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Shop for the Festival, shop for world peace

May 16, 2021

With the International Spring Festival less than two weeks away, now is the time to stock up on all the essentials for your study and practice as well as special items and gifts for yourself and others.

Karla reviews How to Transform Your Life

April 20, 2021

Karla from Mexico reviews How to Transform Your Life by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche and tells how this powerful book has impacted her life.

Featured Book ~ The Bodhisattva Vow

April 17, 2021

This month’s featured book is The Bodhisattva Vow. In this welcome guide to compassionate living, Geshe Kelsang explains in detail how to take and keep the Bodhisattva vow, how to purify negative minds, and how to practise the Bodhisattva’s actions of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom.

Gen Kelsang Rigpa on his favorite passage in Venerable Geshe-la’s books

April 12, 2021

In the third video of this series, Gen Kelsang Rigpa reads his favorite passage from the book How to Understand the Mind and explains what it means for him.

Gen Kelsang Demo on her favorite passage in Venerable Geshe-la’s books

April 1, 2021

In the second video of this series, Gen Kelsang Demo reads her favorite passage from the book The New Eight Steps to Happiness and explains what it means for her.

A new book is born

August 24, 2020

Great news from Tharpa Germany. The first German edition of Essence of Vajrayana is now available! It is the first time this blessed book by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche on the practice of the Heruka body mandala has appeared in German.

This is very auspicious for the practice of Heruka Tantra in this country.

Picture our life

June 29, 2020

In his book Ocean of Nectar, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche says: To help us to contemplate the suffering of others, Chandrakirti introduces the analogy of the mechanism of a well. The plight of living beings in samsara has six points of similarity with the mechanism of a well:

Distributing Wisdom in a Distributed World

March 31, 2020

Despite all the restrictions presently in place, the activities of Tharpa International, the publishing arm of NKT-IKBU, are thriving.

Heart to Heart – The Story of Tharpa Publications

March 9, 2020

Tharpa Publications is a unique publishing company that serves to convey to people throughout the world, the profound teachings of the supreme Spiritual Guide and meditation master Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.

Featured book – The New Eight Steps to Happiness

February 8, 2020

This month’s featured book is The New Eight Steps to Happiness by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Find out why this book is so popular

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The Spotlight

A Wonderful Start to the New Term

A Wonderful Start to the New Term

It’s been a joyful and inspiring start to the new term at Compassion KMC and Maitreya KBC in the UK, and at KMC Valladolid in Spain. From uplifting teachings and practical advice for everyday life, to connecting with the local community and…

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