Every Thursday at 4:30pm - 9:30pm

Taught by our resident teacher: Gen Kelsang Rigma

This is the new Foundation Programme.

The Foundation Programme (FP) offers the opportunity to engage in a systematic study of five of Geshe Kelsang's books on Sutra in great depth. The books are commentaries to Je Tsongkhapa's writings and contain the very essence of Buddha's teachings. The programme is designed to provide a firm basis in these teachings in order to fully integrate them into our daily lives in a meaningful way.

We are currently studying of Joyful Path of Good Fortune on this Foundation Programme.

For further information about the other of study books see below:

Joyful Path of Good Fortune - we gain the ability to put all of Buddha's teachings of both Sutra and Tantra into practice. We can easily make progress on, and complete the stages of the path to the supreme happiness of enlightenment. From a practical point of view, Lamrim is the main body of Buddha's teachings, and the other teachings are like its limbs.

Universal Compassion - We gain the ability to integrate Buddha's teachings into our daily life and solve all our human problems.

Heart of Wisdom - We gain a realisation of the ultimate nature of reality. By gaining this realisation, we can eliminate the ignorance of self-grasping, which is the root of all our suffering.

Meaningful to Behold - We transform our daily activities into the Bodhisattva's way of life, thereby making every moment of our human life meaningful.

Understanding the Mind - we understand the relationship between our mind and its external objects. If we can understand that objects depend upon the subjective mind, we can change the way objects appear to us by changing our own mind. Gradually, we will gain the ability to control our mind and in this way solve all our problems.