International Summer Festival 2025

Jul 25 - Aug 9, 2025

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Buddha Green Tara Empowerment with Teachings on Advice From Atisha's Heart with Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong and Gen-la Kelsang Jampa

JUL 25 - AUG 9

How to be a Kadampa

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 will be brought together, including his special advice on how to engage in retreat on this text. Through Venerable Geshe-la's encouragement and blessings Gen-la Dekyong and Gen-la Jampa will transmit a complete commentary to all the verses.

By keeping Atisha's Advice in our heart we can maintain a peaceful, happy mind, our human nature and good qualities will improve, we will show a good example in this troubled world and we will quickly attain great enlightenment. Kadampa Buddhists have an especially close connection with Buddha Tara because she appeared directly to Atisha, the founder of Kadampa Buddhism, and promised to care for all his future followers.

"Simply putting this Advice into practice we will naturally become a Bodhisattva, a holy compassionate being who is the object of everybody's love and respect."

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

Teacher:
Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

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Teacher:
Gen-la Kelsang Jampa

Date:
Jul 25 - Aug 9, 2025

What to Expect

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info@manjushri.org

01229 584029

How to get here

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Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre
Conishead Priory
Ulverston
LA12 9QQ

International Spring Festival 2025

May 23 - 28, 2025

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Empowerment And Commentary To The Practice Of Buddha Maitreya with Gen-la Kelsang Jampa

Solving our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness

Buddha Maitreya is the manifestation of all the Buddhas' realisation 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. We will also learn how we ourselves can quickly become a Buddha of Loving Kindness by changing our basis of imputation through Tantric practice.

Through engaging in the festival programme of teachings, meditations and retreat, we can radically transform our own lives and thereby the lives of others, and truly heal our suffering world.

"When we love all living beings, we have no enemies."

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

The Festival will take place in the blessed Temple for World Peace set in the holy environment of Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre, the Mother Centre of Kadampa Buddhism, which is located in Ulverston in the beautiful Lake District, UK. It is open to everyone and suitable for all levels of experience.

Teacher:
Gen Kelsang Jampa

Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

Date:
May 23 - 28, 2025

What to Expect

How to get here

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Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre
Conishead Priory
Ulverston
LA12 9QQ

International Fall Festival 2025

International Festival

Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2025

Fall Festival

Protector from all Obstacles: Dorje Shugden Empowerment and Teachings

Held at International Kadampa Retreat Centre Grand Canyon 

In challenging times we need to find protection from dangers and worries so that we can make continual spiritual progress. Dorje Shugden is a Wisdom Buddha who destroys all our obstacles and gathers all the conditions we need to practice Dharma and transform life’s difficulties into stepping stones to enlightenment.

Whether we’re facing daily troubles or spiritual obstacles, our Dharma Protector offers us unwavering care and protection. By drawing close to him we become fearless, with the spiritual strength to help both ourselves and others. Modern life is too often filled with uncertainty, but in Dorje Shugden we will always find an invaluable ally and unchanging friend.

Dorje Shugden is also known as the “great Protector of the Guru’s words” because he helps us penetrate the profound wisdom of Kadam Dharma, ensuring its light continues to shine for generations to come.

Gen-la Dekyong will grant empowerment and share practical teachings on how to come under the constant care of this powerful Protector. Through this we can realize our Spiritual Guide’s teachings, make swift progress in our practice of Sutra and Tantra, and come to experience his same enlightened state.

Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

Teacher:
Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

Date:
Oct 3 - Oct 9, 2025

 

What to Expect

International Summer Festival 2024

International Festival

Jul 26 – Aug 10 2024

Summer Festival

Profound Teachings from Buddha’s Heart

Portugal Festival 2013 Revisited

In October 2013 Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche gave his last public teachings in Portugal.

Held at Manjushri KMC, UK

During these teachings Geshe-la granted the empowerment of Great Mother Prajnaparamita, taught the Essence of Wisdom Sutra (Heart Sutra), which contains the heart essence of Buddha’s perfection of wisdom teachings, and gave commentaries to The Blissful Path, the condensed self-generation sadhana practice of Buddha Vajrayogini and to The Uncommon Yoga of Inconceivability, the special instruction of how to reach the Pure Land of Vajrayogini with our present human body.

During this Festival, these teachings will be revisited by Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong and Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. By helping us to take these teachings deep into our hearts, we can attain deep experience of them, thus transforming our lives and drawing us closer to attaining full enlightenment.

Date:
Fri Jul 26 – Sat Aug 10, 2024

What to Except

How to get here

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Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre
Conishead Priory
Ulverston
LA12 9QQ