From Proliferation to Clarity:
Transforming the Conceptual Mind
with Venerable Losang Gendun
Join us for a rich and reflective Sunday morning and afternoon dedicated to exploring prapañca—the habitual proliferation of concepts that silently shapes our mental world. This process doesn’t just color what we see; it generates our very perceptions, interpretations, and emotional responses—often undermining our mental well-being with automatic, unexamined thought patterns.
Prapañca is the main engine of saṃsāra. But within its machinery lies the very key to transformation. While many seek relief in stillness, Je Tsongkhapa warns that mere quiescence is not enough. Instead, we must harness thought’s self-referential capacity to recognize, deconstruct, and reconstruct our conceptual frameworks—transforming poison into wisdom. Drawing on Tsongkhapa’s profound teachings and Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda’s seminal work Concept and Reality, we will explore how all Buddhist traditions grapple with this challenge. The day will offer a blend of teaching, guided meditation, reflection, and Q&A, creating space not only for intellectual clarity but also for personal insight.
Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or simply curious about how Buddhist thought meets modern concerns about mental health and perception, this day offers an opportunity to deepen your understanding and experience the liberating power of transforming conceptuality.
About the Teacher
Venerable Losang Gendun has spent nearly four decades in Buddhist practice, and has been living as a fully ordained gelong in the Tibetan tradition for the past twenty years. His training spans ten years of monastic study across France, India, Nepal, and Myanmar, and more than four years in solitary retreat in the Tibetan Mahayana and the Burmese Theravāda traditions.
For the past eighteen years he has taught Buddhist philosophy, psychology, and meditation worldwide within FPMT, serving the vision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. In 2023, as a gesture of gratitude to his teachers, he founded The Buddha Project (TBP), offering long-term guidance for serious meditators. TBP webpages serve as the online learning platform for its core programs, the FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training and the FPMT Ngondro Lamrim Training.
