Teachers
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso -
Spiritual Director
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union, is a renowned meditation master and the Spiritual Guide of Madhyamaka Centre. Geshe-la – as he is affectionately known – was ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of eight and then spent almost forty years in concentrated study and meditation.
Venerable Geshe-la’s presentation of Buddhist teachings is especially suited to modern lifestyles, making meditation accessible to everyone. Since coming to the West in 1977, he has written 21 books that reveal the entire path to enlightenment, trained hundreds of qualified meditation teachers and established over one thousand meditation centres and groups around the world. He has also pioneered the International Temples Project who’s aim is to build a temple dedicated to world peace in every major city in the world.
Gen Kelsang Tubpa
Resident Teacher of Madhyamaka Centre.
Gen Kelsang Tubpa has just been appointed as the new Resident Teacher of Madhyamaka Buddhist Centre. Studying and practising under Geshe Kelsang's guidance since 1993, Gen Tubpa ordained as a nun in 1996 and has been living and teaching in the UK and USA since that time. She is delighted to be here at Madhyamaka Centre.
Kelsang Chöwang
Kelsang Chöwang teaches the classes held at Ratnasambhava Centre, she has studied at Madhyamaka Centre for many years on the teacher training programme and has been teaching meditation classes for a number of years.
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