Our Spiritual Director
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. Born in Tibet, he was ordained
as a Buddhist monk at the age of eight
and spent almost forty years in concentrated study and meditation.
Since arriving in the West in 1977, Geshe Kelsang has worked selflessly to provide all the conditions Westerners need to enter, make progress on and complete the Buddhist path to happiness and peace. He has written nineteen books on Buddhism that explain clearly and practically every aspect of Buddha's teachings, including Tantric Buddhism. He has trained qualified Buddhist spiritual teachers in countries all around the world and established over eight hundred Kadampa Buddhist Centres and groups worldwide. Through these activities many people now have the opportunity to develop authentic compassion, wisdom and inner peace by studying on one of the unique study programmes he has designed.
Our Resident TeacherGen Kelsang Pagpa was ordained in 1995 and has been at Vajravarahi Buddhist Centre ever since. He teaches GP, FP, TTP and special day courses and workshops. He is well known for his warm and compassionate nature and his ability to present Buddha's teachings in a clear, entertaining and practical way.
Our Other Teachers
 Kelsang Drolma |
 Kelsang Gama |
 John Dibble |
 Kelsang Pawo |
 Roy Crate |
 Santu Chatterjee |
 Kelsang Yankyi |
 Kelsang Namkha |
 Mark Strother |