News

Aug 7, 2023

Greetings from Summer Festival!

Well over 3,000 Kadampas gathered at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Center in the beautiful Lake District of the UK for International...

Dec 16, 2022

Winter Break: Dec. 24-30

As the year 2022 winds down, our weekly classes will take a brief break Dec. 24 through Dec. 30. Our normal schedule remains in effect...

Sep 19, 2022

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

Important Announcement On September 17 our most precious Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche showed the manner of...

Aug 8, 2022

Back to In-Person Classes Only

As many of you know, we started streaming our classes to enable them to run during the pandemic. It's been wonderful that so many people...

Jul 18, 2022

The World Peace Temple at 25

25 years ago, during the Summer Festival 1997, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche opened the first Kadampa Temple for World Peace at...

Jun 16, 2022

The meaning of “everyone welcome”

You see them in the description for every class and special event here: "everyone welcome." Two little words. But they mean a lot here....

Jun 11, 2022

Connect with the Spring Festival for FREE

Every year the International Kadampa Buddhist Union organizes three international festivals that span several days and feature teachings...

May 31, 2022

Registration now open for Summer Festival in-person attendance

Booking for in-person attendance at 2022 Summer Festival is now open On the website booking page you can now register to attend the...

May 27, 2022

Attend Gen Zamling's last classes before his summer overseas

Our Resident Teacher, Gen Zamling, will spend the summer overseas. First he'll attend the NKT International Spring Festival in Spain....

Nov 22, 2021

Interviewed by WGN

As part of their "Self Care Week," WGN recently interviewed Gen Kelsang Zamling, Resident Teacher here at KMC Chicago, about the power of...

Jul 6, 2021

Welcome our new Education Program Coordinator!

KMC Chicago welcomes our first full-time Education Program Coordinator, who starts July 8! Thank you, Jacob! For over 5 years, Jacob...

Apr 2, 2021

In-Person Classes

With our online classes coming to an end after August 31, 2022, ALL of our classes will be in person. For that reason, this page will no...