Urban Retreat:
Awakening in the Modern World
with Venerable Losang Gendun
After the Buddha’s passing, subsequent generations of his followers gradually became more despondent about the possibility of becoming enlightened. Like most older generations, they thought that the world was becoming increasingly degenerate. Our times are no different. Great lay disciples of the Buddha, like Anathapindika, a billionaire in his time, offer us a different perspective: a caring motivation and our mind’s innate qualities of awakening can transform the challenges of our times into freedom of mind and boundlessness of heart.
Discover how we can flourish and persevere for the welfare of the web of life on which we depend. This weekend retreat of grounded vipassana (or, insight meditation) will explore the awakening factors, embedded in the caring and courageous attitude of the bodhisattva. Good food, excellent company, and plenty of space for Q&A are included. We will end the retreat with an opportunity to take or renew Refuge and Bodhisattva vows. To learn more about Refuge and Bodhisattva vows, please click here.
Additional Materials
Prayers for Bodhisattva Vow Ceremony (PDF)
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.
