Khedrupje Centre is a member of the New Kadampa Tradition -
International Buddhist Union. The New Kadampa
Tradition is a
Mahayana Buddhist Tradition founded by Venerable Geshe Kelsang
Gyatso Rinpoche. It is a worldwide network of Buddhist Centres, which help
people from all walks of life to develop peace & happiness through
understanding & practising the teachings of Buddha. Kadampa Centres
function to preserve and promote the pure teachings of Je Tsongkhapa,
the great Kadampa Buddhist Teacher. The NKT developed from a few
centres in the early 1980’s to well over 800 centres worldwide today.
His followers are known as 'Kadampas'. 'Ka' refers to Buddha's teachings, and 'dam' to Atisha's special Lamrim instructions known as 'the stages of the path to enlightenment'. Kadampas, then, are practitioners who regard Buddha's teachings as personal instructions and put them into practice by following the instructions of Lamrim.
The Kadampa tradition was later promoted widely in Tibet by Je Tsongkhapa and his followers, who were known as the 'New Kadampas'.
