STRENGTHEN
Special Events
Day Courses,
Public Talks,
Retreats
ACTUALIZE YOUR FULL POTENTIAL
“What is enlightenment? It is the inner light of wisdom that is completely free from all mistaken appearance, and whose function is to bestow mental peace upon each and every living being every day.”
- Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
FAMILIARITY & FOCUS:
Mini Retreat on Improving Our Concentration
Sunday, June 21st • 10:30am - 1:45pm • $20 (Includes Sunday Morning Meditation Class) • with Resident Teacher, John Baker
Everyone Welcome • No Experience Necessary
One of the main ways that our meditations improve is through familiarity with an object of meditation. Your mindfulness gets a boost and your object starts to come into focus becoming clearer and free from distractions.
Try out a mini retreat at our beautiful meditation center in Old City. The topic this month is improving our concentration. Included is a main teaching in the morning with a guided meditation, a short break, and then two guided meditations with a short break in between.
10:30 - 11:45am Sunday Morning Class
11:45 - 12:30 Break
12:30 - 1:00pm Meditation
1:00 - 1:15 Silent Break - we will keep silence during this break
1:15 - 1:45pm Meditation
INTERNATIONAL & REGIONAL EVENTS
NKT-IKBU International
Summer Festival 2026:
Week One (available online)
Teachings on Lamrim
The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment
with Gen-la Kelsang Sangden, Deputy Spiritual Director
July 24 - 29 • at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre, Ulverston UK
Everyone Welcome • No Experience Necessary
The Lamrim instructions form the main body of Buddha’s teachings. By integrating these instructions into our daily life, we can learn how to control our mind and always keep a good motivation in our heart. This will make all our daily actions pure and meaningful and, as we experience increasingly more peaceful states of mind, we will discover the supreme happiness of enlightenment. This week will also be a perfect preparation for receiving Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments.
NKT-IKBU International
Summer Festival 2026:
Week Two - in person
Heruka Body Mandala and
Vajrayogini Empowerments
with Gen-la Kelsang Jampa, General Spiritual Director
July 31 - Aug 8 • at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre, Ulverston UK
Everyone Welcome • No Experience Necessary
Please note, an online option is available only to those who have previously received Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerment
Highest Yoga Tantra is a special method for attaining enlightenment in this one short life. The very essence of Highest Yoga Tantra can be found in the practices of Heruka and Vajrayogini.
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Gen-la Kelsang Jampa will grant the Heruka and Vajrayogini empowerments that bestow upon us the special blessings of these Buddhas. He will then give clear and practical teachings on how to enter and make progress on this blissful, quick path to enlightenment – the ultimate goal of our human life.
