Swiss – Italian – Austrian Dharma Celebration 2012

Finding happiness in the busyness of everyday life
The Kadampa Way of Life

With Gen Losang Kelsang
September 14 – 16 2012
Volkshaus Zurich

Through the immeasurable kindness of our Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso we have once again the wonderful opportunity to welcome everybody to our annual Dharma Celebration of Switzerland, Austria and Italy.

This very special event offers a wonderful opportunity to meet spiritual practitioners from different countries and to receive the power and inspiration we need to find and maintain inner happiness in the busyness of everyday life. The inspiring teachings and guided meditations during the weekend are suitable for everyone; Buddhist, Non-Buddhist, young, old, beginner or practitioners with many years of experience.

Kadam Dharma is a very special presentation on Buddhas teachings that is suitable for everyone without exception. The great Master Dromtonpa said: ‘Kadam Dharma is like a mala made of gold.’ Just as everyone, even those who do not use a mala (or prayer beads), would be happy to accept a gift of a gold mala because  it is made of gold, in a similar way, everyone, even non-Buddhists, can receive benefit from Kadam Dharma.  This is because there is no difference between Kadam Dharma and people’s everyday experiences. These special teachings accords with people’s daily experience; it cannot be separated from daily life.

Everyone would like to make their lives happy and meaningful, to solve temporarily their human problems, and to enable them ultimately to find pure and everlasting happiness through controlling their anger, attachment, jealousy and especially ignorance.

If we try sincerely to put the teachings and meditations on how to awaken our Buddha nature into practice through cultivating Kadampa Buddhist views and intentions  we can easily solve our human problems, develop a pure and happy mind and realize our full potential.

The Festival Location
The festival will be hosted by the  Dharma Centres of Switzerland, Austria and Italy. It will be held at the Volkshaus in Zurich which is well known for cultural and political events for more than 100 years in Zurich. It is very central in the heart of the comopolitan city Zurich and with public transport in very short time easily reachable.

In the Volkshaus is a Cafe-Restaurant located as well as a city bath – HAMMAM & SAUNA.

Festival teachers

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is the Founder of the NKT-IKBU and the inspiration and source of the very special modern presentation of Buddhas teachings and Dharma practices taught at this festival.

Gen Losang Kelsang is the National Spiritual Director of Switzerland, Austria and Italy and the Resident Teacher at the Kadampa Meditation Centre Switzerland in Zurich and the international Retreat Centre Kailash in Törbel/Vallis.
He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1983. He spent several years in retreat under the guidance of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and later taught the Kadam Dharma in many countries. He is lovingly regarded by his students for his insightful teachings and serves as an inspiration through his devoted practice.

All the profits generated from this Festival will be donated to the International Temples Project.