Teacher Training Programme

Mondays & Tuesdays, 10.00am - noon

with Kelsang Lhachog 

Great Treasury of Merit is a commentary to a sublime practice called Offering to the Spiritual Guide, which is performed publicly twice a month in all Kadampa Buddhist centres, and often daily by individual practitioners.

It is the supreme gateway to receiving blessings for all practitioners, but especially for those practising Tantric Mahamudra.  In giving a line-by-line commentary to the practice, Geshe Kelsang explains the essential stages of the path of Sutra and Tantra and shows how we can greatly increase the efficacy of our meditations by relying sincerely upon a qualifies Spiritual Guide.

At every level of Buddhis practice, relying upon the Spiritual Guide is regarded as the source of inspiration, understanding, and progress on the spiritual path.  But nowhere is this pracice more important than in Tantra.

The Teacher Training Program is intended for people who wish to train as authentic Meditation Teachers, and also for those who wish to gain a clear insight into Buddha's teachings and deep experience of their practice. 

If you are interested in learning more please contact the centre for further details. 

The programme involves the study of twelve texts:

• Joyful Path of Good Fortune - a commentary to Atisha's Lamrim instructions, the stages of the path to enlightenment
• Universal Compassion - a commentary to Bodhisattva Chekhawa's Training the Mind in Seven Points
• Heart of Wisdom - a commentary to the Heart Sutra
• Meaningful to Behold - a commentary to Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life
• Understanding the Mind - a detailed explanation of the mind based on the works of the Buddhist scholars Dharmakirti and Dignaga
• The Bodhisattva Vow - A detailed guide to compassionate living & how to live a Bodhisattva's way of life
• Ocean of Nectar - A comprehensive presentation of Buddha's profound view of emptiness and indispensable guide for the serious student of Mahayana Buddhism
• Clear Light of Bliss - How to awaken our potential for infinite bliss and compassion & how to generate a deeply peaceful mind by harnessing our body's subtle energies
• Mahamudra Tantra - An explanation for gaining deep experience of Tantric meditation and how to realize progressively subtler and more blissful states of mind.
• Guide to Dakini Land - Explanation on how to transform all daily activities into the quick path to full enlightenment. An indispensable guide and authoritative manual for Vajrayogini practitioners
• Tantric Grounds and Paths - A clear introduction to Tantra and the relationship between Sutra and Tantra. This book is a comprehensive guide to the four classes of Tantra & how to complete the spiritual path through practising Highest Yoga Tantra
• Essence of Vajrayana - The first complete explanation in English to the practice of Heruka body mandala which includes sublime methods for transcending our ordinary minds and attaining pure selfless joy.

In addition to completing the study of these twelve texts, participants are required to observe certain commitments with regard to behavior and way of life, and to complete a number of meditation retreats.

Participants can either begin with the Foundation Programme and then enroll in the Teacher Training Programme, in which case the subjects already studied on FP will automatically count towards TTP, or they can enroll in the Teacher Training Programme from the outset.

I'm interested in joining, where do I find out more?

If you have any questions, or if you wish to find out more about Teacher Training Programme please don't hesitate to contact usat the centre.