The wisdom of the Mahamudra masters

At the heart of the teachings that a Buddhist tradition such as the Kagyu school passes on in its more than 1000-year-old lineage are the wisdom teachings of its great masters. The generic term for a special type of profound views and teachings is ‘Mahamudra’, the ‘Great Seal’. In this course, Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi introduces beginners and advanced students to these profound teachings.

Livestream from the study course of Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi

At the heart of the teachings that a Buddhist tradition such as the Kagyu School transmits in its lineage of over 1000 years are the wisdom teachings of its great masters. Here the generic term for a special genre of profound views and teachings is “Mahamudra”, the “Great Seal”.

Acharya Lama Kelzang, who studied at the Shri Nalanda Institute of Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, is now opening up the treasure of these special texts and meditation teachings. He is willing to share his knowledge of these teachings with people in the West and offers one-week study retreats annually.

In a study-retreat, meditation sessions are combined with teachings on such profound subjects. These in turn are not only taught intellectually, but also introduce meditation exercises. Therefore more time is required, which also means that the teacher and the participants engage in the respective topic for a process lasting several days. This is why these study-retreats at the Kamalashila Institute last about 7 days each.

The days will be spent alternating between lectures, guided and silent meditations and exchange with the teacher and in smaller groups.

In principle, anyone who is interested in the profound Mahamudra and wisdom teachings can take part, including those who participated in previous study courses and meditation retreats with Lama Kelzang and other lamas and Rinpoches.

The theme of the 1st study retreat is the Mahamudra Prayer in 25 verses of the III Karmapa Rangjung Dorje.
This is the most famous Mahamudra text of the Karmapa tradition and it contains great blessings for the practice of meditation on the nature of mind.

English with German translation.

Additional Texts used for daily practrice: PDF Download

About Instructor

Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi

Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi is one of the resident lamas at Kamalashila Institute. He was born in Bhutan and studied and taught for 13 years at the Karma Shri Nalanda Monastic University in Rumtek, Sikkim. He received many teachings from H.E. Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. In 2004, Acharya Lama Kelzang Wangdi first went to the USA, where he still teaches today for Nitartha Institute, and then came to Germany. Since then, he has been living and teaching at Kamalashila Institute, and is visiting Buddhist centers throughout Europe and supervising Kamalashila city groups. He is a competent teacher of Buddhist philosophy and the meditation practices of sutra, tantra and Mahamudra, and an expert of the Abhidharma.

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Course Includes

  • 10 Lessons