News from the post Fall Festival retreats
Nov 13, 2024
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.
Developing and perfecting a Lamrim heart is the core practice of Kadampa Buddhism. On the weekend of Nov 29 – Dec 3, Gen-la Dekyong, the General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU, will give a special course explaining how we can accomplish this – a rare and precious opportunity to receive a commentary to a core text of our tradition from the General Spiritual Director.
What better way to take the special teachings of the 2019 Fall Festival deeper into your heart than to spend some time at the mother center in profound guided meditation retreat in January 2020? January is a special time at Manjushri KMC when the whole centre enters into retreat mode for four weeks of winter retreat and an extraordinary calm falls upon the environment.
As Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche says, ‘Wherever we look, we find only the kindness of others.’ This week, we see this stream of human kindness flowing before our very eyes as an army of unsung heroes removes the last physical traces of the 2019 Summer Festival.
Gen-la Kunsang is attending the Intensive Teacher Training Program at Manjushri KMC and was invited to give a GP class in the Temple. Please enjoy this brief excerpt.
Last night, Gen Rigpa, Western US National Spiritual Director, fresh in from LA gave an amazing talk and led meditations on Chapter 5 of Meaningful to Behold by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
A brief excerpt from a Public Talk given by Gen-la Dekyong at Manjushri KMC, June 23, 2019
This month’s Featured Center is KMC Reading with its innovative program of pop-up events
Over two nights this week, 1,000 people gathered at St George’s Hall in Liverpool for back-to-back sold out public talks on Letting Go of Anxiety with Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang and Paul Jenkins.