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

14.11.2026

WE RETREAT

In-Depth Weekend: Emptiness and Compassion

Maitreya Instituut
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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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