Empty of self,
full of others

The FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training is a four-year program offering meditators long-term support to progress on their meditative practice and experience the nature of reality and bodhicitta

In-Depth Meditation

A comprehensive, four-year meditation training offering guided meditations, in-depth lectures, and practical tools for modern practitioners, emphasizing direct experience, personal transformation, and real-world applicability.

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Ngondro Lamrim

The training is designed to generate the motivation that supports the development of calm abiding, special insight, and 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.

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Retreats


Meditative practice deepens through continuity in daily life and is sustained through regular periods of dedicated retreat. Ven. Gendun currently offers five extended retreats per year — ranging from foundational vipaśyanā and lojong to kriya tantra, śamatha, mahāmudrā, and more — available both live and online through the respective centers.

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Events

Explore the upcoming events.
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31.05.2026

RET

From Lamp to Light: a Journey through Lamrim

Institut Vajrayogini, France

14.11.2026

City Weekend on Emptiness and Compassion

Maitreya Instituut Amsterdam, The Netherlands

30.11.2026

Mahāmudrā: Practicing Being a Buddha

Maitreya Instituut Loenen, NL

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