The Founder of Modern Kadampa Buddhism, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, a world-renowned meditation master and Teacher inspired thousands of people around the world to apply the pure teachings of Buddha to their modern lives to solve their personal problems and discover a deep and lasting inner peace and happiness.
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General Spiritual DirectorGen-la Kelsang Jampa is the General Spiritual Director of NKT-IKBU and Resident Teacher at Manjushri KMC, the mother centre of modern Buddhism
MAY 22 - 27
JULY 24 - AUGUST 8
OCTOBER 9 - 15
By training in meditation we can cultivate within ourself a stable happiness that does not depend upon good external conditions. Therefore, training in meditation is important for everyone.
More information on this subject can be found in the books How to Transform Your Life and The Mirror of Dharma.
The day begins with a morning meditation on the first Lamrim meditation that we learned about yesterday, the preciousness of our human life. Using the Festival teachings and Venerable Geshe-la's words to help us to contemplate the purpose of the meditation which is to encourage us to take the real meaning of our human lives
