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
Like A Stainless Moon: How to Purify Ourself & Our World
27 – 30 March in Kuala Lumpur
At this year’s SEADC with Gen Kelsang Rabten, we will receive the empowerment of Vajrasattva, the Buddha of purification. The blessing ceremony will be followed by teachings on how to purify our negative karma. Read more
RETREATS AT VAJRAPANI CENTRE PENANG
How to enjoy a long healthy, happy and meaningful life?
Eating well, resting well and doing regular exercise are just assisting causes for a long healthy life, because many people who are doing that do not have a long life.
The main causes for long and healthy life are abandoning killing, protecting life, especially relying upon Long Life Buddha Amitayus.
This coming Mar 1, we shall have a half day Amitayus retreat whereby we learn how, through the power of our reliance and Buddha Amitayus’ blessings, we can enjoy a long healthy happy and meaningful life, and eventually attain a Vajra body, a deathless body.
The first session at 9am will include a short briefing by Gen Lamchung. Sessions 2 and 3 are unguided. We will engage in the practice using the prayer booklet The Yoga of Buddha Amitayus.
You are welcome to attend any or all of the sessions. Just drop in, no need to book.
Fee: RM10 per session
Emptiness Retreat | May 1-5
Save the dates for this special event
Without others, there is no self. We will explore how, through our understanding and experience of emptiness, we can draw ever closer to all living beings.
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THURSDAY MEDITATION CLASS
Everyone wishes to be happy. But because we associate happiness with external situations, such as enjoyments, relationships, jobs and so on, all of which are temporary and unreliable, we fail to find the true happiness we long for. In reality, happiness is actually a state of mind. Therefore, the true cause of happiness is in the mind. Buddha has clearly demonstrated that it is definitely within our reach. We shall explore how Buddhist meditations are designed and directly take us to the true source of happiness within us.
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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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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Latest News
- 40th Anniversary of Madhyanaka KMC: Weekend with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong
What an extraordinary weekend we had at Madhyamaka KMC to begin our 40th anniversary year celebrations.
- Creating a Pure World: Longer retreats in January
To make progress on our spiritual path, we can engage in short and sometimes longer retreats. These extended retreats give us the opportunity to truly feel we are in a Pure Land and to understand that creating a pure world is possible. Here are some retreats offered this month by Kadampa centers.
- Under the care of Buddha – empowerments across continents
At the end of January, Kadampa centers in Cologne, Edinburgh and Jacksonville hosted inspiring events focused on the blessings of Buddha. Through empowerment, teachings, and retreat sessions, practitioners deepened their connection with Buddha’s compassion and wisdom.
- More Short retreats in January: Deeply meaningful experiences
January is a wonderful month for Kadampas. It is a time when centers often organise retreats on the essential practices of Lamrim and Highest Yoga Tantra, giving students an opportunity to experience the joy that comes from deepening their Dharma practice.
- Now is the time: Dorje Shugden close retreat
This January, attendees of close retreat at the Mother Center were blessed with the extraordinary opportunity to enter a month-long Dorje Shugden Close Retreat, guided by our Resident Teacher, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong. As Gen-la’s final close retreat at Manjushri KMC, the month unfolded as something deeply special and profoundly powerful.