News from the post Fall Festival retreats
Nov 13, 2024
Today, Tara Day, as hundreds of Kadampas around the world engage in 24-hour Tara prayers, our thoughts naturally turn to the Fall Festival in two weeks time when Gen-la Dekyong will grant the blessing empowerment of Buddha Tara and teach a rare and precious practice in association with her.
The 2021 Fall Festival Online is being broadcast live from Manjushri KMC and then re-broadcast to various Festival hubs in different time zones around the world. And many of these hubs offer the chance to stay at the center and take part in a ‘mini festival’ in their Temple, listening, meditating and discussing with other like-minded people. Below are some of the Centers offering Festival Getaways. Which one will you choose?
The New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union is developing many Temples and Kadampa Meditation Centers internationally. There is a need for more skilled individuals to help with such projects, therefore the Kadampa Art Studio will be offering a six month Statue Production Training Course to develop a foundation of experience for Kadampas wishing to contribute to these auspicious projects.
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.