Gen-la Jampa

An excerpt from the Introduction to the Fall Festival 2025 with Gen-la Kelsang Jampa.

If we have strong uncontrolled desire we will never find happiness because we can never satisfy our desires. If instead we practice contentment and control our desires we will always be happy.

One of the special qualities of Kadampa teachings is that they show us how to transform daily appearances into spiritual lessons, so that even a normal busy day can help us make progress on the spiritual path.

Only as human beings do we have the opportunity to free ourselves from the darkness of ignorance and attain enlightenment this is a wonderful opportunity.

In this clip Gen-la Jampa encourages us to always remember to dedicate, explaining how to dedicate and the great results this will bring.

Gen-la Jampa teaches how to improve our mindfulness based on the advice of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. This advice is transformative because it shows us how to make our mind happy whatever we are doing.

Here Gen-la Jampa explains that realising the things we normally see do not exist, they are mistaken appearances, is the basis for any tantric self generation practice.

Discover a profound shift in perspective: how every living being, through their very existence, offers us the indispensable opportunity to cultivate universal compassion – the direct path to enlightenment and supreme happiness.

The best solution to our daily problems is to learn to cherish others. There is no valid reason for thinking we are more important than others, in this podcast Gen-la looks at why we have resistance to letting go of this view.

Whether an object is virtuous or non-virtuous depends on our position. This means that whether someone makes us happy or not depends on the position we take with respect to that person.

Gen-la Jampa gives advice to help us remember emptiness during the day, this is very important if we want to improve our Tantric practice out of meditation.

Through understanding that things exist through being imputed by mind we can understand how it is possible to transform ourself from the state of an ordinary being to that of a pure enlightened being.

Through receiving the wisdom blessings of the Dharma Protector we can transform appearances of adversity into realizations of renunciation, compassion and wisdom.

In the prayers 'Melodious Drum', the mandala of Dorje Shugden is described in detail. In this podcast we contemplate some of those details and their meaning.