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
This five-day retreat will present the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training, to lay out a path of formal meditation practice, accompanied by guidelines for extending that practice into everyday life. These teachings are precious and unique in presenting the entire depth and breadth of the Buddha’s Mahayana teachings succinctly and practically. Mahayana mind training offers […]
An introduction to meditation and practical advice from some of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our age.
Adelaide, Sydney & Online
All are welcome. The practice of Loving Kindness is a guided contemplation based on the teaching of the Buddha. It is a method for awakening Love and Compassion within ourselves to enable us to be genuinely loving and compassionate to others. All are welcome and basic guidance is given. Pre-booking is not required. Enquiries: brisbane@rigpa.org.au
Bringing the Mind Home Take a deep dive into a rich variety of meditation techniques to transform your moods and emotions. And discover how the whole purpose of meditation is to transcend our ordinary mind, to discover our vast, wise and compassionate fundamental nature, which we have lost touch with. The highest goal of meditation […]
Fear and anxiety disempower us. In this session we’ll present a short teaching by Sogyal Rinpoche that will help us look into the underlying source of our fears so that we can find a firm basis for confidence and contentment. A session in the Meditation and Wisdom to Transform Every Day Life series. […]
The Tibetan Buddhist guidelines for living a compassionate life, summarized in the Seven Points of Mind Training, open the way for each of us to nurture our own good heart and offer a vital practical antidote to despair and despondency.
Online
Third Saturday of each month
Discover how to live with a lighter, kinder heart. Many of us carry beliefs that we’re unworthy of love or beyond forgiveness, leaving us trapped in guilt and self-blame. But punishing ourselves only deepens our suffering and prevents us from realizing our natural state. Through insight, compassion, and guided meditations, you’ll learn to soften your […]
Where can we find lasting happiness? Saturday 4 July | 9.30am – 12.00 noon These Saturday morning sessions offer an introduction to meditation and practical advice from some of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our age. Many of us experience dissatisfaction or feeling that something is missing in our lives, even when on the […]
Many of us experience dissatisfaction or feeling that something is missing in our lives, even when on the surface things seem quite good. This session presents teachings by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Sogyal Rinpoche that show us how turning our mind inwards, through reflection and meditation, offers us a path out of endless dissatisfaction to […]
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. And we’ll examine karma, which is often […]
Everything is workable Saturday 1 August | 9.30am – 12.00 noon These Saturday morning sessions offer an introduction to meditation and practical advice from some of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our age. The Buddha compared the universe to a vast interdependent net woven of a countless variety of brilliant jewels. Each […]
