After many months of joyful, hard work the day finally arrived. Last night, Gen-la Dekyong cut the ribbon and opened the new KMC Stockholm.
The January retreats at Manjushri KMC got underway last night when Gen Kelsang Rabten, National Spiritual Director for Australasia and South East Asia, introduced the first two weeks of the retreat to a packed Temple.
Manjushri KMC, the mother center of Modern Kadampa Buddhism, is alive with visitors and residents enjoying the Christmas course with Gen Togden entitled ‘A Good Heart Always Gives Good Results’. Watch the video and enjoy the photos – and see why people enjoy this event so much
In the same Temple where Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche gave the transmission of Liberating Prayer in 2006, Gen Kelsang Chokga granted the blessing empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni and gave a beautiful commentary to Liberating Prayer.
Kailash IRC hosted the 2019 Swiss, Italian and Austrian Festival where Gen-la Kelsang Jampa, Deputy Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU gave sublime teachings on Advice from Atisha’s Heart.
Wonderful news! Tharpaland KMC has received approval from the local administration to build a five-tier Kadampa Temple for World Peace on the site.
A record 320 people gathered at KMC France this weekend for the French Dharma Celebration with Guèn Kelsang Eupamé, National Spiritual Director for France. Guèn Eupamé granted the blessing empowerment of Medicine Buddha, whose function is to deliver living beings by bestowing blessings that heal all external and inner diseases.
They came from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands to receive empowerment and teachings from Gen-la Jampa. Lay and ordained, young and old – almost 200 people gathered at Tharpaland KMC to enjoy the German Kadampa Festival these last few days.
This coming weekend we have the great good fortune to receive the transmission of a special Lamrim text from Gen-la Dekyong, te General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU. This is a precious opportunity not to be missed.
A public talk with Gen Ananda will take place on January 30, the first NKT event in the Czech Republic.
General Spiritual Director
