In-person and online.
Join us for a weekend exploring the Buddhist understanding of karma. Karma is often pictured as a system of reward and punishment. The Buddha presented it differently: “Intention, monks, is what I call karma.” In this view, intention is the natural law that shapes how we perceive, how we live and, in a sense, the worlds we inhabit. What we intend shapes what we experience. Whatever we experience, unless we examine it, becomes the ground for new intentions. The cycle feeds itself.
The Buddhist traditions describe this cycle in detail, from the early teaching on dependent origination to later Abhidharma and Mahāyāna analyses of how past actions leave imprints that color present perception. Seen this way, karma is less a ledger of debts than a habit of seeing. Like any habit, it can be noticed, understood and changed.
Over the weekend we will:
- look at the traditional philosophical understanding of karma and how it relates to perception
- learn to recognize karmic patterns in everyday experience
- use meditation to loosen these patterns and cultivate new ones skillfully
The weekend combines guided meditation, Dharma talks and plenty of time for questions and discussion. Newcomers and experienced practitioners are equally welcome.
Schedule:
Retreat day 1 on Saturday 28 November at 10:00 – 19:00, retreat day 2 on Sunday 29 November at 10:00 – 16:00.
All times are Helsinki / EET (UTC+2).
Where: In person at the Buddhist Center Sampo, Vetehisenkuja 3, 00530 Helsinki (close to Hakaniemi metro station) or online through Zoom.
Your teacher: Venerable Losang Gendun
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), to offer long-term guidance for serious meditators. TBP webpages serve as the online learning platform for the FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training and the FPMT Ngöndro Lamrim Training.
We are happy to receive Venerable Gendun to Helsinki twice a year. His teachings stem from a deep understanding of the Dharma and vast personal experience that ranges the full gamut of practices aimed at achieving enlightenment for the sake of sentient beings. He teaches with an engaging combination of relatable, informative stories, and profound insight flawlessly serving the students’ progress on the path.
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