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SUMMARY:Know your mind\, transform your life - module 2
DESCRIPTION:Know your mind\, transform your life – module 2 \nRigpa Brisbane is pleased to announce we are offering this new and exciting 8 week course starting Wednesday 5 August to 7 October 2026 (with course breaks on 12 August and 2 September). Plus practice based classes on Sunday 23 August and Sunday 20 September 2026. \nThe course is open for in-person attendance for all. Online attendance option is intended for participants residing outside Brisbane or if you’re unwell. \nFor more information and to register please click here. \nEnquiries: brisbane@rigpa.org.au
URL:https://rigpa.org.au/event/know-your-mind-transform-your-life-module-2/2026-08-26/
LOCATION:Rigpa Brisbane\, Unit 2/19 Enoggera Terrace\, Brisbane\, Queensland\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Brisbane Everyone,Featured Homepage,For Everyone,Online
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SUMMARY:Inspiring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind: The Spiritual Path
DESCRIPTION:The Spiritual Path \nThe first declaration that the Buddha made following his enlightenment was: “Profound peace\, free of complexity\, natural simplicity\, uncompounded luminosity.” This module examines what enlightenment is and explores the practical training of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Path in terms of View\, Meditation\, and Action. \nTo see directly the true ground of our being\, is the View;\nstabilizing that View and making it an unbroken experience is Meditation; and\nintegrating the View into our everything we do\, is what is meant by Action. \n📍 Online and Sydney\, 158 Australia St\, Newtown.\n🗓️ Wednesday evenings\, starting 2 September\n⏰ 6.30pm – 8.30pm (Australian Eastern Time) \n  \nA module of Inspiring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind \nThis course takes you on an experiential journey through The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying\, giving you a taste of its major themes and their practical implications. Suitable for people of any religion or of none\, the course encourages you to reflect on the Buddhist teachings\, to see what makes sense to you and to experiment with applying these teachings in your daily life. \nThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings. A manual for life and death and a source of sacred inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition\, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation\, to the nature of mind\, to karma and rebirth\, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path. The teachings\, meditation and contemplations from this authentic tradition reveal how each of us can live a more meaningful\, connected and fulfilling life. \nYou will learn: \n\nHow to meditate\nHow an acceptance of impermanence can help us understand death and change our attitude towards life\nHow meditation can transform our perception\, increase our confidence and fully connect us to the world around us\nThat mind is much more than just thoughts and emotions\nHow understanding the interdependency of all things and the principle of karma(that every action has an effect) gives us a logical basis for ethics and personal responsibility\n\nLed by Western meditation instructors with many years of experience\, each session consists of: \n\nVideo teachings from Tibetan and Western Buddhist masters including Sogyal Rinpoche\, Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche\, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche\, Mingyur Rinpoche\, Pema Chödrön and Sharon Salzberg.\nMeditation practice\nTime for contemplation\nGroup discussions and Q&A\, offering each student the opportunity to explore the teachings and practices in an open supportive environment and to connect with a community of practitioners.\n\nA year-long course that you can join at any time \n 
URL:https://rigpa.org.au/event/inspiring-a-revolution-in-your-heart-and-mind-the-spiritual-path/2026-09-02/
LOCATION:Rigpa Sydney\, 158 Australia St\, Newtown\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2042\, Australia
CATEGORIES:2026 - Starting Your Journey,Established Students,Featured Homepage,Featured Sydney,For Everyone,Online,Sydney - Everyone
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SUMMARY:Inspiring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind: Open Heart
DESCRIPTION:Introducing the Tibetan Buddhist compassion practices centring on loving kindness. Loving kindness meditation restores our confidence and heals unresolved emotional wounds. It also puts us in touch with the fundamental goodness of our core being\, unlocking a vast source of love and care for ourselves and others. \n📍 Online and Sydney\, 158 Australia St\, Newtown.\n🗓️ Wednesday evenings\, starting 14 October\n⏰ 6.30pm – 8.30pm (Australian Eastern Time) \n  \nA module of Inspiring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind \nThis course takes you on an experiential journey through The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying\, giving you a taste of its major themes and their practical implications. Suitable for people of any religion or of none\, the course encourages you to reflect on the Buddhist teachings\, to see what makes sense to you and to experiment with applying these teachings in your daily life. \nThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings. A manual for life and death and a source of sacred inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition\, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring introduction to the practice of meditation\, to the nature of mind\, to karma and rebirth\, and to the trials and rewards of the spiritual path. The teachings\, meditation and contemplations from this authentic tradition reveal how each of us can live a more meaningful\, connected and fulfilling life. \nYou will learn: \n\nHow to meditate\nHow an acceptance of impermanence can help us understand death and change our attitude towards life\nHow meditation can transform our perception\, increase our confidence and fully connect us to the world around us\nThat mind is much more than just thoughts and emotions\nHow understanding the interdependency of all things and the principle of karma(that every action has an effect) gives us a logical basis for ethics and personal responsibility\n\nLed by Western meditation instructors with many years of experience\, each session consists of: \n\nVideo teachings from Tibetan and Western Buddhist masters including Sogyal Rinpoche\, Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche\, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche\, Mingyur Rinpoche\, Pema Chödrön and Sharon Salzberg.\nMeditation practice\nTime for contemplation\nGroup discussions and Q&A\, offering each student the opportunity to explore the teachings and practices in an open supportive environment and to connect with a community of practitioners.\n\nA year-long course that you can join at any time
URL:https://rigpa.org.au/event/inspiring-a-revolution-in-your-heart-and-mind-open-heart-2/2026-10-14/
LOCATION:Rigpa Sydney\, 158 Australia St\, Newtown\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2042\, Australia
CATEGORIES:2026 - Starting Your Journey,Featured Homepage,Featured Sydney,For Everyone,Online,Sydney - Established,Sydney - Everyone
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SUMMARY:Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche | Teachings\, Empowerments and Transmissions
DESCRIPTION:Save the Dates: Bookings will open in September \nWhile the final programme is still being confirmed\, Rinpoche has agreed to give the following empowerments (wang): \n—Rongzom Kilaya – The Uncommon Vajrakīlaya lineage of Rongzom Paṇḍita stands among the most precious and extraordinary transmissions preserved within the Nyingma tradition and is important for the Yeshi Khorlo sangha. Learn more here. \n—Yang Nying Pudri – Razor of the Innermost Essence is a Vajrakilaya terma cycle revealed by Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa. It serves as one of the two yidam practices for the Rigpa sangha and forms part of their foundational Three Roots practices. It allows students to practise the brief sadhanas of Vajrakilaya. Learn more here. \n—The 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities (Zhitro) of Chokgyur Lingpa – the Zhitro practice from the terma (treasure) cycle of the master Chokgyur Lingpa comprises the complete mandala empowerment of the 42 peaceful deities and 58 wrathful deities; it is a practice within the terma tradition and serves as an empowerment of the Guhyagarbha (Secret Essence) mandala. When teaching the Guhyagarbha Tantra\, His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche required the qualification of the kama (oral transmission) empowerment of the Nyingma Guhyagarbha peaceful and wrathful deities. However\, His Holiness granted permission that the Zhitro empowerment from the Chokgyur Lingpa terma could serve as a substitute for the kamaempowerment of the Guhyagarbha peaceful and wrathful deities.྄ \nReceiving this empowerment also qualifies students to study Chapter 10 of the Yönten Dzö (The Treasury of Precious Qualities)\, the famous treatise by Jikmé Lingpa\, in which he expounds the entire Buddhist path from the shravaka yana teachings up to the Great Perfection. \n—Tiglé Gyachen\, the profound innermost secret guru yoga practice of the Longchen Nyingtik tradition. \n  \nRinpoche will also grant the reading transmissions (lung) for the practices associated with all of these empowerments\, as well as the lungs for:\n—Zurchungpa’s Eighty Chapters of Personal Advice\, the final testament of the great Nyingma master Zurchung Sherab Trakpa\n—Shechen Gyaltsab’s Commentary on this text.\n(Zurchungpa’s Testament\, along with Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s commentary\, is available in English – available through Shambala/Snow-Lion) \nMatthieu Ricard\, who served as Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s translator for more than twenty years will translate for Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche during the empowerments. \n  \n🗓️ 23 – 25 October\n⏰ 8.30-5.00pm each day\n📍Lower Town Hall\, 483 George Street\, Sydney \n  \nEligibility: Those wishing to receive the empowerments and transmissions must meet the following conditions\, set by Rinpoche: \n\nHave taken refuge in the Three Jewels\nHave genuine faith and confidence in the Vajrayana teachings and in the Guru\nHave completed 100\,000 recitations of the Vajrasattva short mantra or 10\,000 recitations of the Hundred-Syllable Mantra. In recognition of the sincere aspiration of practitioners in this age\, and with great compassion for those earnestly seeking the Dharma\, Rinpoche has graciously agreed that those who are unable to complete the prerequisite before the empowerment may attend by making a heartfelt commitment to fulfil it afterwards.
URL:https://rigpa.org.au/event/shechen-rabjam-rinpoche-teachings-empowerments-and-transmissions/2026-10-23/
LOCATION:Lower Sydney Town Hall\, 483 George Street\, Sydney\, NSW\, 2000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Featured Homepage,Featured Sydney,For Everyone,Sydney - Established,Sydney - Everyone
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