Protection from untimely death
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.
Brasilian and French Dharma Celebration
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.
Celebrating compassion & wisdom in the UK
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.
Peace for the world
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.
The blessings of infinite life
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.
More images from the Spanish Festival
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.
A special time for Kadampa centers worldwide
This weekend, many Kadampa centers around the world took advantage of the Easter holidays to offer special events. And with Saturday being NKT Day it was also an occasion for special pujas and celebrations. In this first post on the events of the weekend we feature the mother center, Manjushri KMC in the UK and IKRC Grand Canyon in the US.
The Blessings of Mother Tara are felt across Spain
This weekend people all over Spain and beyond enjoyed the 21st National Spanish Festival with Gen-la Dekyong – the last National Festival before the opening of the Kadampa Temple for World Peace in Málaga next year.Â
A year in NKT
NKT was formally registered as a charity in July 1991. On Saturday April 3 the following year, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche inaugurated NKT Day, which was to be celebrated on the first Saturday in April every year.
Gen Kelsang Demo on her favorite passage in Venerable Geshe-la’s books
In the second video of this series, Gen Kelsang Demo reads her favorite passage from the book The New Eight Steps to Happiness and explains what it means for her.
