The fifteenth day of the fourth month is a very special day in the Buddhist calendar, for it marks the day on which Buddha demonstrated the manner of attaining enlightenment in this world.
Recently, people throughout Argentina enjoyed a weekend course on emptiness with Gen-la Kelsang Thubten, and wrote to share how the teachings have impacted them.
In the third video of this series, Gen Kelsang Rigpa reads his favorite passage from the book How to Understand the Mind and explains what it means for him.
At the 2021 German Dharma Celebration fortunate Kadampa disciples in Germany will receive White Tara empowerment on the weekend of April 16-19, granted by the German National Spiritual Director Gen Kelsang Ananda.
Both Brasil and France enjoyed their annual Dharma Celebration with their National Spiritual Directors over NKT Day weekend. Enjoy the wonderful photos they have shared.
Among the many centers celebrating NKT Day over the weekend, here we feature two in the UK Nagarjuna Centre at Thornby Hall and Madhyamaka Centre in Yorkshire.
At the 2021 Mexican National Festival, April 9-11, Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang, retired deputy Spiritual Director of NKT, will grant the empowerment of Avalokiteshvara the Buddha of Compassion and give teachings on how to accomplish world peace through developing inner peace.
Last weekend, people throughout Switzerland enjoyed a wonderful Dharma celebration, both online and in-person, with Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang their National Spiritual Director, who due to travel restrictions streamed the empowerment and teachings from KMC Edinburgh where she is the Resident Teacher.
The Festival was hosted by KMC Spain, where the sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace is currently under construction, and the Resident Teacher and National Spiritual Director, Gen Chokga, led the Festival retreat.
The very kind contractors are making tremendous progress with the Temple both outside and in. And they always have time for a wave and a joke when the cameras appear. Meanwhile the vajra seat for the top of the Temple is almost complete as it is coated in copper.
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