Making everything ready to welcome you – Fall Festival 2026
Joyful preparations are underway at KMC Spain to make everything ready to welcome hundreds of people for the 2026 International Fall Festival on 9 October.
Read MoreRecently the Sangha from the Nordic region of Europe gathered at Kadampa Meditation Center Copenhagen for the Nordic Dharma Celebration, and Kadampa Meditation Center France hosted the French Dharma Celebration 2024.
The third Dharma Celebration of Canada with Gen-la Jampa took place last weekend in Toronto. Dharma centers from across Ontario gathered at the national center, KMC Canada, to celebrate Buddha’s wisdom teachings.
Three Dharma Celebrations recently took place across the vast space of Canada. Gen-la Jampa continued his journey in Canada by coming for the first time to Montreal to give a beautiful public talk ‘Is Peace Possible?’ on Wednesday November 20, followed by the Quebec Dharma Celebration 2024.
Three Dharma Celebrations recently took place across the vast space of Canada. Gen-la Jampa, the National Spiritual Director for Canada, began his journey of granting the blessing empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni at three Celebrations: one in Western Canada, one in Quebec, and one in Ontario. In this post discover the first of these Celebrations – in Vancouver.
The last Kadampa National Festival this year is going to take place in Singapore on 13 – 16 December 2024. Attendees will receive the blessing empowerment of Buddha Shakyamuni and Teachings on Liberating Prayer, led by Gen Kelsang Rabten.
From November 29 to December 3, Tharpaland Kadampa Meditation Centre in Germany will host a National Festival, where attendees will gather to receive the blessing empowerment of Je Tsongkhapa and commentary on Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide from Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang, the National Spiritual Director for Switzerland, Italy, and Austria.
Friday is an auspicious day. After a final meditation session practicing The Yoga of Buddha Heruka, there is a huge gathering in the Temple as it is opened to everyone to join in a truly global Prayers for World Peace. Many local people attend in addition to the international Festival participants, and it is simultaneously live-streamed around the world. How wonderful that thousands and thousands of people are praying together for peace in our world.
Today we take some time to appreciate what a rich tradition we have, the incredible lineage we hold, and the unsurpassed presentation we enjoy where all Buddha’s teachings fit with our modern life.
After a wonderful, heartfelt and clear meditation with Gen Sangden we begin two days of teachings to receive the essential commentaries to the practices of Highest Yoga Tantra from Gen-la Dekyong.
Today we meet Vajrayogini, with the final Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment. Three hours pass quickly as we are first introduced to Vajrayogini, taking time to appreciate the unique benefits of relying upon her and then we receive the blessings of the four empowerments in her sindhura mandala.
