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 […]

Event Series 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 We Live is How We Die | Rigpa Sydney Book Group

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

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, […]

Cultivating Compassion: A Practical Guide to Being Kind | Online

Online via Zoom , Australia

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 […]

How to Awaken Love and Compassion

Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hybrid 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. […]

How Sad is Your Love

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

How does it change us to reflect on suffering and impermanence, and on the ways we create our own pain? The point is that it shows us that we can turn our life around by finding a new direction that is spiritual rather than mundane. And when we set out on the path in that […]

Inspring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind | The Spiritual Path

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

The first declaration that the Buddha made at the time of his enlightenment was: "Profound peace, free of complexity, natural simplicity, uncompounded luminosity." This module of Inspiring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind examines what enlightenment is and explores the practical training of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Path in terms of View, Meditation and […]

Bring a Big Heart to Everything that You Do

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

Much as we may wish to be kind, caring and loving, often this may be difficult for us in practice. As we move from wishing to be more compassionate to grappling with how we put this into action, the Buddhist teachings include six tools in a how-to guide: 1. Generosity: cultivating the attitude of generosity. 2. Discipline: refraining […]

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