Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso is the Spiritual Director of Avalokiteshvara Buddhist Center. He is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism.

Geshe Kelsang, was ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of eight and then spent almost forty years in concentrated study and meditation.

He has dedicated his entire life to teaching Buddhism and to providing conditions conducive for the study and practice of Buddhas teachings, with the sole aim of helping others discover a meaningful life and solve their problems.

He is the Founder and Spiritual Director of New Kadampa Tradition, International Kadampa Buddhist Union.

Geshe Kelsang has written twenty highly acclaimed books that reveal the complete path to enlightenment, trained hundreds of meditation teachers through the Teacher Training Program, and established more than 1000 meditation centers in over 40 countries.

A humble monk, he is made extraordinary by his selfless wish and tireless work for others to have everything they need to follow the spiritual path.

Through his instructions Geshe Kelsang shows how we can integrate Buddha's advice into our modern lives and find real, lasting peace and happiness.

The Heart Sutra is probably Buddha’s most well-known discourse; and yet it reveals an aspect of his teaching – ultimate truth emptiness – that is one of the most difficult to realize.

In this extraordinary book, Geshe Kelsang takes us line by line through the Sutra and explains its hidden meaning with remarkable clarity.

Sincere study of this book lays a firm foundation for meditation on ultimate truth emptiness, which leads to the complete eradication of the ignorance of self-grasping and the experience of permanent inner peace.

The book also includes a special practice based on the recitation of the Sutra for overcoming obstacles and hindrances.

“For the serious student of Buddhism, a better book would be hard to come across.” — THE MIDDLE WAY