In-Depth Meditation Training with Ven. Losang Gendun

Frequency & Location: weekly, online (from Oct also onsite)

Content: In a world that often dismisses its significance, the mind remains mysteriously at the heart of what we call life. The Buddhist Yogācāra school focusses on the mind as ‘forerunner of all things’, the creator of our experience, and the storyteller that narrates our existence. Yogācāra’s analysis of how the mind constructs our reality, can help us relieve the constraints of the ego, habitual patterns and reactive emotions, to experience greater ease, possibility, and freedom in every moment.

We will emphasize the lived experience of meditation, both on and off the cushion. We will begin by training in the successive stages of shamatha, followed by a deeper journey into insight meditation.

We will also explore how concepts can blind and alienate us by adding an imaginary layer to our interdependent world. Using spiritual developmental models such as the 37 Factors of Awakening and the 10 Perfections, we will learn how to live more freely in daily life. We will also explore the role of narratives, the philosophy of language, and how to cultivate great compassion for all living beings to help heal our conflicted world.

More information: www.maitreya.nl and www.thebuddhaproject.org