As the lockdown starts to ease in some countries, there are signs of more and more Kadampa centers re-opening – but online programs continue to flourish
Building Inner Strength – a special online event hosted by Heruka KMC London with Internationally renowned Kadampa Buddhist Teacher Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab, June 27-28
Enjoy these photos of the artists hard at work in the Kadampa Art Studio working on statues and adornments for the new Kadampa Temple for World Peace being built in Málaga.
After breaking for the Spring Festival, the students on the Intensive Teacher Training Program at Manjushri KMC resume their studies with Gen-la Khyenrab on Monday. They will continue until August, when those who complete the program successfully will become eligible to become Resident Teachers at Kadampa centers around the world.
Inside, the building feels deserted and what few people there are distance themselves appropriately. Residents, students on the ITTP and working visitors who remained when the lockdown started occupy the vast building of Conishead Priory, home of Manjushri KMC.
When asked recently how we can best help the world at this time, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche said by praying to Tara. Following this advice, starting tomorrow April 8, Tara Day, Kadampas around the world will join together for six sessions of prayers to Tara in 24 hours.
This weekend, the Southern UK Dharma Celebration was held online for the first time. Teaching from Nagarjuna Centre, Kadam Bridget Heyes, UK National Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU, was live-streamed to over 300 attendees who watched from home.
Meditation is Essential for Human Happiness Last night Gen-la Dekyong, Spiritual Director of NKT, inaugurated the program of online classes at Manjushri KMC with a powerful teaching on the benefits of meditation. Please enjoy this brief exerpt
In a time of so much uncertainty the blessings of Avalokiteshvara the Buddha of Compassion are much needed.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche tells the story that when he was invited to become Resident Teacher at Manjushri Centre in the UK in 1977 he remembers flying over London and thinking, ‘There are more people in this single city than there are in the whole of Tibet!’ From that moment Venerable Geshe-la held in his mind the intention to bring holy Kadam Dharma to the people of London. See the amazing story of this center on the this month’s featured center page.
General Spiritual Director
