Online and in person in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Newcastle We invite you to spend this Easter bringing your mind home in the supportive company of a community of meditators, to go deeply into the practice of shamatha (calm abiding or peacefully remaining) meditation. Spend four days letting your mind settle naturally and simply […]
Precious Guru is a feature length documentary movie that gives vivid insight into the life, times and legacy of Padmasambhava – the 8th century Indian yogi who carried Buddhism over the Himalayas into Tibet. Beneath the tales of his fabulous exploits lies a radically relevant truth – the darker the times, the greater the potential […]
10 Tuesday evenings 7 - 9pm, starting 25 April. In person at Rigpa Sydney, 158 Australia St Newtown and Online The Four Immeasurables are love, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity As well as developing an understanding of the Buddhist logic behind the cultivation of these immeasurable qualities, students will experience a rich set of meditation […]
We invite you to spend five days immersing yourself in the Tibetan Buddhist wisdom tradition. Join us in our temple by the park for a city, non-residential retreat, to: establish or deepen your daily meditation practice learn how to work with distractions and obstacles that may arise during your practice contemplate and meditate on the […]
Spend time with your best self on a journey from sadness and anger to peace and joy. The timeless wisdom and meditative insights of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition offer many practical methods to help us heal and thrive as we face the everyday challenges of anxiety, depression, anger, physical pain, loneliness, and burnout. This series […]
Sydney Book Group We warmly invite you to our monthly book group. We will be meeting on the third Tuesday of each month, 10.30am - 12.30pm, starting 15 August. Please join us upstairs at 158 Australia St, Newtown. This book group will be exploring end-of-life themes, as presented in Tibetan Buddhism. Our first book will be Facing Death […]
Meditation & Beyond - An Urban Weekend Meditation Retreat with Dr Ian Gawler Join Rigpa Teacher, Ian Gawler for two days of highly experiential teachings. Together, we will explore two wonderful approaches… The Unifying Practice and Open Awareness meditation. Whether you are new to meditation, or an old hand, this weekend will guide you […]
The Wisdom of Compassion presents key Buddhist teachings on the powerful logic of compassion and practical methods for developing a more kind relationship with ourselves, those around us and ultimately all beings. Our innate capacity for empathy is the source of the very best of human qualities: love, kindness, generosity, warm-heartedness, courage … compassion. Although […]
Join us as we take you an experiential journey through The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Discover a deep and universal wisdom explored in the major themes of the book, and learn about their practical implications for living well. Suitable for people of any religion or of none, this course encourages you to reflect […]
The Buddha’s life and teachings show that we all encounter change and loss. Our lives are changing all the time, often in small ways, but sometimes impermanence turns our whole world upside down. If we can take the message of impermanence and death to heart fully we can discover the deathless nature of mind that […]
The Four Immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—offer a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships to ourselves, and deepen our relationships to others. To spell it out more fully: Equanimity is the wish that beings may be free from the attitude of attachment […]
Join us as we take you an experiential journey through The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Discover a deep and universal wisdom explored in the major themes of the book, and learn about their practical implications for living well. Suitable for people of any religion or of none, this course encourages you to reflect […]
