Australians greeted the new year with their annual Festival at which Gen-la Kelsang Jampa, Deputy Spiritual Director of NKT gave the empowerment of the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri and teachings on dependent relationship.
A few more photos from Kadampa centers around the world greeting the new year with prayer and celebration. What could be more meaningful than starting the year with a good heart and sincere prayers for the happiness of all?
Wherever the Dharma of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche touches people’s hearts, joy arises naturally. Thank you Venerable Geshe-la.
Yesterday in the winter wonderland of IKRC Grand Canyon Gen-la Jampa helped us to start the new year with a peaceful mind of compassion. Happy New Year everyone.
KMC Barcelona recently completed a wonderful purification retreat with Gen Kelsang Rabten guiding sessions from the mother center, Manjushri KMC, and Gen Lochani guiding sessions from KMC Barcelona’s retreat center.
In the first of our reports on activities over the holiday period we include courses with Gen-la Kunsang in Tharpaland Germany and Gen Tabkay in IKRC Grand Canyon, US.
Kadampa centers around the world will be holding special events over the New Year and of course into the January retreat month. Among these, Heruka KMC in London has invited Gen-la Thubten to give a course over the New Year.
The last few weeks witnessed much progress with the sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace, from essential safety work, to rainwater drainage, to preparations for the ceiling, and the appearance of the first wall!
In August 1997 Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche opened the first Kadampa Temple for World Peace at Manjushri Centre in the UK. In this video we listen to the talk he gave at that time launching the International Temples Project and see the development of other Temples since then.
Today, Christmas Eve, we share a beautiful video made by a Kadampa student and a gallery of inspiring photos taken by other Kadampas as an offering to Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Happy holidays everyone!
General Spiritual Director
