General Spiritual Director
Blessings of the Buddhas Across Four Countries
Jul 1, 2026
Modern Kadampa Buddhism
New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union
Founder:
VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO RINPOCHE
Founder:
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
The Founder of Modern Kadampa Buddhism is Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, affectionately known as Venerable Geshe-la, a world-renowned meditation master and Teacher. He inspired thousands of people around the world to apply the pure teachings of Buddha to their modern lives to solve their personal problems and discover a deep and lasting inner peace and happiness. Today, the legacy of his life's work touches the lives of people of all nationalities and cultures.
"The day will come when you will do my job."
VENERABLE GESHE KELSANG GYATSO RINPOCHE
Working for world peace
FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE SPIRITUAL GUIDE
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche devoted his entire life to making the pure teachings of Buddha available in a modern form to people throughout the world.
Now Venerable Geshe-la's followers holding him at their hearts continue his work with auspicious projects in every region of the world.
New App Launched
Project Updates
Festivals & Celebrations
Northern Spain Dharma Celebration 2026
More than 200 people came together at KMC Barcelona for the 2026 Northern Dharma Celebration to study, meditate, and share the spiritual path as a community.
Collected works
Book Fairs In Spain
Every year, Tharpa Spain collaborates with Kadampa Centres throughout Spain to organize book fairs, and more centers join this wonderful initiative each year. In Spring we organized fairs in the cities of Málaga, Granada, Alicante, Barcelona, Tarragona, Girona and Ibiza, and a few more cities will join in Fall.
Festivals & Celebrations
Be Ready!: Booking for the Fall Festival 2026 opens Tomorrow
Booking Opens Tomorrow – Thursday 18 June at 13:00 (UK Time)
National Festivals & Dharma Celebrations
- Jul 24 – Aug 8 NKT-IKBU International Summer Festival, UK
- Sep 4 – 7 Swiss Dharma Celebration
- Sep 4 – 7 UK Dharma Celebration
- Sep 4 – 7 Northeast US Dharma Celebration
- Sep 4 – 7 Southwest US Dharma Celebration
- Sep 11 – 13 Southern German Dharma Celebration
- Sep 18 – 20 Colombian Dharma Celebration
- Sep 25 – 27 Peruvian Dharma Celebration
- Oct 9 – 15 NKT-IKBU International Fall Festival
- Nov 6 – 8 Western Canadian Dharma Celebration
- Nov 6 – 8 Chilean Festival
- Nov 12 – 15 Austrian Dharma Celebration
- Nov 13 – 15 Quebec Dharma Celebration
- Nov 13 – 15 Portuguese Dharma Celebration
- Nov 13 – 15 Argentinian Festival
- Nov 13 – 16 Mexican Dharma Celebration
- Nov 20 – 23 Nordic Dharma Celebration
- Nov 20 – 22 Ontario Dharma Celebration
- Nov 20 – 22 Brazilian Festival
- Nov 20 – 24 German Festival
- Nov 27 – 30 French Dharma Celebration
- Dec 4 – 8 Spanish Dharma Celebration
- Dec 4 – 6 Californian Dharma Celebration
- Dec 11 – 14 Asian Festival
- Dec 11 – 13 Welsh Dharma Celebration
- Jan 1 – 6 Australian Festival
- Jan 8 – 11 New Zealand Festival
Where to start
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Words of Wisdom & Compassion
Daily quote from the collected works of Venerable Geshe-la
Any living being, even a worm or an insect, can commit negative actions, but only humans have the fortune to be able to purify them. We have been accumulating non-virtuous actions and experiencing their suffering results since beginningless time, but we now have the opportunity to purify them completely. We should make use of this precious opportunity to purify our negative karma, not to create more! Since purification is the root of future happiness and spiritual realizations, we should strive to cleanse our mind of delusions and negative karma by engaging in the practice of the Sutra of the Three Superior Heaps.
The Bodhisattva Vow
