Kadampa Festivals are really very unusual and wonderful as holiday destinations. The real holiday location is the inner pure land of Lamrim and the real enjoyment is our own genuine happiness and peace that comes as our mind concentrates on virtuous objects.
The overarching theme of the Festival is how to be a Kadampa, a qualified Kadampa practitioner that strives to emulate the pure examples of our Kadampa Iineage Gurus, and especially the pure example of our own Spiritual Guide.
Our International Kadampa Summer Festival 2025 begins in earnest in the most wonderful way, with a day dedicated to contemplating the deep meaning of refuge, culminating in a beautiful, extremely blessed and powerful refuge ceremony.
It’s day one of the Festival, and there are happy, peaceful and busy Kadampas everywhere. People are greeting each other fondly, happy to meet again and looking forward to spending one or two weeks together immersed in Kadampa life.
It’s the day before the Summer Festival, and it is a very special day: today is the ordination ceremony with Gen-la Dekyong.
A chance to revisit the engaging videos created during the Spring Festival. Enjoy!
It’s the last day of the Festival, and the sun is shining inside and out. We conclude our short but powerful retreat with two final meditations and with the strong determination to continue our practice in daily life.
It’s a rainy day today but as we meditate, session upon session, you feel the truth about happiness not depending on external conditions. Some of the downpours that come during meditation sessions even enhance the feeling of the meditation.
The conclusion of the 2025 Spring Festival offers us an opportunity to reflect on this truly inspiring event.
In a world that can often feel difficult, it is easy for kindness to feel like an exception not the rule. Not at Festival! Everywhere you look there is kindness and it becomes the ‘normal’ to treat others gently, with kindness and care and to be on the receiving end of others’ consideration and generosity.
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Across the Kadampa community, recent events have brought people together in the spirit of love, connection, and shared spiritual purpose. From a joyful retreat in KMC Florida to inspiring Open Days and community gatherings in Malaga, these events offered opportunities to meditate,…
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