Ven. Losang Gendun
Teacher in Amsterdam
Venerable Losang Gendun has spent nearly four decades in Buddhist practice and has lived as a fully ordained Bhikshu in the Tibetan tradition for the past twenty years. Before taking robes, he worked across a wide range of fields — palliative care, technology, refugee organizations, and management — a breadth of human experience that continues to inform his teaching.
His formal training spans ten years of study in monasteries across France, India, Nepal, and Myanmar, complemented by more than four years in solitary retreat engaging deeply with Tibetan sutra and tantra, as well as the Burmese Theravāda Forest Tradition.
For the past eighteen years, Ven. Gendun has taught Buddhist philosophy, psychology, and meditation to students around the world. He serves the vision of H.H. the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche as a teacher within the FPMT (Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition), and is a member of Mind & Life Europe, a multidisciplinary initiative bringing together scientists and contemplative practitioners to investigate the nature of mind and experience.
In 2023, Ven. Gendun founded The Buddha Project — a long-term initiative offering sustained guidance for serious meditators, fostering dialogue between Buddhist traditions, supporting scientific research into contemplative practice, and exploring the intersection of Dharma and the arts. Its core program is the four-year FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training.
Photo credit: Jurjen Donkers
More information:
Q&A session about the In-Depth Meditation Training at Shantideva Center with Ven. Losang Gendun (60 minuten):
https://youtu.be/kf6DGLEJVQc
Q&A: Ven. Gendun - On meditation (8.30 mins):
https://vimeo.com/833050693/f5972126af?share=copy
Q&A: Ven. Gendun - Focus of IDMT (10 mins):
https://vimeo.com/833091941/98e95431ce?share=copy
Q&A: Ven. Gendun - Healing the ego before destroying it (14 mins):
https://vimeo.com/846994139/4256782d5d?share=copy
