Qualified Kadampa Teacher
Kelsang Drubwang is an American Buddhist monk and close disciple of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
Classes are taught at Lamrim Kadampa Buddhist Center by ordained monks and nuns from the area or by students in the teacher training program, including Gen Kelsang Drubwang, ordained Resident Teacher at the Akanishta Buddhist Center in Madsison Wisconsin. He is a close disciple of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and has studied under him for many years. Drubwang has studied extensively at the main Kadampa Center in England and he has also taught in Boston at Khandarohi Buddhist Center and Vajrayana Buddhist Center of Chicago. Drubwang's warm and approachable manner shows the value of putting Buddha's teachings into practice. His style of teaching makes it easy for all levels of practitioners to integrate Buddhism into their daily lives so they can solve their problems and achieve a strong and stable experience of inner peace.
Joe Gauthier is a Buddhist teacher in the New Kadampa Tradition at Lamrim Kadampa Buddhist Center in Davenport, Iowa. Joe has studied and taught in several locations throughout the world, including Manjushri Centre in England and at Buddhist Centers in Taiwan, Holland and Madison, Wisconsin. Joe is known and loved by his students for his intense faith in the BuddhaDharma, his extensive knowledge of the teachings and his ability to put Dharma in the context of everyday life.