KMC DC current and former members are traveling back to the USA after two weeks at International Summer Festival ❤️ Safe travels everyone! 🙏

DAY 12 ~ MEETINGS, GATHERINGS & SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES Alongside receiving teachings and deeping our understanding and practice of Dharma, Kadampa festivals give us the opportunity to have many auspicious meetings and some truly unique opportunities. 👉 kadampa.org/2025/08/summer…

DAY 13 ~ SOLITUDE IN MODERN LIFE This calm period of the #retreat lends itself to quiet moments in the temple, peaceful walks under the green canopy of the trees in the woodland areas, or enjoying the vast spacious views of Morecambe bay at the beach. kadampa.org/2025/08/summer…

DAY 14 ~ RETREAT & TARA CHANTING . We continued to enjoy the opportunity to take the meaning of ‘Advice from Atisha's Heart’ w/Gen Rabten into our hearts. It is incredible how happy developing & strengthening pure intentions makes us. kadampa.org/2025/08/summer… #kadampafestivals

DAY 15 ~ TARA CHANTING AND THE LIFE OF BUDDHA PLAY Due to the 24 hour Tara practice we are meditating & dedicating throughout the day & the night. Then we have our final activity of the day, the beautiful play of The Life of Buddha. 👉 kadampa.org/2025/08/summer… #kadampafestivals

PEOPLE ENJOYING THE NIGHT W/TARA An impressive number of people join the 3am session to focus on the power of prayer. Again at 7am, 11am and 3pm we engage in the full 7 recitations of the 21 Homages to Arya Tara. 💚 👉 kadampa.org/2025/08/summer… #kadampafestivals #kadampa #nkt

DAY 16 ~ THANK YOU VENERABLE GESHE-LA On the final morning of Summer Festival 2025 everyone gathers again in the Temple to make a beautiful thanking offering to our precious Spiritual Guide and Founder, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. 👉 kadampa.org/2025/08/summer… #kadampafestivals

🌎✌️Peace & Pancakes: Meditations for World Peace and Community Brunch 👉 meditation-dc.org/event/peace-an… 🌎 In these turbulent times, it is crucial that we develop peaceful minds to enable the emergence of a more harmonious world. #swdc #peace #navyyard #washingtondc #prayers #thewarfdc

ONLINE BOOKING FOR FALL FESTIVAL IS OPEN! Oct 3-9 Book today to receive Dorje Shugden’s empowerment & life-changing teachings from Gen-la Dekyong at the Kadampa Temple for World Peace at Grand Canyon, US. Early booking discount ends on Aug 22. 👉 kadampafestivals.org/fall #nkt

Kadam Michelle is back! Thurs, 7:15pm for Truths That Liberate: A Journey Through the Four Noble Truths 👉 meditation-dc.org/thursday-eveni… Discover what we need to abandon and what practices we should engage in to establish within our minds the path to permanent freedom and happiness.

If we remember the kindness of all sentient beings and try to please them whenever we can, we will find happiness even in this lifetime. ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

What is Tharpa? Tharpa means “liberation” in Sanskrit (pronounced Tar-pa). Founded by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, we are the dedicated publisher of his books and so much more. Let’s keep spreading peace—one page, one meditation, one heart at a time.

Try this out - see if you can create some space in your mind and think, "Unpleasant feelings are arising in my mind." Then follow Venerable Geshe-la's advice. Don't panic. Just feel. Want more? Check out How to Solve Our Human Problems. tharpa.com/us/how-to-solv…

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From 'Prayer of the Stages of the Path': "Just like myself all my kind mothers Are drowning in samsara’s ocean; O So that I may soon release them, Bless me to train in bodhichitta." ~ Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Rest & Reflect Tues, 6pm 👉 meditation-dc.org/tuesday-evenin… Suitable for everyone, these meditation classes offer practical methods to improve the quality of our lives through meditation and Buddhist teachings. #swdc #kmcdc #washingtondc #capitolhill #thehill #meditation #peace #rest