From January 2-7, Tharpaland KMC hosted the first week of its annual winter retreat. Gen Kelsang Ananda, the Resident Teacher of Tharpaland KMC, led a gathering of some 35 people through meditations on ‘The Three Principal Aspects of the Path to Enlightenment’ by Je Tsongkhapa, based on the book ‘The Mirror of Dharma with Additions’ by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.

It is a few weeks since some Kadampa Centers began their Supreme Ocean of Infinite Good Fortune retreats – the close retreat collecting 100,000 recitations of our Guru’s name mantra. This is the first time this retreat has been done as a group close retreat at Kadampa Centers and we asked people to tell us about their experience in Manjushri KMC, KMC Spain and KMC Hong Kong.

The month of January is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. The two tsog days within this month are particularly special. The first, January 10, is a special day of Vajrayogini. Here are some photos from retreats and prayers in the first part of January

At the beginning of the year, Kadampa Meditation Center Austria organized a one-week retreat in the Upper Austrian Ennstal. Meditators from Austria and Germany took a week to participate in this special event.

After starting the year with the blessings of Buddha Tara, the community at IKRC Menorca, Spain, is drawing closer and closer to Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka during their January Retreat. This blessed month of January will be concluded with the Heruka Body Mandala Retreat in the serene surroundings of IKRC Menorca.

As January begins, centers across the globe are offering both long and short retreats for those seeking spiritual nourishment. Regardless of location, people are placing emphasis on refreshing and uplifting their minds, and enriching their spiritual lives.

Wisdom of emptiness and purification inspired participants in some end-of-the-year retreats to start the year with physical and mental lightness, accompanied by inner peace. See the best moments of these retreats!

In every Kadampa Centre around the world, retreats are an integral part of the spiritual program, providing an opportunity to familiarize ourselves with a particular practice, meditation, or drawing closer to a Deity. Concluding the year, Centres in Argentina, Mexico, and Portugal engaged in retreats, creating peace in their hearts and in this way contributing to peace in this world.

The practice of Purification is one of the four great preliminary guides. The practice of Meditation and Recitation of Buddha Vajrasattva is a powerful method for purifying our mind and actions. Recently KMC Montpellier in France, KMC Valencia in Spain and Vajrapani KBC in South Africa engaged in this wonderful purification practice, organising retreats at their centres.

Arya Tara, the manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas is one of the main Kadampa Deities known for her swiftness in helping. In recent days, the two main centers in Argentina, KMC Argentina and KMC Cordoba, enjoyed engaging in retreats of Green Tara.