New Kadampa Tradition
The New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) is an international association of Mahayana Buddhist study and meditation centres that follow the Kadampa Buddhist tradition founded by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. These Centers all follow the three New Kadampa Tradition Study Programs and are guided by a common code of moral discipline called the Internal Rules of the NKT-IKBU.
To bring them together under the auspices of a legal entity, every New Kadampa Tradition Center is a member of an international Buddhist charity with the same name ‘New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union’. The charity is incorporated in England, and its constitution is completely democratic, sharing authority between a General and Deputy Spiritual Director, a team of managers and the member Centers themselves. At general meetings of the charity, each NKT-IKBU Center is represented by its Resident Teacher.
The NKT-IKBU maintains an ‘International Temples Project’, whose aim is in general to introduce the Buddhist faith of the New Kadampa Tradition publicly, and in particular to exemplify Buddhist practice through public service.
To accomplish this aim the NKT-IKBU continually emphasizes the development throughout the world of:
local Kadampa Buddhist Centers;
regional Kadampa Meditation Centers;
international Kadampa Buddhist Temples;
international Retreat Centers;
national publication departments (Tharpa Publications); and
Hotel Kadampas.
The NKT is a legally and entirely independent Buddhist tradition, and the NKT-IKBU has no political affiliations.
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