Summer Festival 2026 ~ Video Wall
A chance to revisit the engaging videos created during the Summer Festival 2026. Enjoy!
Read MoreDue to the current situation, the annual Austrian Dharma Celebration in Vienna was held for the first time as a purely online event on November 16-18. Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang, National Spiritual Director for Italy, Austria and Switzerland, granted the blessing empowerment of Buddha Maitreya, the Buddha of loving kindness.
A wonderful new development. Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche has requested the centre to become an International Kadampa Retreat Center. The Resident Teacher, Gen Losang Kelsang, has many years of experience leading retreats. Stand by for more information.
With the title, A Vision of a Pure Land, the sixteenth German National Festival, Nov 27- Dec 1, will be taught by Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang online in German.
In the last report from the three South American Festivals last weekend, today we cover the Festival in Brasil, where Gen-la Dekyong, General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU granted empowerment and teachings of Je Tsongkhapa and Dorje Shugden.
The second South American Festival report comes from the Chile Festival, where Gen-la Dekyong also gave teachings and empowerment of Je Tsongkhapa and Dorje Shugden.
This weekend saw three empowerments in South America, with Gen-la Dekong online from Manjushri KMC granting teachings and empowerments on Je Tsongkhapa and Dorje Shugden. Here is a report on the first – the Argentina Festival.
The construction of the sixth Temple for World Peace in Málaga Spain is progressing rapidly, with the steel frame already in place! Now work begins on the roof.
As we will see, this is a busy weekend with Festivals, Celebrations and other auspicious events happening throughout the world including Argentina, Chile, Brasil, Mexico, Austria, and the Nordic region, and we will be providing reports on each of these over the next few days. We begin with this early report from the Nordic region:
Among the many special events and developments on International Temples Day on Saturday, two auspicious developments took place in the US. On the west coast KMC Hollywood became KMC Los Angeles, with an extended vision, and on the east coast, KMC Long Island installed the precious deer and Dharma Wheel on their Temple roof.
This year at KMC Madrid, we feel very lucky because we celebrate 25 years of Dharma Kadam in Madrid. On the occasion of this anniversary, we have organized a very special event in appreciation of the kindness of our founder, the venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
