Full Schedule of Teachings & Retreats
with Venerable Losang Gendun
New York, Sep-Oct, 2026
Join us for an enlightening month of teachings, meditations, retreats and the ongoing course FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training (IDMT) with Venerable Losang Gendun. Ven. Gendun has deep meditative experience, focuses on practical application, is a brilliant scholar, and understands the Western mind well. He has students around the world who come away with inspiration, confidence, and newfound insight. We’re fortunate to have him back in New York, for in-person and online teachings at Shantideva Center and other venues. Below is a complete list of his upcoming events. FPMT announcement: Ven. Losang Gendun’s Tour 2026
“Venerable Gendun is a treasure, uniquely blending deep meditative and scholastic mastery with profound compassion. He has a remarkable gift for translating complex spiritual insights into accessible, everyday language built for modern life.” -From Jennifer Kim, Director of Shantideva Center
Sponsorship
Due to Ven. Gendun’s extended stay, our costs for hosting will be substantially higher than normal – anticipated to be around $5,000 for flights, housing, transportation, food and other miscellaneous expenses. We welcome your support to enable these precious teachings to happen. Any amount is greatly appreciated and very karmically beneficial!
If you plan to attend in-person or via Zoom, please donate using the registration process (Register button).
If you just wish to help sponsor the teachings or make additional donations, you can do so via this link using any card, PayPal or Venmo. Please remember to select “Ven. Losang Gendun – New York Visit 2026”.
Please note that donation via this link is separate from and is not a registration. Please email us at registration@shantidevanyc.org if you need assistance.
Food Offerings
Schedule
Stories of Kindness: Jataka Tales and Q&A
At Shantideva Center, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Tuesdays & Thursdays, Sep 8-Oct 1, 3-5pm
Introduction to the FPMT Ngöndro Lamrim Training Course
At Shantideva Center, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Tue Sep 8, 7-9pm
Morning Express Meditations: Introductory Meditation on Emptiness
ONLINE
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sep 9-Oct 5, 7:30-8am
Introduction to Emptiness
At Tibet House US, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Co-hosted with Shantideva Center
Thu Sep 10, 6:30-8:30pm
FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training (IDMT) (part of an ongoing course)
IN-PERSON & ONLINE during Venerable’s visit:
Saturdays, Sep 12 at All Souls, Sep 19 at Tibet House US, Sep 26 at Shantideva Center & Oct 3 at All Souls. 9:30am-12pm EDT
Stillness Flowing: Emptiness in Tibetan Buddhism
At Shantideva Center, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Tuesdays & Thursdays, Sep 15-Oct 1, 7-9pm EDT
FPMT Ngöndro Lamrim Training: A Two-Year Journey in the Common and Uncommon Preliminary Practices
ONLINE
Year One, Term 1: Teaching sessions are prerecorded and released on Mondays, Sep 14 – Nov 23
Awakening the Heart Urban Retreat at Tibet House
At Tibet House US, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Co-hosted with Shantideva Center
Fri-Sun, Sep 18-20
Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony
At Shantideva Center, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Sat Sep 26, 2-6pm EDT
Sunday Worship Service *Topic: “Hermits In and For the World”
At All Souls, Sanctuary IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Sun Sep 27, 11:15am-12:15pm EDT
Sunday livestream can be accessed here.
*Discussion of the topic:
At All Souls, Reidy Friendship Hall IN-PERSON
Sun Sep 27, 1:30-3pm EDT
Retreat: Mahamudra Meditation
At All Souls, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Sat Oct 3, 2-6pm EDT
At Shantideva Center, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Sun Oct 4, 9:30am-6pm EDT
Guru Puja (Lama Chöpa) with Ven. Losang Gendun
At Shantideva Center, IN-PERSON & ONLINE
Mon Oct 5, 7-9pm
Teachings by Ven. Gendun: Selected Resources
Discover Mindfulness with a Master (VIDEO)
The Art of Letting the Mind Rest (VIDEO)
Ven. Losang Gendun: Insight Meditation in the Tibetan Tradition (VIDEO)
Cultivating Emptiness & the Luminous Nature of Mind in a Fragmented World (VIDEO)
Venerable Losang Gendun: Bridging Traditions, Building Communities (#199) from Wisdom Podcast (LISTEN)
Ven. Gendun: Buddhism & the practice of freedom (ARTICLE)
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.
Photos from past events at the center with Ven. Gendun
Prayers
Please access the prayers here.
