The New Heart of Wisdom
Profound Teachings from Buddha’s Heart

Foundation Programme of Modern Kadampa Buddhism with Gen Kelsang Tonglam on Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche’s book “The New Heart of Wisdom”

About the Book:
This completely new presentation by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche offers truly liberating insights and advice for the contemporary reader. It reveals the direct and hidden meanings of the very heart of Buddha’s teachings – the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras in a way that we can apply them to our modern life.

Venerable Geshe Kelsang shows how all our problems and suffering come from our ignorance of the ultimate nature of things, and how we can abandon this ignorance and come to enjoy pure, lasting happiness through a special wisdom associated with compassion for all living beings.

Studying this extraordinary book in a systematic way on the Foundation Program will enable you to deepen your experience of Buddhism through weekly in-depth teachings, guided meditations and paired discussions. Through this, you will be inspired to live compassionately in the modern world and find lasting peace and happiness.

The Benefits of Foundation Programme
– A structured programme to help establish a regular meditation practice
– A deeper understanding of the meditations themselves
– The support of a spiritual community for your personal spiritual growth
– An opportunity to discuss and ask questions with experienced practitioners
– Gain the ability to integrate Buddha’s teachings into our daily lives and solve all our human problems

What Happens at a class
Each class begins with chanted prayers and a guided meditation, after which the Teacher reads an assigned selection from the book (usually 3-6 pages) while giving commentary to the text. The students then divide into pairs to discuss the material and help one another with memorisation of the essential points. The Teacher and students then conclude the class by deciding upon a practice to engage in during the coming week.

About the Foundation Programme
It is open to anyone who is currently living in Hong Kong and would like an opportunity to deepen their understanding and experience of Buddhism through a formal and systematic study. The classes are held once a week on Saturdays from 1pm to 5 pm with 30 minutes break in between.

Saturdays 1pm – 5pm
Course Fee: $400 per month
Starting on 22 August 2026
Trial of classes is available before enrolment
Please contact education@meditation.hk

All course fees are used to run and develop the Centre and spread Buddha’s precious teachings.