We share three special events from KMC Long Island, KMC Québec, and Tharpaland KMC, each offering a glimpse into the many ways people come together to practice, connect, learn, and share the benefits of Dharma.
At KMC Nantes, France, the community gathered to receive the purifying blessings of Buddha Vajrasattva and to explore ways of developing greater peace and compassion in daily life, while at Odiyana KMC, UK, everyone came together to enjoy Dharma teachings and cherish their precious Dharma home.
Our editors select their favorite photographs from around the world for the month of September.
Work is progressing on the convent in Granada, gradually transforming into a wonderful international Kadampa Dharma Centre for Kadampa practitioners and the people of Granada.
After the Fall Festival, Kadampa centers around the world will hold post-Festival retreats, offering practitioners precious opportunities to take the teachings deeper into their hearts through meditation and practice.
We made history for Kadam Dharma in Spain, when nearly one thousand people filled the Gran Teatro CaixaBank Príncipe Pío in Madrid for a very special public talk with Gen-la Dekyong.
With hearts full of inspiration, more than 80 people gathered at Kadampa Meditation Center France for five special days of Buddhist art, creativity, and joyful collaboration. Through painting, gilding, and preparing sacred mantras, participants not only developed their artistic skills but also had the precious opportunity to contribute to the creation and beautification of sacred images for the 7th Temple for World Peace.
This September saw many students traveling to receive empowerments: Portuguese and Spanish practitioners converged on Porto, Barcelona Sangha drove to Girona, and Southeastern U.S. members crossed states to reach Atlanta. Across four countries, distance wasn’t a barrier to practitioners enjoying teachings and empowerments.
Over the weekend of 11–13 September, just under 150 people gathered at the Anne Frank House in Karlsruhe and online for the Southern Germany Dharma Celebration. Blessed with glorious late-summer weather and a venue full of warmth and charm, participants received Medicine Buddha empowerment from Gen Kelsang Ananda, National Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition in Germany. He also gave three inspiring teachings, offering valuable guidance for their personal practice.
Discover the story and significance behind Buddha’s Return from Heaven Day, and why this special day is considered a powerful opportunity to create virtue. In this inspiring explanation, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche shares the meaning of Buddha’s summer retreat, his visit to the Heaven of the Thirty-three, and the profound kindness of Buddha Shakyamuni in bringing the wisdom of Dharma to the world. The talk also explains how we can remember Buddha’s kindness and dedicate our virtues to his greatest wish – that all living beings find lasting freedom from suffering and attain enlightenment.
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Gen-la's teachings are illuminating and inspiring, teaching us how to recognize our Spiritual Guide correctly and how, in Je Tsongkhapa’s teachings, we find a clear, unmistaken, and complete explanation of emptiness, and also a clear, unmistaken, and complete explanation of great bliss.
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