Friday, June 4th — Saturday, June 5th
On June 4th Turning the Wheel of Dharma day, we celebrate the 90th birthday of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
We remember every day the great kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, our Root Guru & Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition – but on this auspicious day, with minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we will offer him our faith through using the special prayer Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples and by collecting our Guru’s name mantra in this one day retreat.
Friday, June 4th
7-9:00pm, Offering to the Spiritual Guide
Saturday, June 5th
9-10:00am Talk on the life of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso with Kadam Lucy James
Session 1: 11:00am -12:30pm
Session 2: 2:30-4:00pm
Session 3: 5:30-7:00pm
Kadam Lucy James will give a brief explanation of this practice as part of the retreat. There will be four sessions of retreat using the sadhana's The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra and the special request prayer and Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples to collect our Guru’s name mantra in a one day retreat.
Kadam Lucy James is a close disciple of the founder of our Buddhist tradition, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, having first met him in 1981. One of the senior teachers of Kadampa Buddhism, Kadam Lucy has taught extensively in England, Florida, and San Francisco, and helped set up many thriving Buddhist meditation centers in the past 40 years. Her main job for many years was also to help edit and produce Venerable Geshe Kelsang’s books. She has also engaged in several years of meditation retreat.
