General Spiritual Director
Foundation Programs at Kadampa Centers around the world
Nov 15, 2024
Foundation Program at Kadampa Centers around the world
In all Kadampa centers around the world people who express a wish to advance their Dharma practice have the opportunity to join the Foundation Program or Teacher Training Program. Through studying systematically on the Foundation Program, people gain a deeper experience of Dharma that helps them to use the teachings more readily in their daily life.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche has designed three special Study Programs for the systematic study and practice of Modern Buddhism that are especially suited to the modern world: the General Program, Foundation Program, and Teacher Training Program.
There are three reasons why we need to study and practice the teachings of Buddha - to develop our wisdom, to cultivate a good heart and to maintain a peaceful state of mind:
- Develop wisdom
- Cultivate a good heart
- Maintain a peaceful state of mind
Thanks to Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's kindness, his books have been translated into more than 20 languages, and because of this people have the possibility to follow these study programs in their own language, and understand their meaning in more depth.
Thanks to Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's kindness, his books have been translated into more than 20 languages, and because of this people have the possibility to follow these study programs in their own language, and understand their meaning in more depth.
Books that are studied on Foundation Program
Universal Compassion
This book provides practical instructions showing how to transform even the most difficult daily life experiences into opportunities for spiritual growth through developing and enhancing minds of universal love and compassion.
kmc MONTERREY
In October, KMC Monterrey began the study of this book with Resident Teacher Kelsang Damcho.
Kadampa Meditation Center Taiwan
Students at Kadampa Meditation Center Taiwan are very much enjoying studying Universal Compassion together.
Kadampa Meditation Centre Deauchen
Kadampa Meditation Center Deauchen have started the book Universal Compassion with their Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Rigden.
kmc COLOMBIA
Kadampa Meditation Center Colombia is based in Bogata. This year in October, they started studying Universal Compassion with their Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Atisha.
kmc MEXICO
Kadampa Meditation Center Mexico is an international spiritual community located in the heart of Mexico City.
kmc BARCELONA
Kadampa Meditation Center in Barcelona are studying Universal Compassion on one of their city center study programs.
KMC Boston
The New Eight Steps to Happiness
The New Eight Steps to Happiness is an immensely popular book in which the author, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, reveals powerful methods for developing universal love and compassion, the source of true happiness for both ourself and others.
AVALOKITESHVARA KBC (HUELVA)
In September, we started a new Foundation Program, with The New Eight Steps to Happiness, where a great number of the students who were in the General Program, motivated by their great desire to deepen their experience of the precious teachings of Buddha, became part of this program.
KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE BARCELONA
On another Foundation Program, Kadampa Meditation Center in Barcelona are studying The New Eight Steps to Happiness
KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTEr new york city
At KMC NYC we have three Foundation Program classes. This photo is of of our Thursday FP taught by Kadam Morten. They are currently studying the New Eight Steps to Happiness.
Kadampa Meditation Center Brooklyn
KMC Broohlyn is in a new venue, a storefront on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill.
Meaningful to Behold & Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
The precious book Meaningful to Behold is based on the earliest teachings given by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche when he first arrived in the West in 1977. It is a commentary to the ancient text Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Shantideva.
LAMRIM KBC (VALLADOLID)
In September, we started a new Foundation Program, with the study of the book Meaningful to Behold.
The students have started this new book with great anticipation to study and put into practice the Bodhisattva's way of life, always maintaining a compassionate motivation and the desire to benefit others.
KMC SINGAPoRE
Kadampa Meditation Center Singapore began studying the book Meaningful to Behold and its commentary Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life this year with Gen Kelsang Rabka, Resident Teacher at KMC Singapore.
Kadampa Meditation Center Tampa Bay
Kadampa Meditation Center Tampa Bay begins two new Foundation Programs, one in Safety Harbor studying How to Understand the Mind with Greg Goodman and one in St Petersburg studying Meaningful to Behold and Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life with Kadam Michelle Gauthier.
Joyful Path of Good Fortune
A clear and comprehensive explanation of the entire path to enlightenment. We all have the potential for self-transformation, and a limitless capacity for the growth of good qualities, but to fulfil this potential we need to know what to do along every stage of our spiritual journey.
HERUKA KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTRE, LONDON
in October Heruka Kadampa Meditation Centre in north London began to delve into Joyful Path of Good Fortune, led by their Resident Teacher, Kadam John McBretney.
Kadampa Meditation Centre Glasgow
KMC Glasgow are carrying on with their study of Joyful Path of Good Fortune as the study program continues to grow.
Kadampa Meditation Center texas
KMC Texas has a thriving FP currently studying Joyful Path of Good Fortune.
Kadampa Buddhist Center Marseille
KBC Marseille, in the South of France, is also studying Joyful Path of Good Fortune.
The New Heart of Wisdom
This special presentation of Buddha's teachings by the author of Modern Buddhism, offers truly liberating insights and advice for the contemporary reader. It reveals the profound meaning of the very heart of Buddha’s teachings - the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras.
KMC BARCELONA (TARRAGONA)
The Temple in Tarragona is located in a very central and accessible location. This year they started their first Foundation Program with Gen Lochani.
