{"id":77101,"date":"2026-08-14T10:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.meditation-paris.org\/?page_id=77101"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T12:56:54","slug":"kadampa-buddhism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.meditation-paris.org\/es\/kadampa-buddhism\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadampa Buddhism"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Founder<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche <\/strong>is an internationally renowned Buddhist monk and meditation master.
\nOver the past 40 years, his great achievement has been adapting the presentation of teachings dating back more than 2,600 years to our modern world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Geshe-la<\/strong>, as his students affectionately call him, has dedicated his life to the revival of Kadampa Buddhism<\/strong> in our modern world.<\/p>\n

From the age of eight, Geshe-la studied in depth at the great monastic universities of Tibet and earned the title of “Geshe”, meaning “spiritual friend”.<\/p>\n

Under the guidance of his Spiritual Guide, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, he spent the following 18 years in meditation retreat in the Himalayas.<\/p>\n

In 1977, he accepted an invitation to teach at a university in England<\/strong>, where he lived and taught until 2009, giving teachings and guidance to a continually growing group of disciples.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

He is the author of 23 remarkable books<\/a> that perfectly convey the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

He teaches that all the problems we face in the world stem from the mind, and that the only way to solve them and find true happiness, both for ourselves and for society as a whole, is to learn to improve our mind.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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“Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

“It is only by establishing peace within our own mind, and helping others to do the same, that we can hope to achieve peace in the world.”<\/p>\n<\/div>

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Transform Your Life<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kadampa Buddhism<\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Kadampa Buddhism<\/strong> is a school of Mahayana Buddhism founded by the great Indian Buddhist master Atisha<\/strong> (982-1054).<\/p>\n

“Ka” means “word” and refers to the teachings of Buddha, and “dam” refers to Atisha’s special instructions, the lamrim, known as the “stages of the path to enlightenment”.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Kadampa tradition was widely promoted in Tibet by Je Tsongkhapa<\/strong> and his disciples, known as the “New Kadampas<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

These disciples were not only great scholars, but also spiritual practitioners<\/strong> of immense purity and sincerity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

After Je Tsongkhapa, the lineage of the New Kadampas flourished for centuries, continuing right up to the present day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A Modern Buddhism<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>

In recent decades, Buddhism has been widely promoted throughout the world by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

He dedicated his life to giving detailed teachings, <\/strong>writing numerous texts<\/strong> that reveal the depth of Kadampa Buddhism, and founding the Nueva Tradici\u00f3n Kadampa<\/strong>, the International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The New Kadampa Tradition<\/strong> is an association of over 1,300 Kadampa Buddhist centres and branches around the world. It draws on the ancient Kadampa Buddhist masters and aims to preserve Kadampa Buddhism for many generations to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>

“A Kadampa is a person who takes all of Buddha’s teachings as personal advice to be integrated into their daily life.” <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

Geshe Kelsang Gyatso<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Each of these centres offers study programmes based on Buddhist psychology<\/strong>, philosophy<\/strong> y meditaci\u00f3n<\/strong>, as well as courses, for practitioners of all levels.<\/p>\n

Particular importance is given to putting Buddha’s teachings into practice in daily life<\/strong>, so that everywhere in the world our everyday problems can be solved and everyone can experience lasting peace and happiness.<\/p>\n

Above all, this is an international presentation<\/strong> open to everyone, not rooted in any particular country or culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/i>Learn more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The Gen-las – Experienced Teachers<\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Gu\u00e8n-La<\/span><\/div>
Gen-la Kelsang Jampa<\/span><\/a><\/div>