Two joyful Dharma Celebrations – in Austria and Southeast Asia – featured Buddha Shakyamuni empowerment in Vienna and Buddha Amitayus empowerment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This year's Austrian Dharma Celebration took place from April 5th to 7th, 2024, at KMC Austria in Vienna under the guidance of Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang… Source ..read more

Precious opportunities arose for the people of France, the UK, and the US: KMC France, Nagarjuna KMC Thornby Hall, and KMC New Mexico organized well-attended events to bring more peace, health, and harmony into this world. This was the theme of the latest retreat with Gen Eupame, the National Spiritual Director of France, organized at KMC France. Source ..read more

Recently, KMC Oslo organized a well-attended and much-appreciated meditation weekend in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Gen Dragpa, the Resident Teacher at KMC Oslo in Norway, who is also a native Dutch speaker, led the weekend event. Although based in Norway, Gen Dragpa offers a weekly online class and Foundation Program in Dutch for the people in the Netherlands. The weekend was an opportunity to meet… Source ..read more

To celebrate NKT Day this year, Kadampa Centers in Spain opened their doors with special events. Nine of them shared their celebrations. See this post and get inspired! See Part 1 of this post here. Source ..read more

The first Saturday of April of each year is NKT Day, during which we celebrate the funding of the New Kadampa Tradition by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche in 1991. Kadampa Centers around the world organize special retreats, events, and prayers. At the Mother Center, Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center, the following dedication was made: " Source ..read more

Spring is here, and at Manjushri KMC this means the time has come to prepare the center for the first International Kadampa Festival of the year. For two days everyone comes together to thoroughly clean the Temple, main building and grounds. We regard it as an offering and a welcome to people from all over the world who will be coming to Spring Festival 2024. For many years this was done to… Source ..read more

Kailash IRC in Switzerland and IKRC Grand Canyon in the United States hosted Dharma Celebrations featuring Buddha Manjushri empowerments. Both celebrations created a positive and inspiring environment for the participants, allowing space for like-minded people to connect and celebrate! Over the Easter weekend, 130 participants from all over… Source ..read more

The eleventh Dharma Celebration at KMC Argentina gathered about 150 people from Argentina and Uruguay, celebrating Kadam Dharma with Medicine Buddha empowerment and teachings from Gen Kelsang Rinchung. The Southern Dharma Celebration took place in the US at KMC Georgia in Atlanta. Kadam Morten granted White Tara empowerment to participants from the Southern states of North and South Carolina… Source ..read more

In late March, two retreats were held – one at Madhyamaka KMC near York in the UK and the other at Tharpaland KMC in Germany. Both included teachings and meditations on cultivating love and compassion. Such retreats are a great way for people to relax and reconnect with their good heart, giving them an opportunity to improve their relationships in a lasting way. Source ..read more

At the end of March, KMC New York City welcomed over 150 participants for their special event, the Refuge Vow Ceremony. On the same weekend, Kadam Dharma was taught for the first time in Punta del Este; the event was organized by the recently opened KBC Mahamudra in Uruguay. On the last weekend of March, over 150 New Yorkers gathered… Source ..read more