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 2026

May 22 - 27, 2026

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Buddha Amitayus Empowerment and teachings on The New Eight Steps to Happiness with Gen-la Kelsang Khyenrab

Finding the Source of True Happiness

Through this empowerment we will receive the special blessings of Amitayus, the Buddha of long life, wisdom and merit.

Then, based on the book The New Eight Steps to Happiness, Gen-la ….. will explain how we can transform all the problems and difficulties of our daily life into opportunities for developing authentic love and compassion, and for finding true and lasting happiness.

“If everyone were to practise cherishing others, many of the major problems of the world would be solved in a few years”
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, The New Eight Steps to Happiness

Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong

Teacher:
Gen-la Kelsang Khyrenrab

Date:
May 22 - 27, 2026

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