For many Kadampa centers, January is a time for retreat. Here we list some of the retreats and other special events scheduled for January 2020. What an amazing start to the year!
KMC New York is preparing to welcome guests to the International Winter Retreats – ten week-long, stand-alone retreats with Gen Samten based on The Oral Instructions of Mahamudra in this magnificent center in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains.
Almost 200 people gathered in Singapore for the 2019 Asian Kadampa Festival with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab, retired General Spiritual Director and National Spiritual Director for Canada.
KMC Washington in Seattle hosted this year’s Northwest Dharma Celebration with Gen Kelsang Rigpa, National Spiritual Director for the Western United States. The whole event was filled with blessings!
KMC Washington DC hosted the Mid-Atlantic Dharma Celebration this year with Kadam Morten, National Spiritual Director for the eastern United States. It was attended by people from all over the mid-Atlantic region.
“Such a big city – 11 million people live here. They need Dharma eyes, wisdom eyes, to see truth, reality. They need to know, understand, how to make themselves happy, they need to know how to solve their daily problems and they need to know how to maintain good relationships with others and with their family, continually.” With these precious words in 2002 Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche sowed the seeds for KMC Hollywood to arise. See the amazing story of this center on the this month’s featured center page.
KMC Colombia just celebrated their third anniversary. ‘On this beautiful evening, Guen Sangton gave a precious teaching on how to cultivate a mind of compassion for our own benefit and for the benefit of all living beings. . .”
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.
Last week volunteers from KMC Mexico and KMC Guadalajara helped out with Tharpa Mexico’s stall at the International Book Fair Guadalajara, the largest book fair in Iberoamerica.
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.
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