Kalpa Bhadra Buddhist Centre

Welcome to Kalpa Bhadra Kadampa Buddhist Centre The Centre welcomes people from all walks of life from those simply curious about meditation, to those wishing to follow an authentic spiritual path. Our classes, courses and retreats are designed to be open and accessible, with specific programmes for those wishing to go deeper. Covid-19 & Vaccine Certificates: In order to safeguard the health of our community everyone attending our classes will need to be vaccinated. Vaccine passes will need to be shown on entry. kadampa buddhism The Old Kadampa Lineage up to the Present New Kadampa Tradition Kadampa Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhist school founded by the great Indian Buddhist Master Atisha (AD 982-1054). His followers are known as ‘Kadampas’. Ka refers to Buddha’s teachings, and dam to Atisha’s special Lamrim instructions known as ‘the stages of the path to enlightenment’. Kadampas, then, are practitioners who regard Buddha’s teachings as personal instructions and put them into practice by following the instructions of Lamrim. The Kadampa tradition was later promoted widely in Tibet by Je Tsongkhapa and his followers, who were known as the ‘New Kadampas’. our centre Our Centre is open to everyone. It provides a year-round programme of meditation classes, Buddhist courses and retreats that offer practical advice on how to apply Buddha’s teachings to our daily activities in order to attain a calm and happy mind. The Centre is home to a group of friendly Buddhists – lay and ordained, families and singles, who live together harmoniously, striving to put Buddha’s teachings into practice in their daily lives. the founder – venerable geshe kelsang gyatso rinpoche Geshe Kelsang – Founder of the NKT Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. Geshe-la, as he is affectionately called by his students, is primarily responsible for the worldwide revival of Kadampa Buddhism in our time.