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New Years Eve Celebration 2026
New Year’s Eve Celebration | Thursday 31st December
Looking for a different kind of New Year’s Eve? Spend a meaningful evening at Kadampa Meditation Centre Manchester where you can enjoy a sociable but uplifting event that offers peace and hope.
The evening includes meditation, a talk, and a vegetarian buffet, then chanted prayers by candlelight to the Buddha of Compassion at midnight.
Hope for our World
Gen Kelsang Drolkyi shares practical meditations and ways of thinking that help us understand how to help our world through the power of compassion. After the talk, join us for a vegetarian buffet and celebration. Everyone is welcome, whether you are new to meditation or have been coming for years. Join us to have an alcohol free new year.
Schedule, Thursday 31 December
8.30pm: Welcome with (non alcoholic) hot punch and registration
9pm: Talk and meditation
10–11pm: Vegetarian buffet.
11.30pm–12.10am: Chanted prayers and lighting candles, to see in the New Year.
£25 for the evening
Speaker
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Gen Kelsang DrolkyiResident TeacherGen Kelsang Drolkyi is a senior teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition. She is a Buddhist nun who has taught internationally for over 30 years. Gen Drolkyi has been a dedicated, close disciple of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for many years, receiving ordination from him in 1993. An inspiring teacher, she is loved for her clear and insightful teachings and her ability to communicate profound Dharma in an accessible, practical way.
Hourly Schedule
Thursday 31/12
- 08:30 PM - 09:00 PM
- Welcome and registration
- with (non alcoholic) hot punch
- 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- Talk and meditation
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Speakers:
Gen Kelsang Drolkyi
- 10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
- Vegetarian buffet
- 11:30 PM - 12:10 AM
- Chanted prayers and lighting candles
- to see in the New Year
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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.