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Celebration of the 90th Birthday of Venerable Geshe-Kelsang Gyatso

Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day—A special one day retreat

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.

Free Event!

This retreat will be on the prayer page and will be a free event. Please click on the button below to access prayer page at the scheduled times. All times are US Mountain time. No audio recordings will be available for this virtual retreat. 
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Schedule

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

Retreat Details & Sadhanas

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.

About the Teacher

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.

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