Introduction to Buddhist Meditation Retreat
Introduction to Buddhist Meditation Retreat
Highest Yoga Tantra Retreat: The Quick Path to Enlightenment
Friday-Saturday, August 14-15
with Gen Kelsang Norbu and Gen Kelsang Tabkay
at Kadampa Meditation Center North Carolina
Full Event: $ 50
Saturday ONLY: $40
Accommodations: $35 per night for men or women shared dorm
*HYT Empowerments are a prerequisite to participate in this retreat
Highest Yoga Tantra is a profound method for attaining enlightenment in this very life, based on the practices of Heruka and Vajrayogini.
Following the Summer Festival 2026, this weekend retreat, guided by Gen Kelsang Norbu and Gen Kelsang Tabkay, will be a special opportunity to deepen our understanding of these teachings and strengthen our experience of the Tantric path to enlightenment.
On this special retreat you will learn everything you need for a qualified Tantric practice, the supreme quick path to enlightenment, and in this way begin getting to know your pure self.
Gen Norbu and Gen Tabkay will teach and guide meditations on the condensed Vajrayogini self-generation sadhana, The Blissful Path. In addition, they will guide how to integrate Highest Yoga Tantra into the daily practice of Heart Jewel and how to easily and joyfully maintain the Highest Yoga Tantra commitments in daily life so that we can comfortably make progress on the quick path.
"The emptiness that is explained in Buddha’s Sutra teachings,
And the great bliss that is explained in Buddha’s Tantric teachings –
The union of these two is the very essence of Buddha’s eighty-four thousand teachings.
May the doctrine of Conqueror Losang Dragpa flourish for evermore." - Gungtang Rinpoche, Prayer for the Flourishing of the Doctrine of Je Tsongkhapa
*This retreat is for those who have previously received the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments of Heruka and Vajrayogini.
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Schedule
Friday, August 14
7-8:30pm - Teaching
Saturday, August 15
9:30-11am - Session 1
12-1:30pm - Session 2
3:30-5pm - Session 3
About the Teachers
Gen Norbu was ordained in 2006 by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, and was requested by him to be the Resident Teacher of KMC North Carolina. He earned the title “Gen” in 2012, indicating that he is a senior ordained teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition of modern Buddhism.
Gen Norbu is known for his loving and gentle nature and holds a very clear and sharp understanding of Buddha’s teachings. Through his teachings and his personal example, Gen Norbu shows us how to integrate Buddha's teachings into our daily life.
Gen Tabkay is the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Center South Carolina, and has been a practitioner of Kadampa Buddhism and student of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso for nearly 20 years. Ordained as a Buddhist monk in 2013, he has previously served as Resident Teacher of KMC Phoenix, and guided many retreats at International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon. He is known for giving accessible and practical teachings, dedicating himself to bringing peace into the hearts of others.