Kadampa Buddhism https://kadampa.org/series/kadampa-buddhism The New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:02:41 +0000 en-US © Kadampa Buddhism The New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union Kadampa Buddhism episodic The New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union Kadampa Buddhism info@kadampa.org false info@kadampa.org The New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union No yes abd55077-afa7-5de7-a696-12d19ddb63f3 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Your Mind Is Projecting Everything https://kadampa.org/podcast/your-mind-is-projecting-everything Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:28:10 +0000 08683849-d407-54d4-841e-f1c72a3f0cbb Gen Thekchen introduces emptiness with disarming humor — looking at his audience and showing how the same people can appear as kind or horrible depending entirely on the mind’s projection. He reveals that spiritual practice is simply about reducing exaggeration and bringing our mind closer to reality. Further reading in the following book: The New Eight Steps to Happiness…

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]]> Gen Thekchen introduces emptiness with disarming humor — looking at his audience and showing how the same people can appear as kind or horrible depending entirely on the mind’s projection. He reveals that spiritual practice is simply about reducing exaggeration and bringing our mind closer to reality. Further reading in the following book: The New Eight Steps to Happiness…

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/gen-thekchen-your-mind-is-projecting-everything.png Your Mind Is Projecting Everything false no 00:14:07 No no What Are You Focusing on? https://kadampa.org/podcast/what-are-you-focusing-on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:24:39 +0000 ca8dce41-d5d1-57d5-9c70-bc5c28165b2b Gen Lamchen explains why thinking harder about a problem so often makes it worse. She shows how attention and mindfulness — the very mental habits that trap us in worry — can be turned around, then offers Shantideva’s simple framework for containing runaway thoughts in just five minutes a day. Further reading in the following books: How to Solve Our Human Problems Guide to the Bodhisattva’s…

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]]> Gen Lamchen explains why thinking harder about a problem so often makes it worse. She shows how attention and mindfulness — the very mental habits that trap us in worry — can be turned around, then offers Shantideva’s simple framework for containing runaway thoughts in just five minutes a day. Further reading in the following books: How to Solve Our Human Problems Guide to the Bodhisattva’s…

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/What-are-you-Focusing-on.jpg What Are You Focusing on? false no 00:16:42 No no What Authentic Self-Confidence Really Means https://kadampa.org/podcast/what-authentic-self-confidence-really-means Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:36:30 +0000 f95fb126-e89e-5e15-a9f3-591fa4b03c89 Adam Starr explores why our confidence crumbles when life hits hard, using the vivid metaphor of living in a bamboo hut on a beach. Drawing from the Buddhist master Shantideva, he reveals the difference between misplaced confidence and authentic spiritual confidence rooted in openness and humility. Further reading in the following book: Meaningful to Behold…

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]]> Adam Starr explores why our confidence crumbles when life hits hard, using the vivid metaphor of living in a bamboo hut on a beach. Drawing from the Buddhist master Shantideva, he reveals the difference between misplaced confidence and authentic spiritual confidence rooted in openness and humility. Further reading in the following book: Meaningful to Behold…

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/adam-star-what-authentic-self-confidence-really-means.png What Authentic Self-Confidence Really Means false no 00:17:35 No no Summer Festival 2026 ~ Stopping Distractions https://kadampa.org/podcast/summer-festival-2026-stopping-distractions Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:36:20 +0000 09cad4d6-83a4-5f82-a126-b330c14dc521 An excerpt from Week 2 of the Summer Festival 2026, Gen-la Jampa gives a teaching on stopping distractions.

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]]> An excerpt from Week 2 of the Summer Festival 2026, Gen-la Jampa gives a teaching on stopping distractions.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Gen-la-Jampa.jpg Summer Festival 2026 ~ Stopping Distractions false no 00:12:03 No no Summer Festival 2026 – Introduction Teaching https://kadampa.org/podcast/summer-festival-2026-introduction-teaching Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:24:04 +0000 2062d530-c9b9-50d2-90af-f14bdeecbf1d In this podcast, taken from the Summer Festival 2026, Gen Rabten gives a teaching on how to take the Festival teachings into our heart.

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]]> In this podcast, taken from the Summer Festival 2026, Gen Rabten gives a teaching on how to take the Festival teachings into our heart.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/SuFe2026-podcast-Gen-Rabten.jpg Summer Festival 2026 – Introduction Teaching false no 00:13:09 No no Making Hardship Your Spiritual Teacher https://kadampa.org/podcast/making-hardship-your-spiritual-teacher Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:26:53 +0000 8621400c-d88c-5400-87e4-5a807a31f3b7 Gen-la Jampa teaches how to transform unavoidable suffering into spiritual growth. He shares the story of the Indian master Atisha who regarded his rude cook as his most precious companion because he helped him develop patience, explains how acceptance purifies negative karma, and offers practical advice about starting with small annoyances to gradually build unshakable inner peace.

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]]> Gen-la Jampa teaches how to transform unavoidable suffering into spiritual growth. He shares the story of the Indian master Atisha who regarded his rude cook as his most precious companion because he helped him develop patience, explains how acceptance purifies negative karma, and offers practical advice about starting with small annoyances to gradually build unshakable inner peace.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/gen-la-jampa-making-hardship-your-spiritual-teacher.png Making Hardship Your Spiritual Teacher false no 00:20:48 No no How to Change Your Experiences https://kadampa.org/podcast/how-to-change-your-experiences Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:41:30 +0000 2cede1f6-b0c8-5c5f-b64a-9415cba976ea Kadam Bridget explores how meditation and mindfulness can help us change the direction of our life by changing what karma is ripening for us. She explains why our negative thoughts are not our true nature and offers practical advice for noticing unhelpful mental habits before they carry us into more suffering. Further reading in the following book: How to Solve Our Human Problems…

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]]> Kadam Bridget explores how meditation and mindfulness can help us change the direction of our life by changing what karma is ripening for us. She explains why our negative thoughts are not our true nature and offers practical advice for noticing unhelpful mental habits before they carry us into more suffering. Further reading in the following book: How to Solve Our Human Problems…

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Living-Clarity-KB.jpg How to Change Your Experiences false no 00:14:54 No no The Joy of Overcoming Distraction https://kadampa.org/podcast/the-joy-of-overcoming-distraction Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:01:44 +0000 02e05cab-c544-5108-b729-b873ad78143a Kadam Morten explains how observing the mind itself helps us overcome our greatest obstacle: distraction. He reveals how an untrained mind habitually focuses on things that causes us to suffer and shows how developing concentration allows us to carry inner peace and happiness with us everywhere we go.

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]]> Kadam Morten explains how observing the mind itself helps us overcome our greatest obstacle: distraction. He reveals how an untrained mind habitually focuses on things that causes us to suffer and shows how developing concentration allows us to carry inner peace and happiness with us everywhere we go.

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/kadam-morten-the-joy-of-overcoming-distraction.png The Joy of Overcoming Distraction false no 00:13:18 No no Delusions Are Our Only Enemy https://kadampa.org/podcast/delusions-are-our-only-enemy Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:31:20 +0000 f56f32be-d1c4-500a-98f7-725c3d8cbc82 Gen Devi explains that our real problem is never other people or outer conditions, but the distorted states of mind called delusions. She reveals the vast, pure potential hidden beneath them — like a clear sky behind clouds — and shows how these mental habits take hold, and why we can always change them. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

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]]> Gen Devi explains that our real problem is never other people or outer conditions, but the distorted states of mind called delusions. She reveals the vast, pure potential hidden beneath them — like a clear sky behind clouds — and shows how these mental habits take hold, and why we can always change them. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gen-devi-delusions-are-the-only-enemy.png Delusions Are Our Only Enemy false no 00:14:45 No no The Real Source Of Loneliness & Pain https://kadampa.org/podcast/the-real-source-of-loneliness-pain Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:18:01 +0000 10ac486c-6223-530a-9d56-4726e266ee26 Gen Gomlam explains that our worst mental habit — desirous attachment — is very sneaky. Unlike the pain of anger or jealousy, attachent actually feels good at first. It exaggerates people’s good qualities and hides the bad, creating an illusion of perfection that inevitably leads to pain. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

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]]> Gen Gomlam explains that our worst mental habit — desirous attachment — is very sneaky. Unlike the pain of anger or jealousy, attachent actually feels good at first. It exaggerates people’s good qualities and hides the bad, creating an illusion of perfection that inevitably leads to pain. Further reading in the following book: How to Understand the Mind…

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]]> https://kadampa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/gen-gomlam-the-real-source-of-loneliness-pain.png The Real Source Of Loneliness & Pain false no 00:15:25 No no