General Spiritual Director
A Week of Inspiration, Community, and Inner Peace
Jul 18, 2026
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.
For the first time, the Tharpa Argentina participated in the Buenos Aires Book Fair, one of the five most important book fairs in the world. Meanwhile, at KMC Cordoba, practitioners received the blessing empowerment of Arya Avalokiteshvara during a joyful and inspiring event.
Every year during the International Kadampa Festivals, attendees from across the globe can discover a wide range of distinctive items that enhance their daily practice, provide meaningful gifts for others, and acquire essential ritual objects for their center.
The book fair is more than just a publishing industry event. For Tharpa Publications it is a profound reminder of our unique mission in the world of publishing, and the world beyond. Recently their were book fairs in London and Alicante in Spain.
This holiday season, we are delighted to announce that Essence of Vajrayana: The Highest Yoga Tantra Practice of Heruka Body Mandala by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche is now available as an audiobook.
After four years’ work Tharpa Sweden was finally able to publish “How to Understand the Mind” in Swedish. This is the fifth book of Venerable Geshe-la’s to be published in Swedish and we celebrated this milestone with a book launch where everyone received their own copy of the book.
Every year during the International Kadampa Festivals, attendees from across the globe can discover a wide range of distinctive items that enhance their daily practice, provide meaningful gifts for others, and acquire essential ritual objects for their center.
For the occasion of Book’s Day and Saint Jordi’s festivities, KMC Granada had the opportunity to participate in the local book fairs for one week, showcasing the works of our precious Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Also they’ve organised a public talk which was very well attended.
In October 2022 Tharpa Spain started a book talk campaign to promote the book The Clear Light of Bliss as it was the last book of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s collection to be translated into Spanish.
Tharpa Mexico was present at the Guadalajara International Book Fair in Jalisco, one of the most important publishing festivals in the world. This year 806,000 visitors attended, 2,000 publishers were present and 49 countries were represented. It is one of the most awaited events in the City.
