News from the post Fall Festival retreats
Nov 13, 2024
At a difficult time for so many people, through the extraordinary compassion of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, more and more meditation centers are appearing to fulfil the needs and wishes of the people of this world.
Today is Work a Day for World Peace when kind benefactors around the world contribute to the International Temples Project. What better reminder of the huge importance of this project than a glimpse of the work beginning on the sixth Kadampa Temple for World Peace at KMC Spain in Málaga!
These are special days at KMC Brasil, during which they celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the magnificent Temple for World Peace. In 2003 some practitioners offered a piece of land as a gift to Venerable Geshe-la with a sincere request for the appearance of a Temple . . .
“Nowadays we can see in the world so many problems, so many people experiencing difficulties. Some people ask me what we Buddhists should do to help. My answer is: Our job is to pray.” Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Yesterday at KMC Stockholm we took delivery of 100 copies of Universal Compassion in Swedish. This is the fourth book of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche published by Tharpa Sweden since 2017.
Friday, October 16, is Work a Day for World Peace Day, during which people all over the world will dedicate a day’s wages or whatever is a comfortable amount to help with the work of the International Temples Project. This year construction of the Sixth Temple for World Peace begins. The team has already started on the ground work and on Friday we wil be showing the first video from the new series TempleWatch Málaga!
An auspicious development at KMC Barcelona’s retreat center in Montserrat as members of the community install the Dharma Wheel, deer and eight auspicious symbols on the exterior walls. These exquisite adornments were made at the Kadampa Art Studio in the UK.
You know the Festival is close when the Tharpa International Festival Shop opens! For the Fall Festival 2020, Tharpa have produced a brand new online Festival shop, which opens for purchases Saturday 10 October at 14.00 UK time, leaving plenty of time for you to order before the Festival begins.
This Fall Festival is a precious opportunity to receive teachings and empowerments from Gen-la Dekyong. Find out about the Post Festival Retreats you can also take part in.
It’s just over two weeks to the 2020 Fall Festival, the third International Festival to be conducted online. We asked some people planning to take part what they thought about online festivals.