Gelong Thubten
Teacher
Gelong Thubten is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author from the UK. He became a monk over 30 years ago and has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years long.
He is now regarded as one of the UK’s most influential meditation teachers, with pioneering work teaching at universities, schools, major global companies such as Google and Deloitte, hospitals, prisons and rehab centres. He has lectured at Oxford University and for the United Nations, and he provides courses to medical students, doctors and nurses.
He trained Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in meditation on the set of the Marvel movie ‘Dr. Strange’ and he collaborated with Ruby Wax and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on the book ‘How to be Human’.
Thubten is the author of the Sunday Times Best Seller’s ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’ and his new book ‘Handbook for Hard Times’.