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Living Joyfully as Faithful Kadampa Disciples

Canadian Festival ～ March 29 - April 2, 2024

Je Tsongkhapa Empowerment with Special Teachings on How to Rely on our Root Guru, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, our Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka ～ with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, NKT-IKBU General Spiritual Director

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Vivre dans la joie en tant que fidèles disciples Kadampa

Festival canadien ～ 29 mars - 2 avril, 2024

Transmission de bénédictions de Djé Tsongkhapa & enseignements spéciaux sur la façon de s'en remettre à notre Guide spirituel racine, Vénérable Guéshé Kelsang Gyatso Rinpotché, notre Gourou Soumati Bouddha Hérouka～avec Guèn-la Kelsang Dekyong, Directrice Spirituelle Générale de la NTK-UIBK

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Guided By Love

Ontario Dharma Celebration 2023

Blessing Empowerment of Buddha Maitreya, the Buddha of Loving-kindness, and Teachings on the Three Aspects of Love with Gen Samten Kelsang

Love is very beneficial, even when it is mixed in our mind with desirous attachment.  Love is the foundation for all harmonious, enduring relationships.  If we love our friends and our family, we will be happy, even if we have little material wealth.  But, without love, no amount of wealth or resources will enable us to create loving, long-lasting relationships.

This year at the Ontario Dharma Celebration, Gen Samten Kelsang will be granting the blessing empowerment of Buddha Maitreya, the Buddha of Loving-kindness and giving teachings on the Three aspects of love.

In his teachings this weekend, Gen Samten Kelsang will help us to understand the difference between love and attachment and how, with wisdom, we can develop and practise loving-kindness in all our relationships.  No previous experience of meditation and Buddha’s teachings is required to attend this event.  This event is open to everyone.  Everybody welcome!

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Kadam Lamrim of Sutra & Tantra
The Complete Path to Enlightenment

International Summer Festival with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong & Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab

The sequence of teachings at the Sumer Festival 2023 will cover all the essential practices of Kadam Lamrim of Sutra & Tantra. In the first week Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab will teach the Lamrim of Sutra which is regarded as an essential prerequisite for receiving tantric empowerments and teachings. These special teachings of Buddha were arranged by Atisha and present the essential practices of Dharma for all levels of practitioners from the initial scope to the great scope. These teachings are immensely practically and easy to apply to our modern daily life. By relying on these teachings we can guide ourself along the path to liberation from suffering and eventually to full enlightenment for the benefit of all living beings. These teachings are open to everyone regardless of previous experience.

In the second week Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong will present the essential Highest Yoga Tantra practices of the New Kadampa Tradition. She will begin by granting the empowerment of Heruka Body Mandala and Vajrayogini and then give brief essential commentaries to these practices. By engaging in these practices sincerely with a mind of faith we can swiftly overcome ordinary appearance and conception in this life and attain the highest state of all - the union of enlightenment. To receive the commentaries you must have previously received the empowerments.

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An Ocean of Compassion / Un océan de compassion

Canadian Festival 2023 / Festival canadien 2023
with Gen Kelsang Samten / avec Guèn Kelsang Samten

Imagine a world where everyone has a sincere desire to help and protect others from suffering. Since we all have the potential within us to develop this universal compassion, which is our Buddha seed, this goal is definitely possible. Growing our compassion and wisdom, and helping others whenever possible is the true meaning of human life.

During this unique national event, we will have the opportunity to awaken our pure Buddha nature. Gen Kelsang Samten will grant the blessing empowerment of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, and teach us how to become closer to this Buddha in our daily lives, so that we can eventually develop the same good qualities.

Gen Kelsang Samten will teach us how we can increase our love, compassion and bodhichitta, and, in particular, how we can take concrete actions to benefit others by practising the eleven main ways of helping others that were presented by Arya Asanga. By practising these methods, our compassion will continually grow until it becomes an ocean of compassion, the universal compassion of a fully enlightened being, a Buddha.

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Imaginez un monde où chacun aurait le désir sincère d'aider et de protéger les autres de la souffrance. Puisque nous avons tous en nous le potentiel de développer cette compassion universelle, qui est notre graine de bouddha, cet objectif est tout à fait possible. Développer notre compassion et notre sagesse, et aider les autres chaque fois que c'est possible, tel est le véritable sens de la vie humaine.

Au cours de cet événement national unique, nous aurons l'occasion d’éveiller notre nature pure de bouddha. Guèn Kelsang Samten accordera la transmission de bénédictions du bouddha de la compassion, Avalokiteshvara, et nous apprendra à nous rapprocher de ce bouddha dans notre vie quotidienne, afin que nous puissions éventuellement développer les mêmes qualités.

Guèn Kelsang Samten nous enseignera comment développer notre amour, notre compassion et notre bodhichitta, et en particulier comment aider concrètement les autres en pratiquant les onze manières principales d’aider les autres, présentées par Arya Asanga. En pratiquant ces méthodes, notre compassion grandira continuellement jusqu'à devenir un océan de compassion, la compassion universelle d'un être pleinement éveillé, d'un bouddha.

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The Source of Happiness & Goodness

International Spring Festival with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU

‘‘The Liberating Prayer is not an ordinary prayer – It is like a text and has profound meaning. All Lamrim teachings – renunciation, bodhichitta, and correct view of emptiness are included in this prayer. I can say very few people understand the Liberating Prayer. It definitely needs verbal commentary by a Teacher. If we understand and contemplate its meaning - it is the best method to develop faith in Buddha and his teachings, which is our spiritual life and the root of all Dharma realizations.’’ - Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

At this Festival Gen-la Dekyong will share a special transmission and blessing of the meaning of this prayer that she received directly from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. She will also bring together commentary Venerable Geshe-la has given on the meaning of different verses of this prayer over many years. There will also be an opportunity to engage in a powerful and immensely meaningful International Refuge Vow Ceremony with the worldwide Kadampa family. The Festival is open to everyone and suitable for all levels of experience.

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