From Effortful to Effortless
When Meditation Really Begins
Wednesday, November 4
7:00pm – 9:00pm PST (Pacific Standard Time)
in-person and online
Local students are encouraged to attend in-person.
Program Category: Meditation
This is a hybrid event, and we are using the
Zoom video conferencing system
for online participants.
Please register below to receive your online access information.
By registering for this event, you understand that the
sessions may be recorded and published in the public
domain (such as YouTube), and consent to this process.
There is a particular relief that comes when the mind's relentless
activity begins to settle — when the ongoing commentary, the weight of
"me and my story," and the momentum of habitual reactivity quiet even
slightly.
One's first clear experience of that release — simple,
ordinary, unmistakable — is where practice really begins.
But release doesn't happen by accident. This evening focuses
on the practicalities: how to sit, how to work with a range
of topics and methods, and how to recognize and gently
dismantle the conditions that keep the mind
restless.
Central to this is learning to work through seeing
and knowing rather than effortful doing — a shift that
changes everything.
The teaching is suitable for practitioners at any level who
want a clearer understanding of how to navigate their own
minds, and thereby their lived experience.
It will also offer orientation within the immense diversity
of Tibetan Buddhist practices — how to understand what they
share, and how to adapt them to your needs as a meditator on
a path of liberation.
Venerable Losang Gendun has spent nearly
four decades in Buddhist practice, and has been living as
a fully ordained gelong in the Tibetan tradition for the
past twenty years.
His training spans ten years of monastic study across
France, India, Nepal, and Myanmar, and more than four
years in solitary retreat in the Tibetan Mahayana and the
Burmese Theravāda traditions.
For the past eighteen years he has taught Buddhist
philosophy, psychology, and meditation worldwide within
FPMT, serving the vision of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
In 2023, as a gesture of gratitude to his teachers, he
founded
The Buddha Project (TBP),
offering long-term guidance for serious meditators.
TBP webpages serve as the online learning platform for its
core programs, the
FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training
and the
FPMT Ngondro Lamrim Training.
Registration
Suggested amount: $50
Registration is required to receive your online access information.
All our Dharma teachings and events are offered on a
dana (generosity) basis
— in the spirit of giving freely, just
as the Buddha taught. This is a beautiful opportunity to support
the teachings and open your heart through generosity.
There is no charge to attend, and no one is turned away. While
teachings are free, your support helps keep the Center running
and makes these precious teachings available to others. We have
included suggested donation amounts to help guide your offering.
Ordained sangha are warmly welcome to attend free of charge.
If you are not able to donate at this time, please email
office@oceanofcompassion.org.
Thank you for joining in this shared act of support. We rejoice for you.