Day 7 ~ A Festival of Faith, Gratitude and Kindness
It’s the final day of the Festival, which finishes with two calm and focused retreat sessions enabling us to consolidate all we have received at this rich feast of Dharma.
Read MoreMore than 75 students gathered from all around the Pacific Northwest for a magical Dharma Celebration at KMC Washington last weekend. This year, Gen Kelsang Rigpa, Western US National Spiritual Director and Resident Teacher at KMC Los Angeles, granted the blessing empowerment Buddha Maitreya and gave teachings on Loving Kindness to participants both in-person and online.
The blessings of the Heart Sutra at Thanksgiving Over the holiday weekend Gen-la Jampa gave complete commentary to the Heart Sutra to 100 people, both online and in-person. The IKRC Grand Canyon hosted in the World Peace Temple Sangha from California, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona. Online attendees were from Canada, the UK, Mexico, New … Read more
KMC Los Angeles walks for World Peace and KMC DC is qualified as a safe space
On October 13, the contractors broke ground on the new accommodations and dining room building at KMC New York. However, kind Kadampa volunteers started work well before then. In order to prepare the area for the contractors to start their work, they had to take up the road grid and gravel that was running through the building site.
As demand for the teachings and practices of Kadam Dharma continues to grow, new centers are opening around the world while others are undergoing extension. Here we feature a center engaged in major expansion work – KMC New York.
KMC Colorado has moved to a new location in the Slo-Hi area of Denver. With so many people in the area seeking teachings and meditations, they outgrew their space in Cap Hill of nearly almost 20 years.
It has been just two years since we enjoyed the 2019 Fall Festival in Arizona and celebrated the opening of the fifth Kadampa Temple for World Peace at IKRC International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon.
Last weekend witnessed two wonderful Dharma Celebrations in the US on the theme of compassion, with Gen Kelsang Demo teaching at the Midwest Dharma Celebration in Wisconsin, and Kadam Morten Clausen teaching at the Southern Dharma Celebration in Georgia.
The Québec Dharma Celebration took place last weekend. Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab, retired General Spiritual Director of NKT and National Spiritual Director of Canada, granted the empowerment of Vajrasattva and taught on karma and purification.
This weekend was a special time for Kadampas in California, who enjoyed the California Dharma Celebration, which was held both in-person and online. For those who attended n person at KMC Los Angeles, it was a wonderful opportunity for California Kadampas to come together and catch up after a long break from in-person gatherings.
