Last weekend, people throughout Switzerland enjoyed a wonderful Dharma celebration, both online and in-person, with Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang their National Spiritual Director, who due to travel restrictions streamed the empowerment and teachings from KMC Edinburgh where she is the Resident Teacher.
The Festival was hosted by KMC Spain, where the sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace is currently under construction, and the Resident Teacher and National Spiritual Director, Gen Chokga, led the Festival retreat.
The very kind contractors are making tremendous progress with the Temple both outside and in. And they always have time for a wave and a joke when the cameras appear. Meanwhile the vajra seat for the top of the Temple is almost complete as it is coated in copper.
This weekend people all over Spain and beyond enjoyed the 21st National Spanish Festival with Gen-la Dekyong – the last National Festival before the opening of the Kadampa Temple for World Peace in Málaga next year.
The International Kadampa family has thousands of members, lay and ordained, and includes many families with children. Here is an example of how one center is helping children at home during the lockdown with online classes.Tharpaland KMC recently offered their first lockdown-compatible Online Dharma for Kids class, which was well received throughout the country.
The Nordic Dharma Festival 2021 with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab was held online last weekend. It was a great success with people taking part from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.
Enjoy these photos and video of the artists, crafts people and volunteers are hard at work at the Kadampa Art Studio in the UK preparing many statues and adornments for the Temples for world Peace and for urban Temples around the world.
We can only marvel at the speed and attention to detail involved in the construction of sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace in Málaga.
The International Kadampa Buddhist Union is a global spiritual family emanating from the heart of our precious Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. One of the many advantages of this union is that because the Dharma and spiritual direction are the same for all constituent centers it is easy for them to engage in cooperative ventures. Here we feature two recent collaborations.
March 31 – April 4 Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, General Spiritual Director of NKT, will teach the 2021 Spanish Kadampa Festival hosted by KMC Spain, where the the sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace is currently under construction.
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