Summer Festival 2026 ~ Festival Review
As sixteen extraordinary days of the 2026 Summer Festival draw to a close, we take a moment to reflect on the many precious moments of Dharma, connection, and inspiration we have shared together.
Read MoreVenerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche tells the story that when he was invited to become Resident Teacher at Manjushri Centre in the UK in 1977 he remembers flying over London and thinking, ‘There are more people in this single city than there are in the whole of Tibet!’ From that moment Venerable Geshe-la held in his mind the intention to bring holy Kadam Dharma to the people of London. See the amazing story of this center on the this month’s featured center page.
This weekend, the center hosted a special day course with Gen-la Kelsang Thubten. Gen-la taught practical meditations based on the Eleven Reversals that help us to change the direction of our life through the practice of Lamrim.
With construction work beginning soon on the sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace in Málaga, Spain, the Kadampa Art Studio in the UK has already started casting statues and adornments for the new Temple. This week witnessed the principal Buddha statue being cast
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Volunteering in the Kadampa Art Studio at Manjushri KMC, UK, is a truly meaningful use of human life, helping to create statues and adornments for modern Kadampa Temple around the world.
This weekend KMC Perth took part in the local Perth Festival who organised a street party along 10km length of Highway. Thousands of people attended from different parts of Australia and the world to pay tribute to a local hero Bon Scott, the former lead singer of the ACDC who died 40 years ago.
‘In the place where the construction of the 6th Kadampa Temple for World Peace will begin very soon, our beloved Resident Teacher and National Spiritual Director of Spain and Portugal, Gen Kelsang Chokga, transmitted the powerful blessing empowerment of Medicine Buddha.’
During the Brazilian Dharma Celebration, 450 people received the precious blessings of Buddha Vajrasattva, the Buddha of Purification.
