Few Buddhist masters have had as extensive an impact on the Buddhist world at large than Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. With over 1,100 Buddhist centers (and growing) across both the Eastern and Western hemispheres, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso has brought the Dharma to places which may otherwise never have exposure to Buddhism.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is one of the last Greats, that last generation of immaculate teachers, scholars and monks who left Tibet and brought with him the perfect lineage of teachings that are being upheld today. Ordained since the young age of 8, Geshe-la studied for many years under the father of all Lamas today, H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, before he eventually left Tibet to live in India among the exiled Tibetan community.
Living in exile never deterred him from his practice and spiritual determination. Having brought only two Buddhist scriptures with him during his escape Geshe-la endured the hardships of a new country to settle into his monastery, where he taught and did retreats for 18 long years.
Under the guidance of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Lama Yeshe – another of the greatest pioneering Buddhist teachers in the West – invited Geshela to join him in England to teach. Again, he would start a new life in a completely foreign land, teaching in a place and to a people who were only beginning to know the existence Buddhism.
Against all odds, Geshe-la has built the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) organisation to what it is today – a spiritual institution that has centers in every major city in the world, that publishes thousands of books of his teachings and that only continues to grow.
Geshe-la maintains the perfect lineage as passed to him by his own teacher, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. His centers throughout the world promote and uphold the most sacred teachings of the Gelug lineage – Tsongkhapa, Vajrayogini and Dorje Shugden.
By his tireless efforts in bringing these practices to the world to help beings everywhere, he is now the most widely-known Gelugpa Lama in the world, second only to the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. Bookstores throughout the world carry his books and thousands of people from all over flock to the NKT headquarters in the Lake District, England to attend their globally famous summer festival and teachings each year.
While there are many Lamas all around the world creating tremendous change, few have reached out to as many people from as many countries, backgrounds and cultures as Geshe-la has. At www.dorjeshugden.com, we rejoice in his continuous and enormous contribution to making Dharma so widely accepted in the world today.
From a single Geshe from Tibet, thousands of practitioners, monks, nuns, scholars and Dharma teachers have emerged; further, tens of thousands of students have also been introduced into the authentic Buddhist lineage, studying at introductory, intermediate and advanced levels.
We celebrate the thousands more students now and in the future who are being introduced to Dharma through Geshe-la’s extensive study programs and the beautiful Sangha that flourish throughout his organisation.
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All of us at dorjeshugden.com make this virtual offering of a butterlamp to the incomparable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, requesting him to remain for another 1,000 years to continue turning the wheel of Dharma and benefiting countless beings.
This is the first of the many tributes of Dorje Shugden lamas that we at DorjeShugden.com will be offering. Ven. Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is the first. We will do similar tributes in the near future, with dedications for the long life of these great lamas. We invite any information, background, history, pictures, memoirs, etc of lamas who are champions of our lineage. Please leave your ideas, thoughts, pictures etc in the comments section below.
Admin: We are sure that Geshela has had a tremendous and deep impact on thousands of practitioners everywhere. If you have had any experiences or wish to exchange any thoughts about Geshela, we invite you to please share them with everyone here – either in writings or pictures. We would love to hear your experiences and celebrate in what you have to share.
Many people would be inspired to hear your views, thoughts, sharings and perhaps encounters with this great 21st century Master of Sutra and Tantra.
Please take note that the comments section is able to accept pictures and links to videos as well as text.
Kelsang Shenyen
February 24, 2012
Ven Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, great ocean of good fortune for people of this world.
He showed us how to rely on your spiritual guide and attain enlightment.
May all been have the opportunity to practice his pure Dharma.
Oya
March 4, 2012
Dear Ven Geshe Kelsang Gyatso,
Thank you for the highest of giving
Dharma. May your life be stable
and before too long may we all
attain the highest attainment.
Om Ah Hung
Rita Loy
March 5, 2012
I would not be alive today without the Buddha Dharma that Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Because of the Busddha Dharma that he brought forth I learned that how precious is our human life. The impermance of things, the two truths, that all living beings are our kind mothers and we must exchange ourselves for others. I try to keep the six prefections with everything I do in this life.
Lisa b
March 13, 2012
There is not a moment that goes by that I am not grateful for the teachings Geshe-la has given to me. I cannot imagine a life without this precious presentation
Mark
March 19, 2012
Thank you Geshe-la!!!
))))))))))
Clara
March 19, 2012
I feel happy to meet this page
Lisanyc
May 29, 2012
I am grateful for the teachings I have received from Venerable Kelsang Gyatso. He is so humble and His teachings are so accessible to the western student. Thank you with all my heart
Derek
June 16, 2012
OM NAMASTU MAHA GURU SRILA GESHE-LA DHARMA-PALA MOKSHA-BEEJA A-SA-HA-NAM!
Translation: OM, salutations venrable teacher of the holy darhma: geshe-la, you are the protector of darhma, the seed of the essence of enlightment, please stay here!
I offer this prayer to you so you may continue to turn the wheel of dharma for us.
Margherita
July 27, 2012
Thank you Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatzo Rinpoche!!!! May You stay for many years with us, to still help many more sentient beings with your teachings and inspiring blessings. May I be able to fullfil your wishess. Thank You Lama!!!
thetruedalailama
August 4, 2012
Good to see tributes to the Gelug Masters who still worship Dorje Shugden. However, these tributes seem a little two-faced. On one hand you pay tribute to Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, on the other hand you show “BBC – An Unholy Row” on your videos, this piece of propaganda aired by the BBC in 1998 plays right into the Dalai Lama’s hands and does little to promote the worship of Dorje Shugden.
kadampajewel
September 5, 2012
Dear Geshe La,
Thank you for appearing in this world!
Thank you for re-appearing in this world the Pure Ganden Oral Lineage!
Thank you for hooking the ring of my mind with the hook of your Great Compassion!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Valdemar
September 19, 2012
I live in México, and for the past 2 years i have been attending regularly to Avalokiteshvara center near México City Downtown.
I cannot express how thankful i am for the teachings i received in this NKT center. The understanding and acceptance of impermanence, that all things keep changing, the love and genuine interest that we need to give to our fellow living beings, the peace of mind with meditation, the friends i have made there………… Thank you Geshela for being such a wonderful soul, and have the generosity for share your experience and knowledge with us all.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
john
October 8, 2012
He is a fake Geshe and a thief. He was kicked out from Sera. How can someone give tribute to this man.
Gaz
December 7, 2012
@thetruedalailama – I think the point of that is to give people a full understanding of the ban? If you want to talk about promoting the worship of Dorje Shugden, I think this whole website is doing that so to find fault with a coupla videos here and there strikes me as being a little petty.
@john – and yet, this “fake” Geshe has done much more to spread the Dharma than you have. Without any smarminess whatsoever, let me ask you this – what centres have you set up? Who have you taught? Who have you inspired to give up their samsaric life to take ordination? If you havent, I suggest perhaps you ought to exercise a little more respect towards Geshe-la even if you dont agree with what he practises. People who break their vows and misuse Buddhadharma will never be able to achieve the kind of success that Geshe-la has achieved in spreading Tsongkhapas tradition.
Carlos Tadeu M. Cavalcante
December 26, 2012
We should not miss the opportunity to receive teachings and blessings from a qualified Buddhist Master.
It´s up to our mind to qualify anyone. Our mind is the origin.
I prefer to believe he is a pure Buddhism Teacher.
In the West , Jesus Christ was pleaded guilty and crucified together with thieves…
what an awful mistake !
Jairo Moreno
January 6, 2013
I give much praise to Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for his introduction to Buddhism, and all the forms that he and his organization developed to teach me (us Western folks) which made it fun and yet serious. His books and his organization (the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT)) has definitely got me thinking about Dharma. I have studied Joyful Path of Good Fortune (the Lamrim as outlined and explained by Je Tsongkhapa and taught by Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche) and a few other books by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. His books are all based on the teachings he received directly from his teacher Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and through his meditation on the works of his lineage teachers Je Phabongkhapa, Je Tsongkhapa, Gampopa, Atisha, Shantideva, Nagarjuna, and the Buddha Shakyamuni (I skipped a bunch in between). I have learned so much in a few years of study with the NKT and Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s books, yet I must admit that I still know nothing, so I practice whatever I can. I am glad to see that grateful people (grateful for the teachings presented through the NKT) around the world are working to protect the dharma and so are manifesting as Dorje Shugden by creating websites such as this one. Still much more left to do. I wish continued awareness of the issues and increased tolerance and acceptance around the world for the practices and those who practice them can do so safely and that they benefit all Buddhist communities and non-Buddhist too.
Noreen
January 6, 2013
Thank you for paying homage to my spiritual teacher. As written in “Great Treasury of Merit” the Spiritual Guide is “our mother who cares for us and cherishes us, our father who provides us with all we need and protects us from danger, like the moon that cools the heat of the delusions in our mental continuum, and like the sun that dispels the darkness of ignorance in our mind. He is a kind benefactor who gives us the priceless gift of Dharma.”
Thank you Venerable Geshe-la!
a dog
January 29, 2013
Venerable Geshe-la has been supremely kind to myself and all the beings of this modern world. He has introduced Modern Buddhism into this world as a completely free ebook for everyone (www.emodernbuddhism.com)-this includes the entire path of sutra and tantra. What supreme kindness, equanimity and selflessness.
Without Venerable Geshe-la I would know nothing about Dharma. I would not be trying to achieve the real meaning of my human life. As someone else has also said, I would probably be dead or in a great deal of suffering if not for the kind actions and prayers of this Guru and other holy Gurus. I am protected from the lower realms only through their kindness and have an opportunity to create pure karma every day by living at his Dharma center and trying to help in whatever way I can.
He is truly a great knowledge hero who has arisen from an ocean of wisdom. Venerable Guru, may you live for a very long time!
a dog
January 29, 2013
May I be forever your humble servant!
Robert
February 1, 2013
From Canada: Deep gratitude for his compassion and teachings, opening our hearts and mind to wisdom:
On Reality-
“The things that normally appear do not exist”
On Purpose-
“Devloping compassion and wisdom, and helping those in need whenever possible, is the true meaning of life”
OM AH HUM
Isabel
February 3, 2013
Thank you Geshe-la, your immeasurable compassion and pure example have changed my life completely
Isabel
February 3, 2013
From South America!
admin
February 7, 2013
@a dog:
Thank you very much for writing to us. We are glad to hear that Geshe-la’s book changed your life. We hope you don’t mind, but we wish to share the link to this book on our website so that many more will benefit from Geshe-la’s knowledge and insight.
Thank you,
DS Admin
Aileen
April 2, 2013
Geshe-la is a truly precious teacher. He has taught me how to have meaning in my life. Before I met his teachings I wondered everyday what life was all about. There had to be something more than getting up everyday, working all your life and then just dying. Geshe-la teaches clearly how to have a meaningful life, how to be happy. How he lives his life is so pure. He is so humble and so wise. There is no greater Dharma teacher in our time.
Kelsang Sangwang
May 15, 2013
Dear Geshe-la, Thank you so much for helping all of us learn another way
of life and for your love.
Blessings, Sangwang
Denise Thorpe-Eheler
May 15, 2013
Dear Geshe-la, I am eternally grateful for you and all your teachings that have brought peace to my soul. Thank you for the selfless and dedicated work that you do for us and this world! We all love you, Denise
Gina
June 4, 2013
Venerable Geshe-La thank life have coincided in time and space with you. I appreciate and rejoice that you share, teach and transmit this immense Buddhist knowledge to get out of samsara. Know and understand that attachment, self-grasping and ignorance are some of our major enemies are wonderful because our life change. Thank you for being and living. Gina