This weekend the small village of Teisendorf in Berchtesgardener Land, between Munich and the Austrian border, was the venue for the Southern German Dharma Celebration with Gen Kelsang Ananda the National Spiritual Director for NKT-IKBU in Germany.
Last night, Manjushri KMC welcomed 35 Kadampas from 15 different countries to begin a six-month Intensive Teacher Training Programme with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab, retired General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU.
Continuing our coverage of the Amitayus practices at centers around the world this month, in this post we feature the short retreat in the Temple for World Peace at Manjushri KMC. The retreat was led by James Belither, a senior Teacher at the center and principal editor for Tharpa Publications.
Don’t miss this precious opportunity to receive the blessings of Buddha Shakyamuni and the lineage blessing of his precious teaching on the Wheel of Life directly from Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU.
No sooner had Gen-la Jampa returned to the USA from leading the retreat at Manjushri KMC, than he began a tour of centers in the eastern US before returning to IKRC Grand Canyon, where he is the Resident Teacher. Here we feature his visits to KMC Georgia and KMC Chicago.
As the Heruka and Vajrayogini retreats at centers around the world draw to a close, various special concluding activities are taking place. Here we feature the Vajrayogini burning offering at Manjushri KMC
On a very wet and windy weekend, 130 people braved the storm to travel to Stirling in the heart of Scotland to take refuge in a nourishing weekend of blessings, inspirational teachings and joyful Sangha at the 2020 Scottish Dharma Celebration
Based on their success in establishing a wonderful Kadampa center and community in Bogotá, KMC Colombia are now exploring Medellin in the north-west of Colombia to establish a branch there. Join them on their adventure.
On her way to teach at the Scottish Dharma Celebration this weekend, Kadam Bridget visited KMC Edinburgh to give a public talk entitled Overcoming Anxiety with Meditation.
During February, many Kadampa centres organise pujas, retreats, teachings and empowerments of Buddha Amitayus. In this post we feature photos from some of these events in Mexico City, Monterrey, Chicago and Madrid.
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