Mindfulness Meditation
with Venerable Losang Gendun

At The Rubin Museum of Art

Thu Sep 19, 1–2pm EDT

IN-PERSON 

For centuries, Himalayan practitioners have harnessed meditation to quiet the mind, open the heart, calm the nervous system, and enhance focus. Mindfulness meditation provides a sanctuary from the world, allowing individuals to engage more consciously.

Catering to all levels, from beginners to experienced meditators, a 45-minute weekly in-person meditation program led by expert teachers is available. Each session is inspired by a different artwork from the Rubin Museum’s collection. The program, designed to fit into a lunch break, includes an opening talk, a 20-minute sitting meditation, and a closing discussion. Chairs are provided for participants’ comfort.

Sept 19th session will be led by Ven Losang Gendun.

Please review Rubin Museum of Art’s visitor guidelines, In The Museum.

Registration

Registration will be available by The Rubin Museum of Art after Aug 15.

Sponsorship

“According to the Tengyur, Buddha said:

For any sentient being, who during the period of my teachings

Makes charity well (even if the material is the size of hair), 

For 80,000 eons will experience the great result of great enjoyment;” 

– Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Due to Ven. Gendun’s extended stay, our costs for hosting will be higher than normal – anticipated to be around $5,000 for housing, transportation, and food (plus additional for teacher offerings). 

We welcome your support to enable these precious teachings to happen. Any amount is greatly appreciated and very karmically beneficial!  Here is a teaching by Lama Zopa Rinpoche about the immense benefits of offering to the Sangha.

You can sponsor using PayPal or any card by clicking the donate button or this link. Please remember to select “New York Visit 2024”.

Cook a Meal​

In observance of the Vinaya (the monastic code of discipline), Ven. Gendun generally does not prepare his own meals and welcomes food offerings.

If you are inspired to cook a meal for him, please contact cookameal@shantidevanyc.org to coordinate details. Otherwise, you can contribute to sponsorship, which will be a wonderful offering!

Dana for the Teacher

Shantideva Center makes offerings to our teachers and facilitators using the funds collected through registration. You can give additional support to the teacher or facilitator and create a stronger karmic connection by offering dana. Please make sure to select the teacher’s or facilitator’s name in the dropdown menu. Dana offered is passed entirely to them, but please note that it is not tax-deductible.

About the Teacher

Venerable Losang Gendun has practiced Buddhism for nearly four decades and has been a Bhikshu (Buddhist monk) in the Tibetan tradition for the past 18 years. Until his ordination he worked in diverse areas such as palliative care, tech, refugee organizations, and commercial management. He studied Buddhist philosophy and practice for 10 years in monasteries in France, India, Nepal and Myanmar, before spending over four years in retreat, training in Tibetan sutra and tantra, as well as in the Burmese Theravada Forest Tradition. For the past 15 years, Ven. Gendun has been teaching Buddhist philosophy, psychology, and meditation across the world. He is a member of Mind & Life Europe, a multidisciplinary laboratory of researchers and contemplative practitioners for investigating the nature of experience. He is the interreligious canon of the Peace Cathedral in Tbilisi Georgia and is at home in a Mevlavi Sufi Dergah in Istabul. In 2023 Ven. Gendun founded The Buddha Project for the long-term guidance of Buddhist meditators, scientific research, art projects and intercontemplative social engagement.