The walls between some of the rooms are finished.

On the top floor we changed the wooden floor that was creaking too much.

The Swiss way of fixing a wash-basin!

Lukas our tiler from Vairochana Zentrum at work

Making sure the tiles will fit.

The ‘freshly made’ kitchen floor . . .

. . . and the cooking stove waiting for being mounted.

Bjorn’s outfit was appropriate for visiting the notary but maybe not quite for helping out at Kailash!

The kitchen being installed . . .

. . . and the result in red . . .

. . . and white.

Mila came from England to fill our Buddha statue.

She seems to love the view.

Mila at work.

Mila and Yolanda who will be gilding the Buddha statue.

Mila fixing the stupa.

Yolanda’s fingers are not only agile when cleaning the Buddha . . .

. . . but also when preparing nice Swiss chocolate for the break!

The stupa had to be refilled.

Over Easter it snowed heavily in Switzerland.

Easter at Kailash.

Swiss Easter bunnies ;-)

Starting with the scaffolding after Easter and good news for people who don’t like the sun – ever!

And snow again.

While inside the old doors and frames have been removed.

The new metal door frames are being installed.

What a mess again!

Palden helping with the door frames – he has many skills.

The work is done and it looks already quite clean again.

Now as the weather and temperature are good it is time for the new roof.

Don’t worry, the lorry won’t be put on the roof – just the material.

This time our order for the blue sky worked.

And once again precision work from the helicopter crew . . .

. . . to put the material on the roof . . .

. . . and not to crash into the chimney.

Sepp Karlen our roofer with the beautiful old stones that will be replaced on the roof.

Palden on top of Kailash.

The new skylight for one of the top rooms.

View from the village to Kailash . . .

. . . and from the roof to the village.

Yolanda has many talents. . .

. . . and Palden mutates slowly into a Swiss making the famous rösti . When you visit Switzerland you must be sure to try this dish!

White Tara Empowerment in May at KMC WA

Gen Khedrub granting the empowerment

Crown blessing during the White Tara empowerment

White Tara shrine

White Tara offerings

White Tara empowerment shrine offerings

Stewards for the empowerment

Empowerment shrine

Empowerment Tormas

One More of the whole shrine

Heather Rocklin, RT from Mahasiddha Buddhist Center leads the final puja and meditation

Heather reviewing the teachings

It was a beautiful and powerful day

On NKT Day, KMC WA hosted a day class called ‘Heart Jewel Nectar’

Tamara Cartwright, a student on TTP, leads the meditations

On May 14 and 15 many KMC WA students celebrated Buddha’s Enlightenment Day with a fasting and purification retreat

Spring is in full bloom…

at KMC TX.

April started with time out of the city…

for some Sangha fun…

and virtue of course…

at our out-of-town retreat

Everyone received many blessings…

and had a meaningful time together…

listening to Geshe-la’s Kadampa Way of Life teachings.

Back home, classes are in full gear…

…with Sunday morning GP…

and a new FP class…

.. who are quite taken with the Universal Compassion teachings.

We are so happy to have new members in our community.

TTP is also having a lot of fun…

…studying Guide to Dakini Land.

Generating strong minds of faith…

…in the Great Dakini…

…brings great peace.

And students from all three programs…

…enjoy doing puja together…

…making special offerings…

…with great devotion…

…to our beloved Spiritual Guide

…and all the Heroines.

April is also a time for…

…engaging in the purification practice…

…of 1000-armed Avalokiteshvara.

Fasting is part of the purification

For some, waking up early is the purification!

But one resident is not interested in fasting. Maybe in his next life!

The roofers have started to work on the main facade

Not easy to keep an happy mind when it rains so often !

Having no roof offer very nice views

We can see the result of their work on the right

The shrine is now finished. The next step is to put all the statues back inside

The artists are working now on the wheel and 2 deers

Our new step is to work on the 2 large bathrooms in the chateau

Thierry and Yann

Fred

Pascal scraping the wall in the reception hall

Come on in … Everyone Welcome!

You can never have too many flowers!

Hopefully those speakers belong to KMC!

Registration started bright and early

Helpful stewards

Waiting to enter the Empowerment

The Empowerment of Je Tsongkhapa with Teachings on Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka

Gen-la Dekyong sharing Ven. Geshe-la’s teachings

So many old friends and new faces

Dining al fresco

Once again … filled beyond capacity

Gen-la Dekyong

The sound of sincere prayer

Exquisite offerings are everwhere you look