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 MoreAfter a leading a blissful Post Summer Festival retreat at Tharpaland KMC, Gen-la Khyenrab headed for KMC Berlin, where he gave a public talk
Enjoy these photos from the post Summer Festival Retreat with Gen Rabten at Madhyamaka KMC
Please enjoy these delightful photos of the Post-Summer Festival Retreat in Málaga with Kadam Morten.
With the 2019 Fall Festival just a few weeks away, many people will soon be traveling to Flagstaff Arizona, the site of the Festival Hotels. We thought you might enjoy a quick overview of the town:
Summer Festival Retreat 2019 has now ended and many people have traveled to the various centers around the world holding Post Festival Retreats. See photos of the retreat at KMC Barcelona.
The two full-size stupas for the Temple in Arizona have now been cast at the Kadampa Art studio, along with vajras and Dharma Wheels for the next Temple and many new pieces for urban temples.
As Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche says, ‘Wherever we look, we find only the kindness of others.’ This week, we see this stream of human kindness flowing before our very eyes as an army of unsung heroes removes the last physical traces of the 2019 Summer Festival.
Just three weeks ago we watched as the 2019 Summer Festival appeared out of emptiness. Now the Festival is over, the people are gone and, like mist lifting, everything begins to dissolve back into emptiness . . .
The Festival concluded today with a presentation of the Story of Atisha. This was a public rehearsal of a play that will be presented at the Fall Festival in Arizona. Another reason to be there!
As the Festival draws to a close, we focus especially on the source of all the great good fortune we have enjoyed during the last two weeks – the sublime, compassionate intention in the mind of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
