• Loneliness: The Solution Within

    Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia +1 more

    All of us, at some stage of our life, experience loneliness one way or another. Loneliness does not discriminate, people across all genders and ages experience it — both wealthy and poor. So often in seeking for an answer to this we look for comfort outside of ourselves - we endlessly distract ourselves away from […]

  • Turning Suffering and Happiness into Enlightenment/Term 3/Online

    Online via Zoom , Australia

    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, join any time.
    Online, Friday mornings

  • Warm Heart, Wise Mind: A deep dive into our own compassionate nature

    Rigpa Brisbane Unit 2/19 Enoggera Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Our next course, titled Warm Heart, Wise Mind: A deep dive into our own compassionate nature, will start of Wednesday 5 June 2024. For more information, and to register for the course, please visit the event website.

    $110 – $200
  • Experiencing the Awakened Mind and Unconditional Love

    Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia +2 more

    We all have a limitless resource of love, compassion and wisdom within us. This five-week course presents : penetrating Buddhist analysis of the impermanence and interdependence of our lives, to give us a clear-eyed view of ourselves and the world around us a deep understanding that to act compassionately is to act in accord with […]

  • Following the Path with the Aid of a Spiritual Friend

    Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia +1 more

    The relationship between a student and a living teacher is an integral part of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. In this session we'll look at some important aspects of this element of the spiritual path.

  • Overcoming the Conceptual Mind through Meditation

    Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia +1 more

    When we meditate, calling upon three key principles of calm abiding (mindfulness, awareness and abiding spaciously) can transform our meditation practice to take us beyond being trapped in our ordinary conceptual mind, to a deep experience of what our mind is truly capable of. Applying mindfulness, awareness and abiding spaciously as we go about our […]

  • Free Your Mind with Love

    Free Your Mind with Love
    Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia +2 more

    The Buddhist practice of ‘equalizing self and others’ as expressed in giving with great love and taking with great compassion, known as tonglen, is one of the most useful and powerful of all Buddhist practices. Tonglen is a simple and straightforward practice, which is extremely effective at getting to the heart of our predicament: our excessively self-centred attitude. Tonglen […]

  • Finding Inner Peace and Contentment

    Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia +1 more

    Spend five days immersing yourself in the Tibetan Buddhist wisdom tradition. (If you can't attend for five days, a weekend-only option is available.) Join us in our Buddhist temple by the park to: 🌻 establish or deepen your daily meditation practice 🌻 learn how to work with distractions and obstacles that may arise during your […]

  • How to Awaken Love and Compassion

    Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Hybrid Event

    💖 When we believe that we don’t have enough love in us, there is a method for discovering and invoking it. Loving kindness is the first step we take away from selfishness and towards altruism, limitless compassion and our ultimate enlightenment. Through this practice, we learn to love ourselves, and create the basis for loving others. […]