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 MoreTaking a look back at Spring Festival 2019, to a powerful teaching by Gen-la Khyenrab – and a look forward to Spring Festival 2020, when Gen-la will grant the empowerment of Vajarapani and teachings on the power of compassion.
KMC Washington in Seattle hosted this year’s Northwest Dharma Celebration with Gen Kelsang Rigpa, National Spiritual Director for the Western United States. The whole event was filled with blessings!
KMC Washington DC hosted the Mid-Atlantic Dharma Celebration this year with Kadam Morten, National Spiritual Director for the eastern United States. It was attended by people from all over the mid-Atlantic region.
“Such a big city – 11 million people live here. They need Dharma eyes, wisdom eyes, to see truth, reality. They need to know, understand, how to make themselves happy, they need to know how to solve their daily problems and they need to know how to maintain good relationships with others and with their family, continually.” With these precious words in 2002 Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche sowed the seeds for KMC Hollywood to arise. See the amazing story of this center on the this month’s featured center page.
KMC Colombia just celebrated their third anniversary. ‘On this beautiful evening, Guen Sangton gave a precious teaching on how to cultivate a mind of compassion for our own benefit and for the benefit of all living beings. . .”
In the same Temple where Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche gave the transmission of Liberating Prayer in 2006, Gen Kelsang Chokga granted the blessing empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni and gave a beautiful commentary to Liberating Prayer.
Last week volunteers from KMC Mexico and KMC Guadalajara helped out with Tharpa Mexico’s stall at the International Book Fair Guadalajara, the largest book fair in Iberoamerica.
Kailash IRC hosted the 2019 Swiss, Italian and Austrian Festival where Gen-la Kelsang Jampa, Deputy Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU gave sublime teachings on Advice from Atisha’s Heart.
Wonderful news! Tharpaland KMC has received approval from the local administration to build a five-tier Kadampa Temple for World Peace on the site.
Buenos Aires city council recently organised an event called “Temples night” during which people were encouraged to visit temples of different religions. The Center was packed and people were queuing at the door waiting to get in.
