Festival de verano 2015: Día 14

August 10, 2015

Segundo día de retiro de Vajrayoguini En las sesiones de hoy nos concentramos en el mandala corporal de Vajrayoguini. Guen Ananda ha ido presentando poquito a poco esta profunda práctica, haciendo que construyamos en cada sesión un mayor entendimiento de la misma. Esta práctica, tan sutil y extensa, puede parecer complicada, pero guen Ananda nos … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 14

August 10, 2015

Second Retreat Day on Vajrayogini The focus for today’s sessions are the body mandala of Vajrayogini. Gen Ananda presents this profound practice a little bit at a time, building up our understanding with each session. This subtle and extensive practice can seem complicated, but Gen Ananda encourages us all to meditate on it in a … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 13

August 10, 2015

First Day of Retreat on Vajrayogini Quick Path to Great Bliss After the power of the empowerments and the impact of the commentary, it’s time to shift gears. It’s time to create the space to absorb into the rich beauty of Vajrayogini’s sadhana and gain actual experience, actually taste the liberating quality of the practice. … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 12

August 10, 2015

It was another gorgeous start to a day at Manjushri KMC: thousands of practitioners enjoying Quick Path to Great Bliss prayers together in the World Peace Temple. It is so powerful to be engaging in this practice together with so many other Kadampas. Throughout the day we received more precious commentary from Gen-la Dekyong on … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 11

August 10, 2015

It was an extraordinary sight in the Temple early this morning, with thousands of people engaging in Quick Path to Great Bliss prayers. The melodious sound of thousands of voices singing together with faith pervaded the Priory and grounds! From then on the day kept getting better, with Gen-la Dekyong illuminating the instructions of Vajrayogini … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 10

August 10, 2015

This morning as we entered the Temple to receive the Empowerment, eyes were drawn to the Vajrayogini Empowerment shrine where the offerings looked exquisite; an abundance of redcurrants, plump cherries, delicate petit fours and dark red flowers were laid out on satin cloth and gold lace. Gen-la Dekyong began the ceremony by explaining that Buddha … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 9

August 8, 2015

Assembly of Good Fortune 3500 people from all over the world gathered together in the World Peace Temple, the largest gathering since Venerable Geshe-la last taught here in 2009. As General Spiritual Director, Gen-la Dekyong said it was truly an assembly of good fortune as together we received the rare and precious Empowerment of Heruka … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 7

August 4, 2015

The Lake District showed off today with the most glorious sunny warm weather. On this postcard perfect day, Buddhists from all over the world relaxed and recharged and thousands more began to arrive for the second week of the Summer Festival. Many wandered out into the beautiful Cumbrian countryside with packed lunches whilst others descended … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 6

August 4, 2015

Retreat day 1. It’s an amazing sight. More than 1500 people gather together in the temple meditating on Kadam lamrim. Where else does this happen in the world? It’s an amazing experience. The air of concentration pervades the temple. The silence during the sessions is breathtaking. Gen Rabten leads the retreat with great clarity. He … Read more

Summer Festival 2015: Day 5

July 31, 2015

Retreat day 1. It’s an amazing sight. More than 1500 people gather together in the temple meditating on Kadam lamrim. Where else does this happen in the world? It’s an amazing experience. The air of concentration pervades the temple. The silence during the sessions is breathtaking. Gen Rabten leads the retreat with great clarity. He … Read more

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