The Nordic Dharma Festival 2021 with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab was held online last weekend. It was a great success with people taking part from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.
Enjoy these photos and video of the artists, crafts people and volunteers are hard at work at the Kadampa Art Studio in the UK preparing many statues and adornments for the Temples for world Peace and for urban Temples around the world.
This weekend, KMC Hong Kong hosted the East Asian Dharma Celebration online with Gen Kelsang Tonglam, National Spiritual Director of Hong Kong, Taiwan & Philippines. Experience a taste of this special event with the short video and extraordinary photo gallery.
This weekend, Manjushri KMC hosted a wonderful retreat entitled “The Magic of Meditation” with Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang, Retired Deputy Spiritual Director of NKT and Resident Teacher at KMC Edinburgh.
We can only marvel at the speed and attention to detail involved in the construction of sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace in Málaga.
The International Kadampa Buddhist Union is a global spiritual family emanating from the heart of our precious Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. One of the many advantages of this union is that because the Dharma and spiritual direction are the same for all constituent centers it is easy for them to engage in cooperative ventures. Here we feature two recent collaborations.
March 31 – April 4 Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, General Spiritual Director of NKT, will teach the 2021 Spanish Kadampa Festival hosted by KMC Spain, where the the sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace is currently under construction.
Last weekend, a rain of blessings fell as many centers around the world held special events at which fortunate Kadampa students received empowerments both in-person and online.
This past weekend, KMC Canada hosted a special weekend event at which Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab, retired General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU and National Spiritual Director for Canada gave profound teachings on the ultimate nature of all phenomena. The event was open to everyone in Canada.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dharma centers and communities working together harmoniously to give and receive teachings, in-person and on-line, are truly objects of rejoicing. Here we feature a center where the students were able to gather in person to receive empowerment and teachings this weekend as Gen Kelsang Rinchung granted the blessing empowerment of Buddha Vajrapani at KMC Argentina.
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