MEMBER LEVELS & BENEFITS Thank you for considering membership. Kadampa Meditation Center San Diego is a volunteer run nonprofit organization that relies on the support and generosity of our members. Membership contributions help us maintain and improve the facilities and spiritual programs for the benefit of people of all levels...
General Spiritual Director, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong is the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) and Resident Teacher at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center in Ulverston, UK. Born in Northern Ireland she has been studying under Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso for...
A Kadampa is someone who integrates Buddha’s teachings into their daily life. More specifically, Kadampa Buddhism is a special tradition of Mahayana Buddhism founded by the Venerable Atisha, an Indian Buddhist Master who revolutionized the way people practiced Buddhism in both India and Tibet in the 11th century. Atisha arranged...
The founder of Buddhism in this world was Buddha Shakyamuni who lived and taught in India some two and a half thousand years ago. Since then, millions of people around the world have followed the pure spiritual path he revealed. The Buddhist way of life—of peace, loving kindness, and wisdom—is...
Solve your own and others’ problems “Through practising the instructions presented in this book we can transform our life from a state of misery into one of pure and everlasting happiness. These instructions are scientific methods to improve our human nature. Everybody needs to be good-natured with a...
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Our founder, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. He founded the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union in England in the early 1980s. Since that time, he has written more than 20 authoritative books...
Everyone is welcome. The meditation classes offered at KMC SD are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators. WHAT...
We'd love to hear from you! EMAIL [email protected] PHONE 619-230-5852 We're located at: 3502 Adams Ave, San Diego, CA 92116, USA
Wednesdays at 6:30PM Refresh your day with a meditation class and experience the peaceful benefits. This class touches on Buddhist topics like love, compassion and wisdom to gain familiarity with navigating our life happily. You do not need to be Buddhist to take part! By donation.
Everyone is welcome to our group chanted prayers, or Puja in Sanskrit. These are an important component of training in a spiritual life. They help to still our mind, connect with the Buddhas, and receive blessings. Below is the list of the group prayer sessions we practice together at the...
