project: Festivals & Celebrations

New Zealand Festival 2024 appeared in Wellington from 16th to 19th January. Practitioners from around New Zealand and some from the UK gathered to receive teachings and empowerment from Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang.

The 2023 Asian Festival has concluded with our hearts full of love and joy. In the picturesque setting of Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, 170 practitioners from all across Asia gathered joyfully to receive the blessing empowerment of Buddha Maitreya and the teachings on the Buddhist way of loving kindness.

For the French Dharma Celebration 2023 people from all over France gathered in person and online. It was such a joy to meet in our hearts at KMC France.

In late December and early January, three special events will be led by Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang, the National Spiritual Director of Austria, Switzerland, Italy and South Africa. National Festivals in Hong Kong, Melbourn in Australia, and Wellington in New Zealand are fast approaching.

With great warmth, we celebrated the Spanish Dharma Celebration. From across Spain, over 300 people and 100 more online, gathered at the beautiful 6th Kadampa Temple for World Peace located at KMC Spain

Gen Kelsang Rigpa, Western US National Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU and Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center LA, visited Western Canada last week for a Public Talk at Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver and the Western Canada Dharma Celebration held in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

At the end of November, the German National Festival 2023 was led by the National Spiritual Director of Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and South Africa, Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang. It was a joyful event, concluding with a retreat led by the Resident Teacher of KMC Tharpaland, Gen Kelsang Ananda.

On the Hong Kong annual fundraising walk, Gen Tonglam and 80 sangha walked a virtuous path from Discovery Bay to Mui Wo on Lantau Island.

Quebec Kadampa Centers gathered together at Kadampa Meditation Center Montreal on the occasion of the Quebec Dharma Celebration 2023. It is difficult to express with words the joy, harmony, energy and faith this unique event has generated in the hearts of the participants!