Gelong Thubten
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author from the UK. He was educated at Oxford University, and then became an actor, in London and New York. He then ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in 1993 at Kagyu Samye Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Scotland.[1]
He has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years, and he has trained with several teachers. Thubten specialises in teaching mindfulness meditation internationally, in businesses, hospitals, schools, universities, prisons and addiction counselling centres. He works with major clients such as Google, LinkedIn, Lloyds Bank, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Siemens, Accenture, the NHS and Clifford Chance.
In his lectures, he speaks of his personal experience of coping with with severe anxiety and depression.
He is the author of two books:
- A Monk's Guide to Happiness.
- Handbook for Hard Times - A Monk's Guide to Fearless Living.
He also collaborated with Ash Ranpura and Ruby Wax on the book How to Be Human.
Videos
Search for videos:
- Search YouTube for: Gelong Thubten Buddhism
Selected videos:
- A Monk's Guide to Happiness - with Gelong Thubten
- Description: Gelong Thubten shares practical ideas from his best-selling book 'The Monk's Guide to Happiness' - to help us master our minds, develop compassion and find lasting fulfilment. This was recorded at an Action for Happiness event in London on 17 July 2019
Notes
- ↑ About Gelong Thubten, personal website
External links
- Gelong Thubten, personal website