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dharma festival 2025
Swiss, Italian & Austrian Dharma Festival 2025
A Long and Happy Life
Special Event
Amitayus Empowerment and Teachings
- Attend in-person at the Centre
- Attend online
The Dharma Festival for the three countries; Switzerland, Italy and Austria, offers the special opportunity to receive the blessing empowerment of Buddha Amitayus, the Buddha of long life, wisdom and good fortune. An empowerment is a special guided meditation through which we receive powerful inspiration.
The practice of Amitayus is very important for everyone because we need a long life to complete our spiritual practice. If we lose this life, we lose the opportunity to enjoy a human life, practise Dharma and attain liberation and enlightenment. We also rely on Amitayus to increase our wisdom and good fortune through which we will make our life happy and meaningful.
‘Amitayus’ means ‘Infinite Life’, which signifies that by relying on this holy being we will not only overcome the dangers of untimely death in this life, but eventually through the Tantric practice of Amitayus attain the pure illusory body – a vajra body that is permanently free from ageing, sickness and death.
Many people use the Condensed Long Life Practice every day – through this brief practice we can increase our lifespan, merit and wisdom. We can also do these prayers to help others.
The Festival is now available via Live-Stream. The event is translated live and streamed in all four languages – German, French and Italian. We use Zoom for live-streaming and will give you respective instructions about 72 hours before.
- Date: Fri 5 – Mon 8 September, 2025
- Venue: Kailash International Retreat Centre
- Translation available onsite. The event will be taught in English with German, French and Italian translation. Please let us know your requirements when booking.
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Date:
Fri 5 – Mon 8 September, 2025 -
Teacher:
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What to Expect:
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Venue >>
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Phone:
+41 (0) 27 203 22 22 -
Email:
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Address:
Kailash International Retreat Centre, Goldbiel 3, 3923 Törbel, Switzerland -
Directions:
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The venue
Kailash International Retreat Centre is the venue where the Dharma Festival is held. Kailash International Retreat Centre is a special place of peace and refuge set within the tranquil historic village of Törbel, Switzerland. Kailash offers a variety of meditation retreats and courses suitable for everyone. The Retreat centre’s large main building and beautiful modern Kadampa Temple overlook the Matter and Saas valley, enjoying breathtaking panoramic views of the Swiss Alps.
Teacher:
Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab
Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab is a retired General Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU, and Resident Teacher of Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre in England. He has trained closely with Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for more than forty years. His humility and pure example reflect his many years of reliance on his Spiritual Guide.
An internationally renowned Teacher, he is greatly admired as a sincere practitioner and a powerful Teacher. He is also well-known for his wisdom and deep understanding of Buddha’s teachings, and for his pure example of compassion and loving-kindness.
