Kelsang Gyatso

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Kelsang Gyatso is a Buddhist monk, meditation master, scholar, and author of 22 books based on the teachings of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is the founder and former spiritual director of the New Kadampa Tradition International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU), a Western Buddhist order based primarily on the teachings of the Gelugpa tradition, albeit not subordinate to Tibetan authorities other than Geshe Gyatso himself. The NKT-IKBU has grown to become a global Buddhist organisation that currently lists more than 200 centres and around 900 branch classes/study groups in 40 countries.