Everyone Welcome to Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre
We offer Study and Meditation programmes in Modern Buddhism. Everyone is warmly welcome at Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre in Penang and the surrounding area. With a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, you don’t have to be Buddhist to enjoy and benefit from our classes and events. We teach Buddha’s highly practical meditation techniques and insights, that can help everyone reduce their stress, increase their inner peace, happiness and well-being.
EVENTS
Meditation classes
Prayers for World Peace is a free meditation class that helps us develop positive compassionate minds through which we can improve our relationships with others.
These prayers were composed by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, who also designed the format of the class, so that people have a special method to create the causes for world peace.
In these turbulent times, it is crucial that we develop peaceful minds to enable the emergence of a more harmonious world.
Everyone welcome.
Every year the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) organises three International Festivals of modern Kadampa Buddhism taught by senior Teachers.
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Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ realization of loving kindness. This festival is a unique opportunity to concentrate on understanding and practising the precious instructions given by Venerable Geshe-la on how to develop the three types of love.
This festival will be held in UK at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre.
Over two weeks, the Festival will emphasise teachings and meditations on Advice from Atisha’s Heart from our two most senior teachers. For the first time all of Venerable Geshe-la’s oral transmissions on the verses are brought together, including his special advice on how to engage in retreat on this text. Through Venerable Geshe-la’s encouragement and blessings they will transmit a complete commentary to all the verses. More …
There is nothing more precious than the words of our Spiritual Guide. This festival begins with the empowerment of Dorje Shugden as a powerful protection and blessing, so that we can understand the deep meanings of all the teachings of Sutra and Tantra that we have received from our Founder …. see more
New Kadampa Tradition
About the New Kadampa Tradition
The New Kadampa Tradition-International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) follows the pure tradition of Mahayana Buddhism handed down in an unbroken lineage from Buddha Shakyamuni through the ancient Kadampa teachers Atisha and Je Tsongkhapa and introduced into the modern world by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. The NKT-IKBU is a legally and entirely independent Buddhist tradition, and it has no political affiliations.
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso - Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. The Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Buddhist Union.
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- Join a free 30-Day Meditation Challenge
Tharpa US offers a FREE 30-Day Meditation Challenge for those unable to attend in-person retreats. Receive daily guided meditations, tips, and inspiration to cultivate inner peace and build a lasting meditation practice from home.
- January at Manjushri KMC
During January, there is a unique sense of peace at Manjushri KMC, with many retreats and other activities taking place. This year, the principal retreat in the Temple is with Gen Tonglam called Discover the Union of Sutra and Tantra — a very special presentation of the essential Lamrim meditations, as shared with us by Venerable Geshe-la in his book The Mirror of Dharma with Additions.
- Powerful retreats in the snows
In the early days of January, many centers organize winter retreats where stillness, silence, and blessings take center stage. Set amidst snowy mountains, these retreats offer a serene experience at Kailash IRC in Switzerland and in the Ennstal region of Upper Austria.
- Inspiring Empowerments in France and Malaysia
Kadampa communities in Paris and Malaysia held blessing empowerments of Buddha White Tara and Avalokiteshvara giving their centers a great start to the year.
- Kadampa Art Studio Training Course
The New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union is continually creating Temples and Kadampa Meditation Centres internationally; fulfilling Venerable Geshe-las wish to have a Kadampa Temple in every city in the world!
