Offering our Faith
Retreat in Honour of our Spiritual Guide and Founder
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Every day we remember the extraordinary kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, our Root Guru and Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU).
But on the auspicious day of June 4th, at Kadampa centres around the world, with minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we offer him our faith through using the Special Prayer Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples and collecting our Guru’s name mantra in a one-day retreat.
Our Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen will give a brief introduction to the retreat the previous evening, Saturday June 3rd at 7:30 p.m. There will then be three unguided retreat sessions using the prayer booklet The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra and the Special Request Prayer. In the evening, the retreat will conclude with Offering to the Spiritual Guide Prayers.
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This event is taking place at:
Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada
631 Crawford St. Toronto ON M6G 3K1 -
Saturday, 3 June, 2023
7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Introduction - with Gen Kelsang ThekchenSunday, 4 June, 2023
9:00 - 10:30 a.m: Retreat Session 1 (unguided)
2:00 - 3:30 p.m: Retreat Session 2 (unguided)
3:30 - 4:30 p.m: Refreshments
4:30 - 6:00 p.m: Retreat Session 3 (unguided)
7:30 - 9:30 p.m: Offering to the Spiritual Guide Prayers -
The Saturday evening introduction to the retreat will be guided by our Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Thekchen.
Gen Kelsang Thekchen, is a senior Teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU). He began practising Kadam Dharma in Toronto in 1995 and has been a Kadampa monk and Teacher under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for 24 years.
He has been the Resident Teacher at Kuluta Buddhist Centre in Kingston, at Kadampa Meditation Centre Canada as the National Spiritual Director, at Kadampa Meditation Centre Vancouver as well established Kadampa Centres, Madhyamaka KMC and Bodhisattva KMC in the UK.
He is well known for his ability to present Buddha’s teachings in a simple, practical and often humorous way, making them easy to put into practice in everyday life.
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There is no charge for this event.
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If you have any questions or booking inquiries, please email: [email protected]