{"product_id":"vajrasattva","title":"Blessing Empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva \u0026 Commentary January 1st - 3rd 2027","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"majortitle in-content h1-style\"\u003eFriday 1st January - Sunday 3rd January 2027\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"title\"\u003eThe blessing Empowerment and Commentary to the practice of Vajrasattva\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"subheading subheading--over\"\u003eThe Teacher\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"majortitle in-content h1-style\"\u003eGen-la Kelsang Khyenrab\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGen-la Kelsang Khyenrab is a retired General Spiritual Director of the NKT-IKBU and currently the Resident Teacher at Tara International Kadampa Retreat Centre. He has trained closely with \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivalca.org\/our-founder\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVenerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche\u003c\/a\u003e for more than forty years. His humility and pure example reflect his many years of reliance on his Spiritual Guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn internationally renowned Teacher, he is greatly admired as a sincere practitioner and a powerful Teacher. Gen-la is deeply respected throughout the Kadampa world as a sincere practitioner and powerful teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-------------------------------------\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVajrasattva is an enlightened being who is a manifestation of Buddha Vajradhara, the founder of Vajrayana Buddhism. The function of Buddha Vajrasattva is to purify living beings, to purify the impure minds and impure actions of living beings and to thereby transform living beings into completely pure beings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Venerable Geshe-la says: “\u003cem\u003eJust by cleaning our bodies we can’t say that we are clean and pure. We need to purify ourselves to become a completely pure being. 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