Day 7 ~ A Festival of Faith, Gratitude and Kindness
It’s the final day of the Festival, which finishes with two calm and focused retreat sessions enabling us to consolidate all we have received at this rich feast of Dharma.
Read MoreBuddha Tara, is a female Buddha who rescues all beings from outer and inner fears and dangers. Like a mother she protects us from all internal and external dangers and provides necessary conditions for us to progress along our spiritual path.
Two recent events perfectly illustrate the power and reach of Kadam Dharma online, and the magical way the Holy Spiritual Guide touches our hearts through the virtuous use of modern technology.
April 15 is Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, on which we celebrate Buddha’s extraordinary deed of showing the manner of attaining enlightenment in this world. Kadampas around the world share their thoughts on this auspicious day.
Following the advice of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, on April 8, Tara Day, Kadampas from all over the world joined together in 24-hour Tara Chanting online. 3,500 people from 31 countries joined in this powerful, global puja. As promised, here we share more photos and words from some of the people who took part.
A gallery of the faces modern Kadampa Buddhism doing what we do best – sincere prayer. It is hard to look at these pictures and read these words without tears of joy and gratitude welling up.
When asked recently how we can best help the world at this time, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche said by praying to Tara. Following this advice, starting tomorrow April 8, Tara Day, Kadampas around the world will join together for six sessions of prayers to Tara in 24 hours.
Yesterday, NKT Day, 5,000 people gathered online to watch a special teaching by Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, General Spiritual Director of NKT, and to join in special prayers including Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche from his Faithful Disciples:
In 1991 Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche founded the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT), which later became known as New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU).
Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong explains the practice of 24-hour Tara Chanting that will now be practiced on the 8th day of every month by a worldwide virtual community- hope you can join !
Despite all the restrictions presently in place, the activities of Tharpa International, the publishing arm of NKT-IKBU, are thriving.
