Day 7 ~ A Festival of Faith, Gratitude and Kindness
It’s the final day of the Festival, which finishes with two calm and focused retreat sessions enabling us to consolidate all we have received at this rich feast of Dharma.
Read MoreDuring his remarkable life, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche touched the hearts of countless people throughout the world. His wisdom, kindness and compassion are unequalled in these uncertain times. As we will see in coming articles, Venerable Geshe-la’s legacy is both extraordinary and world-changing.
On September 17 our most precious Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche showed the manner of passing peacefully into the clear light. Venerable Geshe-la requested that for auspiciousness at this time all Kadampa centers around the world engage in a short retreat using his special prayer, Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche from his Faithful Disciples.
June 4 is Dharmachakra Day on which we celebrate Buddha’s first teaching in this world – the first Turning of the Wheel of Dharma. It is also the birthday of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, the Founder of NKT.
We continue our review of 2021 with selections from the news for July – December, but for auspiciousness we present this section in reverse order, beginning with the extraordinary news of Venerable Geshe-la’s return to Manjushri KMC after many years of retreat.
Please enjoy this excerpt from a teaching given by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche at Manjushri KMC, August 3, 2008.
Please enjoy this excerpt from a teaching given by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche at Manjushri KMC, July 28, 2008.
At the 2021 Fall Festival, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong the General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU will teach a special practice of transference of consciousness in association with Buddha Tara. Here we show an excerpt of a teaching given by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in 2013 in which he explains what transference of consciousness is.
200 people from all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland and other countries around the world gathered for the German Dharma Celebration at Tharpaland International Retreat Centre . . .
The first Saturday in April is NKT Day, on which we celebrate the extraordinary achievements of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in developing all the conditions for modern Kadampa Buddhism to flourish in this world.
The city of York has a special place in the history of modern Kadampa Buddhism, for it was here that Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche established his first center.
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It’s the final day of the Festival, which finishes with two calm and focused retreat sessions enabling us to consolidate all we have received at this rich feast of Dharma.
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