In-Depth Meditation
Over four years the full range of traditional Buddhist methods is gradually introduced in ways suitable for a modern Western audience. While grounded in the theory and practice of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, aspects of the living tradition of Theravada practices form an integral part of the training. These traditional expositions are supplemented by modern explorations of topics such as the psychology of spiritual development, the arhat and bodhisattva ideals, the role of ritual, identity formation, metaphor in Yogacara, Buddhist epistemology, theory of narrative and so on.
IDMT
Year 1
IDMT
Foundation Vipassana
- Establish a stable daily meditation practice
- Develop calm and settle the mind through shamatha
- Investigate how the mind works—its patterns, obscurations, potential
- Cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity
Year 1
IDMT
Foundation Vipassana
- Establish a stable daily meditation practice
- Develop calm and settle the mind through shamatha
- Investigate how the mind works—its patterns, obscurations, potential
- Cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity
Year 1
IDMT
Foundation Vipassana
- Establish a stable daily meditation practice
- Develop calm and settle the mind through shamatha
- Investigate how the mind works—its patterns, obscurations, potential
- Cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity
Year 1
IDMT
Foundation Vipassana
- Establish a stable daily meditation practice
- Develop calm and settle the mind through shamatha
- Investigate how the mind works—its patterns, obscurations, potential
- Cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity
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What you will learn
- Foundational Vipassana (insight meditation)
- Yogacara (Mind-Only School)
- Madhyamaka (Middle Way – Consequence School)
- Tathagatagarbha (exploring our buddha nature)
- Mahamudra (investigating the ultimate nature of the mind)
- Kriya Tantra (transforming everyday experiences into opportunities for spiritual growth and realization).
An FPMT four-year meditation training
In-Depth Meditation Training (IDMT) offers meditators long-term support to help them progress in their meditative practice. It provides the opportunity to experience a genuine taste of the nature of reality and bodhicitta.
IDMT was developed by Venerable Losang Gendun in dialogue with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, inspired by Rinpoche’s teaching that the true fulfilment of our precious human life is to generate the awakened mind, bodhicitta, and that a practitioner needs deep meditative practice to accomplish this.
Based in the Lamrim and in the Gelug tenets, the training progresses from foundational shamatha and insight to mahamudra and kriya tantra.
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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