Geneva International Buddhist Center is open to everyone interested in Buddhism. The regular programme consists of public lectures, guided meditations and explanations for newcomers. We are part of the Karma Kagyu lineage and our main teachers are lama Ole Nydahl and the 17th Karmapa Thinle Thaye Dorje.

Kursang Buddhist Monasery Nepal has been affiliated with Geneva International Buddhist Center Switzerland since 2009 A.D www.kursangbuddhist.org

Buddhism

The best explanation of the Buddha’s teachings we receive the Buddha himself. Sanskrit teachings are called Dharma in Tibet – Cho. Both they mean “as is”. So Buddhism can be seen as a set of tools that allow us to perceive things as they really are, now and now. In Buddhism there is no dogma, and there is nothing […]

Meditation

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of the oldest methods of meditation India. It was rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more than 2,500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal disease, that is, an art of living. This unsectarian technique aims total eradication of mental impurities […]

Tradition

Since the time of Buddha, Vipassana has been, to date, an uninterrupted chain of teachers. Although Indian by descent, the current teacher in this chain, Mr. SNGoenka, was born and raised in Burma (Myanmar). While living there, I was fortunate to learn Vipassana from his teacher Sayagyi U Ba Khin, who at the time was an important […]

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