New Years Celebration
- Standard fee 50
- Members fee 40
New Years Celebration
A special meaningful event to welcome 2026 full of positivity. A 24-hour chanting retreat to Green Tara.
Who is Green Tara?
Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Each of the Twenty-one Taras is a manifestation of the principal Tara, Green Tara. Tara is also known as the ‘Mother of the Conquerors’.
Tara is our common mother, our Holy Mother. When we are young we turn to our worldly mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides us with all our temporal needs, and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development.
About this event
Join us in this special method of Tara chanting to wrap the entire world in requests to Living Buddha Tara. We will gather together at the end of this year to ask her to please take away the obstacles in this world and help everyone find the happy, meaningful life they long for. Whether you engage in all six sessions or just one, please join in. This will be so powerful in bringing about immediate practical benefit!
“In general, prayers made by an assembly of many practitioners are very powerful and cannot be compared to the prayers of one or two people. The scriptures give the analogy of a broom. If we try to clean a floor with a few bristles we shall make little progress, but if we gather many bristles to make a broom we shall be successful.”
– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
Everyone is welcome.
Speaker
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Kelsang SamaResident TeacherKelsang Sama is a meditation teacher and the Resident Teacher at KMC Manchester.
She has deep experience of and insight into Buddha’s teachings. She is known for her great kindness, sense of humour and special skills in giving practical instructions that show us how to cultivate inner peace and make our lives deeply meaningful.
Hourly Schedule
Wednesday 31/12
- 11pm - 12.10pm
- Tara chanting 1
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Speakers:
Kelsang Sama
Thursday 01/01
- 3am - 4.10am
- Tara chanting 2
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Speakers:
Kelsang Sama
- 7am - 8.10am
- Tara chanting 3
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Speakers:
Kelsang Sama
- 11am - 12.10pm
- Tara chanting 4
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Speakers:
Kelsang Sama
- 3pm - 4.10pm
- Tara chanting 5
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Speakers:
Kelsang Sama
- 7pm - 8.10pm
- Tara chanting 6
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Speakers:
Kelsang Sama
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What is a chanting group prayer?
It is an activity where a group of practitioners, together, chant a ritual prayer for accomplishing specific results. In this case we chant the homages to Green Tara that were taught by Buddha.
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Who can attend?
Anyone can attend, meditation can be beneficial for everyone as it is a mental activity that focuses on creating more positivity in the mind.
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What are the benefits of meditation?
Some of the benefits of meditation are: Reduce Stress - Experience a calm mind & reduce mental tension and anxiety Find Inner Peace - Improve your sense of well-being & experience real happiness Benefit Others - Develop a positive outlook and caring attitude to others.
Becoming a supporting member is the most economical way to enjoy all our classes, workshops and retreats. Your membership is also a wonderful way to support the Centre’s activities throughout the year. As a registered charity and non-profit organization, all of our activities are dedicated to world peace and all profits go towards the International Temples Project Fund.