Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso or Geshe-la, as he is affectionately called by his students, is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. He is primarily responsible for the worldwide revival of Kadampa Buddhism in our time.

From the age of eight, Geshe-la studied extensively in the great monastic universities of Tibet and earned the title ‘Geshe’, which literally means ‘spiritual friend’. Under the guidance of Trijang Rinpoche, his Spiritual Guide, he then spent the next eighteen years in meditation retreats in the Himalayas.

In 1977 he accepted an invitation to teach at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre in England, where he lived for many years giving teachings and guidance to an ever-growing group of students. Geshe-la has continued to teach on Kadampa Buddhism in many countries around the world and published a series of remarkable books on Buddhist thought and meditation.

He has established three unique study programs and over 1200 meditation centres around the world, trained qualified teachers and a flourishing ordained community, and created a project to build Buddhist temples in every major city in the world.



Geshe Kelsang Gyatso