Kadam Dharma in Africa

This weekend, Gen-la Kelsang Kunsang gave empowerment and teachings of Buddha Amitayus at the South African National Festival.

Gen-la Kunsang, retired Deputy Spiritual Director and Resident Teacher at KMC Edinburgh, is in Cape Town in readiness for the South African National Festival this coming weekend.

Learn about the community outreach programs of Tushita KMC in Cape Town pioneered by the Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Pagpa

As we have seen in previous posts, Kadam Dharma is touching the hearts of many people in South Africa through the work of the Kadampa centers in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.

Tushita KMC in Cape Town has been giving meditation classes at COSAT High School in Khayelitsha since 2013, and some of the students also attend classes at the centre.

Enjoy this video of the Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Pagpa guiding the children.

Created through the kindness and vision of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, Tushita KMC in Cape Town is the first Kadampa temple in Africa. The building was purchased by NKT-IKBU in March 2017, and after a year-long renovation project was opened in May 2018 by Gen-la Jampa, the deputy Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU. Besides the … Read more

The students of KMC Cape Town, together with the National Spiritual Director of South Africa, Gen Pagpa.