At a Glance

This is a brief summary of the main scheduled events at all our Kadampa Buddhist Centers in Florida. It also includes the main New Kadampa Tradition Festivals with Ven. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso for the year ahead -- so you can go ahead and mark your calendars!

Click on these links to find out about our regular chanted meditations and monthly day retreats.

Watch the special events page for details, and consult the monthly calendars for details and confirmation of times and locations.

If you enrolled on the Foundation Program or Teacher Training Program you can find the dates of class on the term dates page.

Color Key:

Green: NKT Festivals with Ven Geshe Kelsang
Blue: NKT Festivals with Spiritual Directors
Red: Empowerments in Florida

August 2009

24 Fri - Aug 8 Sat: International Summer Festival 2009 ~ Blessing empowerment of Dorje Shugden with teachings on Lamrim and blessing empowerments of Heruka and Vajrayogini and a commentary to the practice with Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in Ulverston, UK

September 2009

5 Sat: Blessing Empowerment of Medicine Buddha and Teachings with Ricc Bishop at Vajrapani Center in Orlando

26 Sat- 27 Sun: Blessing Empowerment of Vajrapani and Teachings with Gen Demo at KMC Florida in Sarasota

October 2009

30 Fri - Nov 6 Fri: International Fall Festival 2009 with Gen-la Dekyong in Italy

SPECIAL EVENTS

Medicine Buddha Empowerment
Mar 20, Fort Myers

Shelter from the Storm
Mar 21, Orlando

In the Shelter of the Three Jewels
Mar 28, Orlando

Seeing Beyond Suffering Empowerment Weekend
Apr 2, Safety Harbor

Healing Meditations
Apr 11, Atlantic Beach (Jacksonville)

Nyungne Retreat
Apr 17, Orlando

For everything you ever wanted to know about Kadampa Buddhism visit the main Kadampa Tradition website