NKT-IKBU INTERNATIONAL
FALL FESTIVAL 2024
OCT 25 - NOV 1
Festival Teachers
Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong
The Teacher at the 2024 Fall Festival will be Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong.
Gen-la Dekyong is the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union. She is the Resident Teacher at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center, the mother center of our tradition, and teaches extensively internationally. Gen-la studied and practiced for many years with her Spiritual Guide, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche and is his close disciple. She is deeply respected and treasured throughout the Kadampa world for her sincere reliance on her Spiritual Guide, taking his teachings to heart and putting them into practice in every aspect of her life. She is recognized as a fully qualified Teacher of Sutra and Tantra, and in particular is qualified to bestow the blessings of the Highest Yoga Tantra practices of Heruka and Vajrayogini.
Gen-la will be assisted by senior NKT Teachers who will lead the meditations during the Festival.