{"id":162243,"date":"2025-01-21T16:20:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T16:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/the-founder-2"},"modified":"2026-04-13T03:14:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:14:31","slug":"the-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/%e6%98%a5%e5%ad%a3\/the-founder","title":{"rendered":"\u5275\u8fa6\u4eba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<figure data-animation-delay=\"0.2\" data-animation-duration=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Kadampa-Spring-Festival-2026---Deity-and-Flourish-1x-1.png\" alt=\"Kadampa Spring Festival 2026 - Deity and Flourish (1x)\" height=\"454\" width=\"636\" title=\"Kadampa Spring Festival 2026 - Deity and Flourish (1x)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tNKT-IKBU INTERNATIONAL\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSPRING FESTIVAL 2026\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tMAY 22 &#8211; 27\t<\/h2>\n\t\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-156061-CATTR92e7d18b4f9f818206761bd75d3c402b\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-156061-CATTR92e7d18b4f9f818206761bd75d3c402b\" data-viewnumber=\"156061-CATTR92e7d18b4f9f818206761bd75d3c402b\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:156061,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-views\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:1,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162243?wpv_view_count=156061-CATTR92e7d18b4f9f818206761bd75d3c402b&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162243?wpv_view_count=156061-CATTR92e7d18b4f9f818206761bd75d3c402b\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\n\n    <div class=\"centered-container\">\n        <div class=\"opens\">Booking opens Thursday 26 Feb at 1PM UK<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n\nSpring Menu\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-spring\"><li id=\"menu-item-162482\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\">Welcome<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-162101\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/the-founder\">The Founder<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-146050\"><a href=\"#\">Festival<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162099\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/teachings\">Teachings<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162098\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/teachers\">Teachers<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162143\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/program\">Program<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162144\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/festival-experience\">Festival experience<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162147\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/attending-the-festival-online\">Attending the festival online<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162105\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/volunteering\">Volunteering<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-162104\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/venue\">Venue<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-142369\"><a href=\"#\">Booking<\/a>\n<ul>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162140\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/fees\">Fees<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162146\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/accommodation\">Accommodation<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/festival-food-and-drink\">Festival food and drink<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162102\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/translation-and-assisted-needs\">Translation and Assisted Needs<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/children-young-adults\">Children &#038; young adults<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-511736\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/parking\">Parking<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162103\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/travel-information\">Travel information<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162148\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/general-information\">General information<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162123\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/how-to-book\">How to book<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li id=\"menu-item-162100\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/terms-conditions\">Terms &#038; Conditions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-162117\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/post-festival-retreats\">Post Festival Retreats<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-162141\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/itp\">ITP<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-162109\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/spring\/contact\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\n\t<h1>\n\t\t\tThe Founder\t<\/h1>\n<figure data-animation-delay=\"0\" data-animation-duration=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2007-07-29_MKMC_SumFest_Geshe-la.jpg\" alt=\"Venerable Geshe-la\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1613\" title=\"2007-07-29_MKMC_SumFest_Geshe-la\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>The three International Festivals were founded by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, a world-renowned meditation master and Teacher who inspired thousands of people around the world to apply the pure teachings of Buddha to their modern lives to solve their personal problems and discover a deep and lasting inner peace and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Through finding peace within our own hearts, developing the compassionate good heart of cherishing others, and working together with others, we can quickly find solutions to the world&#8217;s problems. In this way, there is great hope for peace in our world.<\/p>\n<p>Kadampa Festivals are an important part of Venerable Geshe-la&#8217;s legacy giving people everywhere an opportunity to come together as an international family of spiritual practitioners and thus preserving our International Kadampa Buddhist Union.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NKT-IKBU INTERNATIONAL SPRING FESTIVAL 2026 MAY 22 &#038;#82 &#8230; <a title=\"\u5275\u8fa6\u4eba\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/%e6%98%a5%e5%ad%a3\/the-founder\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u5275\u8fa6\u4eba\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":162381,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[704],"class_list":["post-162243","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162243"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515622,"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162243\/revisions\/515622"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/162381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kadampafestivals.org\/zh-hant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=162243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}