Meditate
The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover your true nature, and so find the stability and confidence you will need to live, and die, well. Meditation is the road to enlightenment.
Our 2024 Courses
Starting Out
Inspiring A Revolution in Your Heart and Mind
Inspiring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind
presents an experiential journey through The
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, its major
themes and their practical implications.
Suitable for people of any religion or none, the
course encourages you to experiment with
applying Buddhist teachings in your daily life.
A year-long course, in 5-week modules
Sydney and Online – Wednesday evenings
Melbourne – Monday evenings
Newcastle – Tuesday mornings
Adelaide – Tuesday evenings
For registration details check out our event listing below
Finding Peace and Joy in a Troubled World
These sessions offer an introduction to
meditation and practical advice from the
Tibetan Buddhist tradition to help us
heal and thrive as we face the everyday
challenges of anxiety, depression, anger,
physical pain, loneliness, and burnout.
A year-long course
Sydney and Online
Saturday afternoons,
First Saturday of each month
The Next Step: Compassion
The Wisdom of Compassion - Inner Healing and Spiritual Strength
The Wisdom of Compassion presents the
powerful Buddhist logic of compassion and
practical methods for developing a more kind
relationship with ourselves, those around us
and ultimately all beings. When we are filled
with love, we find the greatest inner healing,
tranquillity and well-being; we become more
fully ourselves.
A year-long course, in 5-week modules
Melbourne, Sydney and Online – Tuesday evenings
Cultivating Compassion: A Practical Guide to Being Kind
In a world full of turmoil, stress, anxiety
and disconnect, the Tibetan Buddhist
guidelines, for living a compassionate
life, summarized in the Seven Points of
Mind Training, open the way for each of
us to nurture our own good heart and
offer a vital practical antidote to despair
and despondency.
A year-long course, Online – Saturday mornings, third Saturday of each month
Please email sydney@rigpa.org.au if you would like to join
Continuing on the Path
Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment
The Buddhist teachings show us how to find a deep sense of fulfilment that does not depend on outer circumstances.
Through reflection and meditation, we find the inner strength to fearlessly engage with our lives. Then, all our experiences – happy or sad, good or bad – will become a source of spiritual awakening.
A year-long course
Please email newcastle@rigpa.org.au if you would like to join
What's On
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For Everyone
For Established Students
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Australian Tour January 2025
9 Jan Adelaide & Online
Navigating Life’s Journey
10 Jan Melbourne & Online
What is Karma Really?
18-26 Jan Daring Steps: The bold and gentle heart of compassion.
A retreat for everyone in Tuncurry, NSW
Contemplating Reality
A retreat with Andy Karr & Lynn Friedman
18-25 April 2025
Newtown, Sydney
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Our Purpose
Non-profit and volunteer-run, our purpose is to share the Buddha’s teachings that show how to transform our stressed, tired and confused minds into the effortless self-perfected state of our true nature. The path we offer embodies the authentic traditions of Tibet, in a way that is directly relevant to people in the modern world.
A Complete Path
The first words the Buddha said: Profound Peace, Natural Simplicity Uncompounded Luminosity.
Rigpa offers courses and events to help us face the challenges and big questions in life. We provide an in-depth, complete curriculum of study, reflection, practice and retreat. Our courses follow the graduated stages of the Buddhist path of awakening to take you on a journey from the simplest forms of meditation, through the vivid richness of the Tibetan Vajrayana practices to Dzogchen, the heart-essence of all spiritual paths and the summit of an individual’s spiritual evolution.
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is
a manual for life and death and a source of inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition. It provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation, to the awakened nature of mind, to karma and rebirth, to compassionate love and care for the dying, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path
Having sold more than 3 million copies and been translated into 34 languages, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying offers tried and tested practices to help us all overcome anxiety, depression and burnout in these busy modern times.
Rigpa – a safe place to study and practice dharma
In 2017 complaints were made by a number of Rigpa students against our founder, Sogyal Rinpoche. An independent report commissioned by Rigpa International revealed evidence of serious physical and sexual abuse. In response, Rigpa has recognised that some students were harmed, and that Rigpa, as an organisation, bears responsibility for failing to adequately support those students who were harmed.
Rigpa has apologised for its failures and has strengthened its governance, transparency, decision-making and financial practices. Further, Rigpa has used the rigorous investigation of its practices to deepen our understanding of the needs of western students who are studying and practising Buddhism.
Rigpa now:
Pledges to provide a safe environment for all students
Takes responsibility for healing past hurts
Maintains an open culture of listening and good communication
Continues to educate teachers and role holders to better protect and support students in their study and practice.
All of Rigpa Australia’s teachers and role holders are signatories to a code of conduct. Grievance processes are in place to address any future complaints. There are student advocates in each centre and students are encouraged to raise any concerns as they arise.
Acknowledgement of Country
Rigpa Australia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to the custodians and elders of this nation, and acknowledge their vast and wise cultural, spiritual and educational practices.