General Spiritual Director
Creating Peace, Health and Harmony in This World
Apr 18, 2024
Making everyone welcome
Preparations underway at the mother center to make it ready to receive hundreds of people for the 2023 International Spring Festival in a few weeks time.
Kadam Dharma in UK
A holiday treat at Manjushri KMC
To a packed temple over Easter weekend Gen-la Kelsang Thubten taught a profound and yet immensely practical course on the practice of closed placement of mindfulness.
Following the commentary by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, ‘Meaningful to Behold’ and Shantideva’s root text ‘Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ Gen-la taught how to meditate on the emptiness of our feelings and to stop grasping at our feelings as being truly existent.
Wisdom Teachings at Manjushri KMC – Weekend Course with Gen-la Dekyong
This weekend’s course with General Spiritual Director – Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong and retreat with National Spiritual Director Kadam Bridget Heyes has been a “wonderful and magical” experience.
Realizing Emptiness – Advice from Our Guru’s Heart – Weekend Course with Gen-la Dekyong
This weekend the Temple for World Peace at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre is filled wall to wall with hundreds of people from the UK and beyond attending Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong’s course on emptiness.
Scottish Dharma Celebration 2023
Last weekend the Scottish Dharma Celebration returned to Stirling, as Sangha from far and wide gathered to receive the empowerment of Buddha Vajrasattva and teachings on purification and karma with UK Spiritual Director Kadam Bridget Heyes.
How to make ourself happy
Last night Kadam Bridget Heyes, the UK National Spiritual Director gave a special public talk at Kadampa Meditation Centre Edinburgh.
“A sell out crowd deeply enjoyed the guided meditations, inspirational advice and social time afterwards.”
A strong mind, a mind of peace
An invitation was send out to all the people of the lake district and surrounding area to visit the home of Venerable Geshe-la and experience the peace emanating from the holy teachings of Buddha that he presented here for over 40 years.
Over 330 People attended this public talk guided meditations given by Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong in the Kadampa Temple for World Peace.
Becoming inseparable from our Spiritual Guide
As snow fell on the lakeland mountains around Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre, fortunate retreaters gathered to collect 100,000 name mantras of Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka.
Winter Retreat at Tara IKRC
A six-week counting retreat of Guru Sumati Buddha Heruka together with instructions from the Kadam Emanation scripture is being
guided by Resident Teacher Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab at the Tara International Kadampa Retreat Center.
Madhyamaka KMC developments
Work began this week on the construction of a new pathway linking the car park to the lake which will give many more people the opportunity to enjoy everything Madhyamaka Kadampa Meditation Centre has to offer. Set in the idyllic Yorkshire countryside the centre occupies over 60 acres of natural woodlands and meadows.
