At the Australian Festival, Gen-la Dekyong, the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition of Modern Buddhism, will grant the empowerment of Avalokiteshvara - the Buddha of Compassion - and share the special teachings she received directly from Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche on how to engage in this practice according to the very blessed instructions in Mirror of Dharma with Additions.

The benefits of engaging in this practice are immeasurable. Through sincerely practising these instructions we can first solve our own daily problems by controlling our desire, anger and ignorance, and then with this ability we can lead people throughout the world to the real meaning of human life.

Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong is the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union. She is the Resident Teacher at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center, the mother center of our tradition, and teaches extensively internationally. Gen-la studied and practiced for many years with her Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche and is his close disciple. She is deeply respected and treasured throughout the Kadampa world for her sincere reliance on her Spiritual Guide, taking his teachings to heart and putting them into practice in every aspect of her life. She is recognised as a fully qualified Teacher of Sutra and Tantra, and in particular is qualified to bestow the blessings of the Highest Yoga Tantra practices of Heruka and Vajrayogini.

It is recommended to attend the Australian Festival 2025 in-person. If you are unable to do so, the Festival is available to attend online.

Each session will be available for live streaming at the scheduled time. Sessions will then be available 48 hours after the live broadcast to watch on demand. These sessions will be available until 9:00PM AEDT Feb 1st 2025.

The Empowerment will be available to view for 24 hours only.