This weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with guidelines for extending that practice into everyday life.
Explore the Buddhist reasoning for the acceptance of rebirth and reincarnation. We’ll use the Buddha’s Four Noble Truths as a framework to help us take stock of our lives, inspire a shift in the way we see ourselves and the way we relate to the world around us.
Negative emotions such as anger cause us and others so much unnecessary suffering. In this session, supported by teachings by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Sharon Salzberg, we’ll investigate how, through meditation and reflection on some simple open questions, we can ground ourselves in the face of negative emotions. A session in the Meditation and Wisdom to […]
An introduction to meditation and practical advice from some of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our age.
Adelaide, Sydney & Online
Thursday Drop-in Guided Meditation Sessions. 5:30pm to 6:00pm. Held at Rigpa Newcastle, 2/2 Smith Street, Charlestown. NSW. 2290. The first and basic practice of meditation is to allow the mind to settle into a state of ‘calm abiding’, where it will find peace and stability. Training in mindfulness and calm abiding (shamatha) meditation pacifies […]
The All-Encompassing Path to Enlightenment (AEPE) is the main study programme in Rigpa, for students of all levels: new, more advanced or in-between. This year, the AEPE will explore the main principles of the preliminary practices, called Ngöndro in Tibetan. Our most experienced Rigpa teachers will guide us through the key principles of the Ngöndro, […]
The Relevance of Buddhism to the Modern World What does a contemplative tradition of more than two thousand years have to offer a world of accelerating change, distraction and uncertainty? Join us for an evening in the company of two remarkable teachers. 🗓️ 22 October ⏰ 7.00-9.00pm 📍In person at Lower Town Hall, 483 George […]
This weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with guidelines for extending that practice into everyday life.
We are deeply honoured to announce that Kyabjé Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche will visit Sydney in October 2026 to offer a public talk with Matthieu Ricard, and confer a number of important reading transmissions, practical guidance, and teachings. Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche is one of the most highly revered masters in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and an important holder of its […]
Introducing the Tibetan Buddhist compassion practices centring on loving kindness.
Drop-in Guided Meditation Sessions, Tuesday, 12:30pm to 1:00pm.
Rigpa Newcastle
Wednesday Drop-in Guided Meditation Sessions. 1:15pm to 1:45pm. Held at Rigpa Newcastle, 2/2 Smith Street, Charlestown. NSW. 2290. The first and basic practice of meditation is to allow the mind to settle into a state of ‘calm abiding’, where it will find peace and stability. Training in mindfulness and calm abiding (shamatha) meditation pacifies […]
