Working with body and Mind Saturday 3 August | 9.30am – 12.00 noon How to Survive Your Mind - mindfulness, awareness and compassion practices for yourself in everyday life. A monthly program on the first Saturday of the month that introduces you to meditation and discusses a topic of general interest. This month’s topic is […]
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, […]
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 […]
Sunday 4 August, 9.30am - 1.00pm, The Way of Great Perfection, In Person & Online.
Module 5: Rebirth, Karma and This Life 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 […]
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.
These drop-in meditation sessions are a good opportunity to practice meditation in a supportive environment. All are welcome and basic guidance is given. Pre-booking is not required. Enquiries: brisbane@rigpa.org.au
In a world full of turmoil, stress, anxiety and disconnect, we are all looking for simple, practical ways in which we can nurture our own inner goodness and find the peace and courage to live well. Geshe Chekawa’s summation of the Tibetan Buddhist guidelines for living a compassionate life, known as the Seven Points of […]
As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a day, the end of a relationship, and ultimately the end of life. And accompanying each ending is a beginning, though it may be unclear what the beginning holds. In How We Live Is How We Die, […]
We will discuss Thomas K. Shor's book A Step Away from Paradise in the Book Group. This book tells the true story from a far-off corner of the Himalayas, long fabled in Tibetan tradition to be hiding among its peaks and glaciers a valley of immortality - a real-life Shangri-La. They had been waiting generations […]
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 […]
These drop-in meditation sessions are a good opportunity to practice meditation in a supportive environment. All are welcome and basic guidance is given. Pre-booking is not required. Enquiries: brisbane@rigpa.org.au
