendees to turn their focus inwards. It was a chance to refresh their perspectives and cultivate reliable inner resources for leading a healthier and happier life.
Last week at KMC Rio de Janeiro, the Resident Teacher Kelsang Chochin granted the blessing empowerment of the Great Mother Prajnaparamita and gave teachings on the practice, including a transmission of the Heart Sutra, followed by a short and beautiful retreat.
Kadam Dharma teachings were first given in 2013 in Chile. Starting in Santiago, Dharma is now flourishing and teachings are now being given in other regions. Learn more about some exciting recent developments: The Southernmost Region in the World to Have Kadam Dharma, Opening a new center in Northern Chile and First Empowerment in Wisdom KBC Concepción.
At the Kadampa Temple in Sintra, Portugal more than a hundred people had the good fortune to receive the powerful blessings of Buddha Arya Tara.
Over the weekend of the 8th-11th September 2023, Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre, had the great good fortune to host the United Kingdom Dharma Celebration. Led by Kadam Bridget Heyes, UK National Spiritual Director, who granted the Empowerment of Avalokiteshvara followed by teachings on the healing Minds of Love and Compassion. Kadam Bridget Heyes shared oral tranmission from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche on the instructions how to equalise self and others, exchange self with others and generate authentic minds of Bodhichitta.