General Spiritual Director
A Dharma tour of Switzerland with Gen-la Kunsang
May 18, 2024
Spring Festival 2020 Diary ~ Day 3
After two sublime meditations with Gen Rabten yesterday, Gen-la Khyenrab granted the empowerment of Vajrapani, the Buddha of Spiritual power.
International Festivals
Spring Festival 2020 Diary ~ Day 2
Last night, Genla Kelsang Khyenrab, retired General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU, gave a truly inspiring introduction to this year’s online International Spring Festival, watched by over 5,500 people around the world.
Spring Festival 2020 Diary ~ Day 1
Through the great kindness of our Founder, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, over 5,000 people from every corner of the globe will tune in today to take part in the very first online International Kadampa Festival.
Spring Festival 2020 ~ Just 1 Day to Go
All proceeds from International Festivals go to the International Temples Fund (ITP), whose purpose is to fulfill the vision of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche of a Kadampa Temple in every city of the world. So by participating in the International Spring Festival 2020, you will be contributing to the development of new Temples around the world.
Spring Festival 2020 ~ 2 Days to Go
Through the great kindness of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche an unstoppable stream of Kadam Dharma now flows in this world. And nowhere is this more apparent than at the mother center, Manjushri KMC. Now for almost a whole week, the center is the virtual host of the 2020 International Spring Festival.
Spring Festival 2020 ~ 3 Days to Go
This week we will have a precious opportunity to mentally visit the mother center of Kadampa Buddhism – Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre in the English Lake District, from which the 2020 International Spring Festival will be streamed.
What is your reason for taking part?
We asked Kadampa Teachers around the world what reasons there are to join this year’s Spring Festival Online.
2020 Fall Festival in Brisbane Postponed to 2021
As it is highly likely that restrictions on mass gatherings and international travel will be in place for some months to come, the festival organisers have made the decision to postpone the International Fall Festival in Brisbane until 2021.
What’s making the Spiritual Guide happy?
What are we doing that is making the Spiritual Guide so happy?
A taste of Spring at the mother center
Inside, the building feels deserted and what few people there are distance themselves appropriately. Residents, students on the ITTP and working visitors who remained when the lockdown started occupy the vast building of Conishead Priory, home of Manjushri KMC.
