The Wisdom of Compassion: Inner Healing and Spiritual Strength | Melbourne, Sydney and Online

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

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 […]

Inspiring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind | Sydney and Online

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

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 […]

Our Inner Freedom – Looking Within | Melbourne, Sydney and Online

Rigpa Melbourne 803 Nicholson St, Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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 […]

How We Can Work with Anger

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

Harming others out of anger brings suffering, both to ourselves and others. Yet, so often, we don’t think of the consequences and instead find ourselves provoked and reacting impulsively, only to regret it later. On the other hand, if we just try to block or suppress anger when it arises, it is very difficult to […]

The Wisdom of Compassion: The Four Immeasurables

Rigpa Melbourne 803 Nicholson St, Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia +1 more

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 […]

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 […]

Sorting out what karma really is – a teaching by Philippe Cornu

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

We often have misleading ideas about what karma is. We confuse it with a destiny to which we are bound and cannot change. In fact, when we really understand what karma is, it gives us greater freedom and hope on our spiritual path.

Overcoming Fear and Anxiety

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

Fear is one of the strongest emotions we may face, and anxiety can be utterly paralysing. The Buddhist teachings illuminate the deepest source of our fears, and offer a rich array of tools to help us pacify and ultimately conquer those fears. Invoking protection from small heartedness, we can access the courage to heal ourselves, […]

Liberation: Is it possible in this life?

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

No matter who we are, we all share the same wish to be happy and free from suffering. But when we are immersed in the responsibilities of this life and in all our frenetic daily activity, it may seem impossible to achieve liberation, that is only for special beings. But nothing could be further from […]

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 […]