Main Teachers

Founder: Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. He is the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition.

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Geshe-la, as he is affectionately called by his students, 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 his Spiritual Guide, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, he then spent the next eighteen years in meditation retreats in the Himalayas.

In his teachings Geshe Kelsang emphasizes the importance of meditation and how to apply it in daily life, the need to be truly happy, and how to cultivate a good heart to help others — and he demonstrates these qualities perfectly in his own life.

Resident Teacher: Gen Kelsang Norden

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Gen Norden is a Kadampa Buddhist nun and the Resident Teacher of Compassion Kadampa Meditation Centre. She has vast experience of taking part in and guiding retreats. 
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Gen Norden is a Kadampa Buddhist nun and the Resident Teacher of Compassion Kadampa Buddhist Centre. She has been teaching Kadampa Buddhism and meditation across the US and the UK for over 30 years.
 
Gen Norden has a wealth of experience and knowledge to share with students, which she presents with warmth and clarity. 

Class Teachers

Dave

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Dave guides meditation with enthusiasm and brings experience from using dharma in his own life

Sally

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Sally brings her Yorkshire warmth and deep experience of applying Buddhist teachings into a meditation teachings.

Des

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Des guides meditation from his own heart felt experience of putting dharma into practice.

Katy

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Katy teaches Buddhist meditation with clarity and kindness.

Ben

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Ben brings experience of years of practice to his teachings. He first met Buddhist teachings as a teenager.