For the last three weeks in the run up to the 2022 Summer Festival, Manjushri KMC has been abuzz with almost 200 Resident Teachers from around the world studying on the Intensive Teacher Training Program.
Recently we featured the summer party held by KMC Barcelona at their retreat center in Montserrat. This was followed by a party at their urban Temple in the city to celebrate the end of the teaching year.
Gen Kelsang Rigpa, Western US National Spiritual Director and Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center LA, answers “Do Scientists and Buddhists see eye to eye?”
Manjushri KMC is now closed to the public and preparations have begun in earnest for Summer Festival 2022.
After the busiest month ever, the Manjushri Cafe closed with the staff and volunteers celebrating with a party on the lawn. The next day they set about a deep clean of the cafe preparing it to transform into a Festival cafe.
Through the kindness of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche the New Kadampa Tradition has purchased a modern and well-located commercial space in the heart of Cologne, the fourth biggest city in Germany.
While the Teacher is away . . . With the Resident Teachers currently at Manjushri KMC for the Intensive Teacher Training Program, we may wonder what is happening back at the centers. Besides the regular General Program classes being maintained by senior students at the centers, there is also a host of other activities taking … Read more
KMC Philadelphia moving into the new building. KMC Philadelphia held their first puja, Offering to the Spiritual Guide, in their new meditation space this week in the Old City of Philadelphia.
During the pandemic KMC Glasgow Teacher Gen Machig was contacted by BBC Radio Scotland to help the nation with guided meditations and wisdom advice.
On Friday July 8th, KMC Spain received an official visit from the mayor of Alhaurín el Grande, Mrs. Toñi Ledesma, members of the government team and Alhaurinas associations.
The experience of an International Festival is greatly enhanced if we can spend some time afterwards in retreat improving our understanding of the teachings and taking their meaning to heart.
General Spiritual Director
