Special Events in the US, Mexico and France
Dec 14, 2024
Following the International Summer Festival, on 15th August at KMC Madrid, Gen Kelsang Rigden led a retreat based on the teachings and comments given at the festival, in order to gain familiarity with the profound Tantric practices of Mahamudra through meditation and contemplation.
Last weekend, KMC Madrid La Sierra held its first big international event, a post Spring Festival retreat and inauguration of the center with Gen-la Kelsang Jampa, Deputy Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU. The retreat gathered nearly 100 people including students, teachers and volunteers.
On NKT Day the community at KMC Madrid La Sierra illustrated the core values of NKT by welcoming everyone, including families and children, to their newly acquired center surrounded by the stunning Sierra de Guadarrama. Children were invited to join many games and activities including a theater performance of The Story of Aṅgulimāla. There were also workshops on malas and ecological soap, and teenagers and adults could enjoy walks in the mountains.
After taking possession of their wonderful new property in the mountains of Sierra de Guadarrama, the most popular natural site in Madrid and preparing it to open to the public, KMC Madrid recently held a special weekend at which the Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Tongmo granted the first empowerment in the new property.