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.
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*for non-Muslim only
SPECIAL EVENTS
Dorje Shugden Close Retreat - 4 Nov to 9 Dec 2026
Spend time deepening your connection with Dorje Shugden, the enlightened Dharma Protector of our tradition. This retreat offers the opportunity to receive his special care, dispel obstacles, and create the conditions for spiritual progress to benefit all living beings.
To complete a close retreat, we need to collect 100,000 of each of the short and long mantras of Dorje Shugden in conjunction with the Wishfulfilling Jewel sadhana.
You are welcome to drop in to any session just to connect with Dorje Shugden and receive his blessings.
Session times
- 1.30pm – 3pm Session 1
- 3.30pm – 5pm Session 2
- 6pm – 7.30pm Session 3
- 8pm – 9.30pm Session 4
Sessions 1 to 4 will be held daily except on Fridays, when there will be sessions 1 to 3.
Retreat fee: RM380
A rate will be available for drop-in attendance.
Refuge Retreat - 17 to 22 November
We cannot always change external conditions, but we can always protect our mind and remain happy in the most challenging situations.
The practice of going for refuge is a special method to establish inner strength and protection, which benefits ourselves and others. Specifically, going for refuge means relying on the Three Jewels – Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.
In the first session of the retreat on each day, Gen Lamchung will offer some pointing instructions.
Subsequent sessions are self-guided and include chanted prayers and silent time for contemplation, meditation or counting the refuge prayers. If you have questions or need assistance, Gen Lamchung will be happy to help during the session breaks.
You are welcome to attend individual sessions or join the full retreat.
Session fee: RM10
Meditation classes
We want our classes to be accessible to everyone.
Can’t make our current class times? We’re always open to suggestions. Tell us what works for you, and we’ll explore what’s possible together.
Please send WhatsApp message to 016-666 6428
THURSDAYS – see dates on poster
11am – 12pm; repeated at 7.15pm – 8.15pm (not all dates)
Learn how to cultivate inner peace, and bring lightness, love and freedom into your own and others’ lives, through Buddhist wisdom and meditation.
No booking is required, and no prior meditation experience is necessary. These classes are suitable for beginners and experienced meditators.
In this Learn to Meditate class, we train to access our own sense of peace within.
It includes a simple guided breathing meditation, a short Dharma teaching and a second meditation on the topic presented.
Suitable for beginners and improvers. No previous experience needed.
The Foundation Programme provides an opportunity to engage in systematic study and meditation of an essential subject of Kadampa Buddhism. FP classes are held from 10am – 12pm on Saturday mornings (check calendar for dates).
We are studying the book Meaningful to Behold by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche.
The emphasis in the classes, which consist of teachings, meditation, and discussion, is on gaining practical experience of Buddha’s teachings that you can apply to your daily life.
Newcomers can try two classes for free.
Prayers
Powa Ceremony, a beautiful and powerful ritual practice, enables us to benefit the deceased by coming together as a group and making prayers and offerings on their behalf. Then, through the power of our compassionate intention, strong prayer, and concentration on the practice, we transfer the consciousness of the deceased to the Pure Land of the Buddha of Compassion so that they will experience a pure and lasting peace and finally be freed from the painful cycling of suffering and its causes.
No previous experience necessary.
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
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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