KADAM DHARMA IN NORTH AMERICA

In the previous post we featured the winter retreat currently underway in the first Temple for World Peace at KMC New York. In this post we catch up with the Mountain Retreat in the magnificent new Temple at IKRC Grand Canyon.

The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra retreat at KMC New York has reached the end of its first week. Practitioners have joined from all over the world: China, Australia, Canada, Ireland and Switzerland. Read their report.

KMC New York is preparing to welcome guests to the International Winter Retreats – ten week-long, stand-alone retreats with Gen Samten based on The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra in this magnificent center in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains.

KMC Washington in Seattle hosted this year’s Northwest Dharma Celebration with Gen Kelsang Rigpa, National Spiritual Director for the Western United States. The whole event was filled with blessings!

KMC Washington DC hosted the Mid-Atlantic Dharma Celebration this year with Kadam Morten, National Spiritual Director for the eastern United States. It was attended by people from all over the mid-Atlantic region.

“Such a big city – 11 million people live here. They need Dharma eyes, wisdom eyes, to see truth, reality. They need to know, understand, how to make themselves happy, they need to know how to solve their daily problems and they need to know how to maintain good relationships with others and with their family, continually.” With these precious words in 2002 Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche sowed the seeds for KMC Hollywood to arise. See the amazing story of this center on the this month’s featured center page.

Jan 3 – Feb 13, 2020 marks another milestone for NKT-IKBU when Kadam Morten will lead the first annual Mountain Retreat in the new Temple at IKRC Grand Canyon, which was consecrated at the Fall Festival September 2019. An event not to be missed!

This weekend Midwesterners gathered from Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio and beyond for the US Midwest Dharma Celebration 2019. Over 80 fortunate ones enjoyed the blessing empowerment of Green Tara with Gen Kelsang Demo, the US Midwest National Spiritual Director, at KMC Madison.

This weekend KMC Canada hosted the Ontario Dharma Celebration in Toronto with Gen-la Khyenrab. Gen-la granted the blessing empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva, who is a manifestation of the completely pure mind of all the Buddhas.

After the Fall Festival, Gen-la Jampa, Deputy Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU and Resident Teacher at IKRC Grand Canyon, visited KMC Hollywood, where he had been invited to lead the post festival retreat.