Bonus Bulletin – 23 September
Sep 23, 2024
After the French National Festival at KMC France in Le Mans, Gen-la Thubten visited three other centers in France. Savor the joy, warmth and laughter at these events with these wonderful photos.
This year, the 20th Asian Festival was attended by 220 fortunate people from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Phillipines, Sinapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Enjoy this inspiring video from KMC Sydney introduced by Gen Kelsang Lhachog, the Resident Teacher. How wonderful to see the impact Kadam Dharma has on the lives of people living in a busy city!
Two recent events – in Monterrey, Mexico and Manchester, UK – are wonderful examples of how Kadam Dharma is touching the hearts of people of the modern world.
Out of his kindness and strong wish for as many people as possible to have access to the special life-transforming methods and practices contained within How to Transform Your Life, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche has requested that the book be distributed as a free eBook – a special present to everyone in the world.
Once a year in Buenos Aires, a special event is organized by the city called The Night of the Temples, in which all the temples of all religions in the city open their doors to the public. Last weekend, KMC Argentina participated in this year’s event and was visited by more than 320 people in four hours!
The 15th French Kadampa Festival was held at KMC France over the last 6 days with Gen-la Kelsang Thubten granting the blessing empowerment of White Tara and giving teachings on training the mind. The entire Festival was in-person only, with no online participation available.
This last week over 170 people attended the 17th German National Festival both in-person and online. The Festival was hosted by Tharpaland KMC.
More than 75 students gathered from all around the Pacific Northwest for a magical Dharma Celebration at KMC Washington last weekend. This year, Gen Kelsang Rigpa, Western US National Spiritual Director and Resident Teacher at KMC Los Angeles, granted the blessing empowerment Buddha Maitreya and gave teachings on Loving Kindness to participants both in-person and online.
Last weekend was the 16th Spanish Dharma Celebration, the largest to date, with more than 460 participants from all over Spain. This year, due to the construction of the 6th Kadampa Traditional Temple at KMC Spain in Malaga, it was celebrated at KMC Barcelona in Montserrat. Also, for the first time, both in person and online.