New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union
Founder Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
New Kadampa Tradition
International Kadampa
Buddhist Union
At a time when many are confined to their homes most of the time, Kadampa centers around the world have emphasised reaching out to people and bringing the joy of Buddha’s teachings and the peace of meditation directly into their homes through special online activity.
People throughout France recently experienced some online magic. 470 people gathered online for the French Dharma Celebration at which Gen Kelsang Eupame granted the empowerment of Vajrasattva and teachings on purification.
Through the magic of modern technology, the kindness of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, and the help of all the people involved, this year’s Swiss Dharma Celebration was live streamed around the Swiss area, including Italy and Austria.
Recently over 200 people from all over Germany, the Netherlands and Austria participated in the German Dharma Celebration online.
Friends of the World With the Spanish National Festival postponed until September, KMC Spain organised a special national online event called “Friends of the world”. Over 450 people from all over Spain gathered online April 8 – 12 to attend these inspiring teachings.
Meditation is Essential for Human Happiness Last night Gen-la Dekyong, Spiritual Director of NKT, inaugurated the program of online classes at Manjushri KMC with a powerful teaching on the benefits of meditation. Please enjoy this brief exerpt
This year because of restrictions on travel and gathering due to the coronavirus outbreak, the 2020 Nordic Festival with Gen-la Kelsang Thubten was streamed online. Here is an excerpt from the first teaching.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche tells the story that when he was invited to become Resident Teacher at Manjushri Centre in the UK in 1977 he remembers flying over London and thinking, ‘There are more people in this single city than there are in the whole of Tibet!’ From that moment Venerable Geshe-la held in his mind the intention to bring holy Kadam Dharma to the people of London. See the amazing story of this center on the this month’s featured center page.
This weekend, the center hosted a special day course with Gen-la Kelsang Thubten. Gen-la taught practical meditations based on the Eleven Reversals that help us to change the direction of our life through the practice of Lamrim.
Volunteering in the Kadampa Art Studio at Manjushri KMC, UK, is a truly meaningful use of human life, helping to create statues and adornments for modern Kadampa Temple around the world.
