Welcome to Vajrapani Kadampa Buddhist Centre
We offer Study and Meditation programmes in Modern Buddhism. 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.
Click here to see what’s on at our branch in Taiping.
*for non-Muslim only
SPECIAL EVENTS
2025 ASIAN FESTIVAL in Hong Kong
Our Kadampa Asian Festival this year will be in Hong Kong, from 12th to 15th December.
We will receive the blessing empowerment of Medicine Buddha and commentary to the practice. Medicine Buddha is the embodiment of the healing power of all enlightened beings. His function is to release living beings from outer and inner sickness by bestowing blessings upon them.
See the Asian festival website for full information
EMPTINESS OF THE MIND RETREAT
‘All Phenomena that appear to my mind are the nature of my mind. My mind is the nature of emptiness.’
Often we feel stuck in painful habits of thought, perceiving our mind to be fixed and unchanging in its negative ways. During this rare and experiential retreat, we can learn how to dispel the clutter of our mind and the complications of our lives through meditating on the true nature of our mind. Abiding in the deep peace of this emptiness, there are no disturbing thoughts, no pain, no worry, no anger, no conflict, no fear.
Schedule
Thursday to Sunday
Session 1 9am – 10.15am
Session 2 11am – 12.15pm
Session 3 2pm – 3pm
Session 4 3.30 – 4.40pm
Monday
Session 1 9am – 10.15am
Session 2 11am – 12.30pm
Fees
Whole retreat RM140
Daily rate: RM30
We will use the prayer booklet ‘Heart Jewel’. The final session each day will be unguided and will include prayers to the Dharma Protector.
Meditation classes
We need to transform whatever circumstances we meet, whether good or bad, into the spiritual path by channelling all our actions in a virtuous direction. This practice is extremely important. Those who engage in it successfully will never have to experience anxiety or discouragement, but will be able to remain calm and peaceful in all circumstances.
LEARN TO MEDITATE
WEDNESDAYS 1ST, 15TH, 22ND OCTOBER AT 7.15PM
Using meditation to develop our inner good qualities, such as love, compassion and peace.
The teaching will be given in English.
Just drop in, no need to book. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators. The classes include two short guided meditations and a teaching.
Suggested donation: RM5
No need to book, just come along.
PRAYERS FOR WORLD PEACE – SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER
Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds.
Prayers for World Peace is a free class that gives us the opportunity to develop a warm and loving heart. The class includes a Dharma talk, meditation and short prayers.
No need to book, just come along.
Every year the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) organises three International Festivals of modern Kadampa Buddhism taught by senior Teachers.
Learn more
International SPRING FESTIVAL 2026
22nd - 27th May
Amitayus Empowerment and teachings on Eight Verses of Training the Mind
with Gen-la KhyenrabInternational SUMMER FESTIVAL 2026
24 July - 8 August
Week 1 – Lamrim
Week 2 – Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments of Heruka and Vajrayogini
Week 2 with Gen-la Jampa
International FALL FESTIVAL 2026
9 - 15 October
Je Tsongkhapa Empowerment at Kadampa Meditation Centre Spain
with Gen-la Dekyong
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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- Special visiting Teachers in Spain and Mexico
Recent guest Teacher visits took place at KMC Spain and KMC Cuernavaca in Mexico. Participants had the opportunity to engage in retreats on the three principal aspects of the path, explore methods for managing anxiety, and learn practical approaches to overcoming anger.
- Tharpa Canada at the street Festival in Toronto
Tharpa Canada and KMC Canada joyfully took part in the Word On The Street Festival in Toronto, sharing Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s book How to Transform Your Life
- Fall Festival 2025 ~ Video Wall
A chance to revisit the engaging videos created during the Fall Festival. Enjoy!
- Fall Festival 2025 Day 7
It's the last day of the Festival, with two final sessions of retreat in the Kadampa Temple for World Peace with Gen Demo. As the Festival draws to a close we savor the opportunity to meditate in the incredibly uplifting, blessed space of the Temple surrounded by sincere practitioners. As Gen Demo says at the conclusion, now we have another Kadampa home we can return to again and again.
- Fall Festival 2025 Day 6
Dorje Shugden is a wisdom Buddha and Kadampa Buddhism in general is a wisdom lineage. During the Festival we have so many opportunities to train in the three kinds of wisdom. We have spent many days enjoying the wisdom of listening to Dharma teachings with Gen-la Dekyong. We train in the wisdom of contemplating through private reflection and discussing the teachings and our insights with friends. Now for the final day and a half we are developing our wisdom of meditation through many sessions of retreat with Gen Demo.
