FPMT Ngöndro Lamrim Training
with Venerable Losang Gendun
Year One, Term 1: Weekly, Sep 14 – Nov 23
ONLINE (Teaching sessions are prerecorded.)
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FPMT Ngöndro Lamrim Training (NLRT): A Two-Year Journey in the Common and Uncommon Preliminary Practices
The FPMT Ngöndro Lamrim Training (NLRT) provides comprehensive practice instruction of the common and uncommon preliminary practices (NGÖNDRO). The training is designed to generate the motivation that supports the development of calm abiding, special insight, and other tools needed for tantra. By cultivating the inner qualities needed to ease unskillful patterns of mind that are the cause of hindrances on the path, it facilitates deep transformation.
Content
Over the first eleven months the common foundations, renunciation, bodhicitta, and the view of emptiness, are explored based on the Lamrim. For the remaining five months the focus is on the uncommon practices, Vajrasattva purification, mandala offerings, and guru yoga. Weekly sessions each introduce a new topic that examines different ways to meditate and why, in combination with a guided meditation.
Aims
The training helps establish a consistent daily meditative practice in supports of its overall aim: to engage in contemplative meditation in a way that genuinely transforms the mind’s outlook on the world and gives one’s life a new direction. Students gain a deep understanding of how to accumulate merit and purify unskillful karma while cultivating a healthy relationship with the Three Jewels and their teacher. The emphasis is on learning to meditate in a personally tailored way, in accordance with one’s psychological makeup and life conditions.
Format
The teaching sessions are prerecorded. Each week a 90 minute teaching together with a guided meditation are uploaded. On four other days, advanced students contribute additional guided meditations. The teacher, Venerable Gendun, offers regular online Q&A sessions. For those who have already studied the Lamrim or the FPMT Basic Program, the training also offers specialized opportunities to learn how to guide others in meditation.
Who is it for?
The training is designed for students with a solid grounding in the Lamrim or an equivalent Dharma background — particularly for those seeking structured support in their practice, for those preparing for śamatha, vipaśyanā, and especially tantra, or for those encountering challenges in their meditative practice. While not a prerequisite, the training forms an excellent preparation for the FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training.
Recording of Live Introduction on Sep 8
Important Note
After registering, the system automatically sends a confirmation email (if opted in) and/or a receipt email. Some email domains like Yahoo, AOL are rejecting the auto emails. If you don’t immediately receive the system email(s) or you have any other questions, please contact us at registration@shantidevanyc.org.
Registration
Suggested: $126 for Year 1 Term 1
Since NLRT is hosted in partnership with other FPMT centers, it is not included under Mandala membership.
Finances should never be a barrier to the Dharma. If the suggested donation is too high, any amount will be greatly appreciated. Ordained Sangha are invited to join for free. Please contact registration@shantidevanyc.org to coordinate.
The sessions are recorded by The Buddha Project. By registering for this event, you are agreeing to give your consent to this process. To protect your privacy, we recommend being conscious about any personal information you share during the sessions. To further enhance anonymity, you may want to consider turning off video or naming yourself using abbreviations.
Time zone: US Eastern Daylight Time (GMT/UTC-4)
For questions regarding registration, please email registration@shantidevanyc.org for assistance.
Additional Materials
Once you have an account, the materials and recordings can be found at: The Buddha Project
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.
