Bonus Bulletin – 23 September
Sep 23, 2024
It has been just two years since we enjoyed the 2019 Fall Festival in Arizona and celebrated the opening of the fifth Kadampa Temple for World Peace at IKRC International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon.
After each International Festival, Kadampa centers around the world organise post-Festival retreats providing an opportunity to spend some time improving our understanding of the teachings and taking their meaning to heart.
In the last update we saw the lantern tower and crowning vajra installed. This time we see the lantern adorned with golden glass and then the golden ‘hips’ installed bringing the lantern. virtually to completion How precious!
Last weekend witnessed two wonderful Dharma Celebrations in the US on the theme of compassion, with Gen Kelsang Demo teaching at the Midwest Dharma Celebration in Wisconsin, and Kadam Morten Clausen teaching at the Southern Dharma Celebration in Georgia.
Saturday September 18, 2021 was an unforgettable day in the history of Seville, when a new chapter unfolded. With the opening of the new City Temple of KMC Seville, the doors to happiness were opened for the people of this city.
The Québec Dharma Celebration took place last weekend. Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab, retired General Spiritual Director of NKT and National Spiritual Director of Canada, granted the empowerment of Vajrasattva and taught on karma and purification.
This weekend witnessed firsts in two cities in Spain. In Málaga in the south of Spain, the first empowerment was given at the urban Temple, and in Girona in the north, the first empowerment was given in the city.
This weekend, hundreds of people enjoyed the UK Dharma Celebration both in person and online with Kadam Bridget Heyes, NKT-IKBU National Spiritual Director for UK and Ireland.
The Foundation Program is one of the three study programs that are the core of Modern Kadampa Buddhism. It is deeply appreciated by thousands of people around the world, for whom it often has hugely beneficial life-changing results.