Geshe Kelsang Gyatso was born in Tibet in 1931 and ordained as a Buddhistmonk at the age of eight. He studied under many respected teachers, especially Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.
After leaving Tibet in 1959, he spent the next eighteen years mainly emphasizing retreat in various locations in the Himalayan region of northern India.
In 1976 he accepted an invitation by the Christian monk, philosopher and writer Thomas Merton, to live and teach in a center being planned in Canada. These plans were cut short due to Merton’s sudden death and so the center did not evolve.
In 1977 Geshe Kelsang accepted a teaching position at Manjushri Institute (now Manjushri Buddhist Center) at the request of his teacher Kyabje Trijang, where he has continued to teach and write extensively on a wide variety of Buddhist practices.
Venerable GesheKelsangGyatso is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism.
GesheKelsang presents Buddha's teachings clearly and practically, empowering us to take them to heart and use them to improve the quality of our daily life.
GesheKelsang first introduced Kadampa Buddhism to the West in 1977.
GesheKelsangGyatso is the founder and Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition, an international union of Kadampa Buddhist Centers with over 1000 Centers and branches worldwide.
GesheKelsang first visited Chakrasambara Center in 1997 when the center was still located in Brooklyn and later in November 2001 he formally opened the center at its present location in Chelsea, Manhattan.
In his teachings GesheKelsang 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.
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