Empty of self,
full of others
Join a community of communities of beings. The FPMT Trainings offer meditators long-term support. It guides them in practising meditation and experiencing the nature of reality and bodhicitta.
Events
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23.10.2026
RETREAT
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in the Mahāyāna
Vajrapani Institute
CA, USA
04.11.2026
TEACHING
From Effortful to Effortless: When Meditation Really Begins
Ocean of Compassion
Campbell, USA
06.11.2026
WE RETREAT
Clearing the Ground: Karma, Mind and the Art of Dying Well
Land of Medicine Buddha
CA, USA
14.11.2026
WE RETREAT
In-Depth Weekend: Emptiness and Compassion
Maitreya Instituut
Amsterdam, Netherlands
20.11.2026
TEACHING
Seeing Clearly: Practical Skills for Meditators
Yeshin Norbu
Stockholm, Sweden
21.11.2026
WE RETREAT
Weekend retreat: Finding the Jewel in Every Being
Yeshin Norbu
Stockholm, Sweden
28.11.2026
WE RETREAT
Break the chain: Exploring intention, karma and perception
Tara Liberation
Helsinki, Finland
30.11.2026
RETREAT
Mahāmudrā: Practicing Being a Buddha
Maitreya Instituut
Loenen, Netherlands
26.12.2026
RETREAT
Vipassana retreat: The Breath of the Path
Institut Vajrayogini
Marzens, France
23.10.2026
RETREAT
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness in the Mahāyāna
Vajrapani Institute
CA, USA
04.11.2026
TEACHING
From Effortful to Effortless: When Meditation Really Begins
Ocean of Compassion
Campbell, USA
06.11.2026
WE RETREAT
Clearing the Ground: Karma, Mind and the Art of Dying Well
Land of Medicine Buddha
CA, USA
14.11.2026
WE RETREAT
In-Depth Weekend: Emptiness and Compassion
Maitreya Instituut
Amsterdam, Netherlands
20.11.2026
TEACHING
Seeing Clearly: Practical Skills for Meditators
Yeshin Norbu
Stockholm, Sweden
21.11.2026
WE RETREAT
Weekend retreat: Finding the Jewel in Every Being
Yeshin Norbu
Stockholm, Sweden
28.11.2026
WE RETREAT
Break the chain: Exploring intention, karma and perception
Tara Liberation
Helsinki, Finland
30.11.2026
RETREAT
Mahāmudrā: Practicing Being a Buddha
Maitreya Instituut
Loenen, Netherlands
26.12.2026
RETREAT
Vipassana retreat: The Breath of the Path
Institut Vajrayogini
Marzens, France
In-Depth Meditation
This is an FPMT In-Depth Training, in which over four years the full range of traditional Buddhist methods is gradually introduced in ways suitable for a modern Western audience.
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Ngöndro Lamrim
This FPMT training generates the motivation that supports the development of calm abiding, special insight, and tantra. It cultivates the inner qualities that ease unskillful patterns of mind, clearing hindrances on the path and opening the way to 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 offers five yearly retreats, from foundational vipaśyanā and lojong to kriya tantra, śamatha, mahāmudrā.
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