News from the post Fall Festival retreats
Nov 13, 2024
Among the many developments since the last update, we now see the space being cleared and prepared to receive hundreds of visitors by car, bus and so forth.
Among the many auspicious events on June 4 – Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day – the gilders at the Kadampa Art Studio in the UK finished gilding the first of the four Dharma Wheels for the new Kadampa Temple for World Peace in Málaga, Spain. The Wheel is now crated ready for shipping to Spain.
Just in time for the 2021 US Festival in a few days time, the host center, KMC New York, just installed the collection of Buddha’s teachings, known as the ‘Kangyur’, in the Temple.
What a special moment it was, when Gen-la Khyenrab arrived at Tara IKRC last week as the special Guest Teacher to lead the post Spring Festival Retreat!
Tharpaland KMC just hosted an inspiring post Spring Festival retreat, led by Gen-la Kelsang Thubten. “It was fantastic to receive a very clear and practical presentation on such a profound and unique prayer. People from all over the world had the precious opportunity to attend this beautiful course, in person or online. Gen-la’s teachings were so blessed that everyone could understand and put them into practice.”
Recently, fortunate practitioners from all around the world, gathered to meditate on the profound teachings given by Gen-la Khyenrab during this year’s Spring Festival. Here we feature a few centers that hosted post-festival retreats.
In the coming days there will be two major Festivals in North America – the US Festival with Gen-la Dekyong and the Canadian Festival with Gen-la Khyenrab
In this the, last report from our special day celebrating the 90th birthday of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, we share some of the videos we have received.
On June 4, the 90th birthday of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, Kadampa centers around the world joined in a special celebration of retreat and puja, thus inaugurating a new event that will now take place every year on that date. Here we share a small selection of photos of this wonderful day.
Last Friday, students and local people at the mother center, Manjushri KMC, celebrated the 90th anniversary of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche – and took part in the inauguration of an extraordinary global event. Watch the first of 3 reports from around the world