A Spiritual Family

When you arrive at a NKT festival, the first thing you notice is that you are among like-minded people with an extraordinary feeling of harmony and familiarity. Where does this sense of familiarity come from?

Because everyone at the event has the same spiritual aspiration and intention, and is following the same Spiritual Guide, everyone we meet feels like family - a spiritual family travelling together on the same inner path.

A Vision of a Better World

This feeling of shared purpose and mutual support is both inspiring and empowering. It opens our mind to a vision of a better world - a vision that feels achievable. During a festival, we experience this union of diversity and harmony as we progress towards this goal.

And we see for ourselves the profound, compassionate vision of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche - a world at peace in which everyone respects and cherishes everyone else.  It is by participating in a festival that we really come to feel the power of this vision. This is why these gatherings are so important, and why Venerable Geshe-la encourages us all to attend them.