During the last few weeks the 3 Kadampa Centers in Argentina held very blessed events. They were very beautiful and powerful events, which showed great unity and the desire to put Dharma into practice. There was a White Tara empowerment at KMC Argentina in Palermo, a purification retreat at KMC Cordoba and Nagarjuna KBC organized a retreat out of town in Zona Norte (Buenos Aires)
KMC Monterrey & Tharpa Mexico were present at the 31st Monterrey International Book Fair distributing the work of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. There were nine days of activities which including a presentation of the book ‘How to Understand the Mind’ and interviews with local TV channels and there were thousands of interested visitors.
Recently Kadampa Meditation Centre Monterrey organised a public talk at MARCO museum, an iconic venue in Monterrey city center on the subject of “The science of happiness”.
KMC Colombia organised an out-of-town meditation retreat near Choachi, titled “An Inexhaustible Source of Happiness”. Surrounded by the tranquillity of nature, this retreat gave the opportunity to enjoy guided meditation on profound Dharma to discover their source of happiness from within.
Florianópolis is known as the “Island of Magic”. Located in the south of Brazil, it is filled with trails that lead to scenic beaches.
Taking advantage of this fact, the recently set up KMC Florianópolis organized a Walk & Meditation activity this past Sunday, which ended up becoming a very special occasion for people who have been getting information about the Center in social media to take a step forward and have their first contact with Kadam Buddhism.
Last weekend people from all over Chile gathered to receive Dorje Shugden empowerment and teachings from Gen Kelsang Sangden, National Spiritual Director for Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Colombia & Chile.
Last weekend and for the first time in Perú, their National Spiritual Director Gen Kelsang Sangden, visited to grant the profound blessings of Buddha Vajrsattva.
“Everyone needs to know that happiness comes from a peaceful mind,” Western USA National Spiritual Director Gen Kelsang Rigpa explained to a full house last Sunday at Tempe Center for the Arts in Arizona. He encouraged everyone to examine for themselves how developing a peaceful state of mind would change our life, giving several profound “mental experiments” for bringing happiness.
350 runners circumambulated the Temple at KMC Brazil as part of a 10 km run in celebration of the 164th anniversary of the town of Cabreúva.
150 people gathered in Santa Fe on Saturday for a public talk organised by KMC New Mexico with guest teacher Gen-la Kelsang Jampa, Resident Teacher at IKRC Grand Canyon and Deputy Spiritual Director of NKT. Gen-la shared practical methods for experiencing true happiness by changing the mind.
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