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.

More information about Australian Festival bookings opening coming soon.

Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong.

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.

The Program.

Timetable for the Australian Festival 2025.

The Venue.

This event is held at Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia located in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria.

Address: 25 McCarthy Road, Monbulk

Festivals are a spiritual holiday like no other. They give us an opportunity to step away from the busyness of daily life and to make time for our inner spiritual development for a concentrated period of time. In this way we accelerate our meditation practice, deepening our understanding and experience in a relatively short period of time. Everyone is welcome.

Joining the Festival Online.

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.

What to book for
You will need to choose to attend either in-person or online at the time of booking. You will not be able to book for both.

Video on demand only
There will be no live broadcast of the Festival. For those who have booked to participate online, each teaching and meditation session will be available as a video on demand 48 hours after the live session.

Availability
The videos will be available online until ..... This excludes the empowerment, which will be available only for 24 hours from the time the link has been made live.

Please note: the empowerment would not normally be available as a video on demand, but because this is a National Festival and there is no live broadcast, as an exception it will be available online for 24 hours to ensure people in different time zones are able to view it.