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 MoreNow we have the opportunity to come together for the NKT International Spring Festival at the Mother Center, Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre. Enjoy this Festival in-person & Online
The Tharpa Festival Shop is an essential part of the International Spring Festival 2025, offering everything you need to support your spiritual practice during the Festival and beyond. It’s an opportunity to purchase all Festival-related Tharpa items— including books, art, and sadhanas—alongside new and updated releases.
Festivals are an international experience. As Geshe-la teaches us, they are the best method for maintaining our International Kadampa Buddhist Union. We are living, studying, meditating and working together as one society; having meetings together, learning from each other, being inspired by others; and feeling part of something bigger than our local centers.
Receive Dorje Shugden’s empowerment and life-changing teachings from Gen-la Dekyong at the Kadampa Temple for World Peace at Grand Canyon, US
At Spring Festival this year we will receive an explanation of Buddha’s teachings on loving kindness.
Discover the beauty and depth of the Kadampa Fall Festival 2024 in Brazil through five captivating short videos. From the stunning Kadampa Temple for World Peace to the special teachings and prayers, each video offers a unique glimpse into this inspiring event.
Friday is an auspicious day. After a final meditation session practicing The Yoga of Buddha Heruka, there is a huge gathering in the Temple as it is opened to everyone to join in a truly global Prayers for World Peace. Many local people attend in addition to the international Festival participants, and it is simultaneously live-streamed around the world. How wonderful that thousands and thousands of people are praying together for peace in our world.
Today we take some time to appreciate what a rich tradition we have, the incredible lineage we hold, and the unsurpassed presentation we enjoy where all Buddha’s teachings fit with our modern life.
After a wonderful, heartfelt and clear meditation with Gen Sangden we begin two days of teachings to receive the essential commentaries to the practices of Highest Yoga Tantra from Gen-la Dekyong.
Today we meet Vajrayogini, with the final Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment. Three hours pass quickly as we are first introduced to Vajrayogini, taking time to appreciate the unique benefits of relying upon her and then we receive the blessings of the four empowerments in her sindhura mandala.
