with Geshe Samten

### Classes will be streamed online via Zoom during lock down days.  Please check with the center before attending on site###

Tuesdays 7 pm

The “37 Practices of the Bodhisattva” describe practical ways to use adverse circumstances for Dharma practice and to transform the mind.

It is a powerful lojong (or ‘mind training’) text by the Tibetan monk and Bodhisattva Gyelsay Togmay Zangpo (1295-1369). In thirty seven verses, it gives instructions on how to follow the bodhisattva path to transform our minds from suffering to unshakable happiness through dedicating ourselves to working for the benefit of others.

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with Geshe Samten

### Classes will be streamed online via Zoom during lock down days.  Please check with the center before attending on site###

Tuesdays 7 pm

The “37 Practices of the Bodhisattva” describe practical ways to use adverse circumstances for Dharma practice and to transform the mind.

It is a powerful lojong (or ‘mind training’) text by the Tibetan monk and Bodhisattva Gyelsay Togmay Zangpo (1295-1369). In thirty seven verses, it gives instructions on how to follow the bodhisattva path to transform our minds from suffering to unshakable happiness through dedicating ourselves to working for the benefit of others.

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MC in collaboration with the Association of Engaged Buddhists
Presenters: David O’Rose & Tina Ng
Thurs 15, 22, 29 Jul | 7:30-9pm
At the Buddhist Library or via Zoom

So much of our life resolves around relationships, whether it’s relationship with others or with ourselves. When these relationships are challenging, stressful or difficult, it directly impacts on our wellness and happiness.

In this 3 week interactive course, David O’Rose &Tina Ng will engage participants to reflect on their own relationships and relationships generally, work through challenges and learn skills to create better relationships with others and with themselves.

15 July: Working through challenges in relationships

22 July: Healing family relationships

29 July: Befriending yourself

Zoom Login details: If you would like to join our session online, just click on this link to access the session (NB this is a unique link not our usual Metta Centre link): https://zoom.us/j/98510500274.#success | Zoom Meeting ID : 985 1050 0274 | Passcode: 645945

Create Better Relationships

The Buddhist Council of New South Wales offers courses, workshops and events to strengthen Buddhist practice and learning. We are an Approved Provider of Special Religious Education and also provide training in clinical pastoral education to prepare students for Buddhist chaplaincy work in hospitals and prisons.

If you have any questions, please contact office@localhost.

All three days of training are required for accreditation as a Buddhist Special Religious Education (SRE) teacher in NSW public schools. The training also incorporates ongoing skills development for current SRE teachers, necessary to maintain accreditation.

Find out more

MC in collaboration with the Association of Engaged Buddhists
Presenters: David O’Rose & Tina Ng
Thurs 15, 22, 29 Jul | 7:30-9pm
At the Buddhist Library or via Zoom

So much of our life resolves around relationships, whether it’s relationship with others or with ourselves. When these relationships are challenging, stressful or difficult, it directly impacts on our wellness and happiness.

In this 3 week interactive course, David O’Rose &Tina Ng will engage participants to reflect on their own relationships and relationships generally, work through challenges and learn skills to create better relationships with others and with themselves.

15 July: Working through challenges in relationships

22 July: Healing family relationships

29 July: Befriending yourself

Zoom Login details: If you would like to join our session online, just click on this link to access the session (NB this is a unique link not our usual Metta Centre link): https://zoom.us/j/98510500274.#success | Zoom Meeting ID : 985 1050 0274 | Passcode: 645945

Create Better Relationships

Through this series of Saturday afternoons, with Khenpo Tsering Tashi and some of Rigpa Australia’s most experienced practitioners, we will introduce key elements of the Ngöndro and offer guided practices to help you familiarise and deepen your understanding of this powerful foundational Vajrayana practice.
The first session is on Saturday 27th February 4:00pm to 9:00pm and you can attend in person in Newtown or attend online using your computer, laptop, smart phone or tablet.

27 Feb 4.00-9.00pm Overview
27 Mar 1.00-4.30pm Invoking the Lama
22 May 1.00-5.30pm The Four Thoughts
26 Jun 1.00-5.30pm Taking Refuge
24 July 1.00-5.30pm Bodhichitta
28 Aug 1.00-4.30pm Vajrasattva

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MC in collaboration with the Association of Engaged Buddhists
Presenters: David O’Rose & Tina Ng
Thurs 15, 22, 29 Jul | 7:30-9pm
At the Buddhist Library or via Zoom

So much of our life resolves around relationships, whether it’s relationship with others or with ourselves. When these relationships are challenging, stressful or difficult, it directly impacts on our wellness and happiness.

In this 3 week interactive course, David O’Rose &Tina Ng will engage participants to reflect on their own relationships and relationships generally, work through challenges and learn skills to create better relationships with others and with themselves.

15 July: Working through challenges in relationships

22 July: Healing family relationships

29 July: Befriending yourself

Zoom Login details: If you would like to join our session online, just click on this link to access the session (NB this is a unique link not our usual Metta Centre link): https://zoom.us/j/98510500274.#success | Zoom Meeting ID : 985 1050 0274 | Passcode: 645945

Create Better Relationships

The Buddhist Council of New South Wales offers courses, workshops and events to strengthen Buddhist practice and learning. We are an Approved Provider of Special Religious Education and also provide training in clinical pastoral education to prepare students for Buddhist chaplaincy work in hospitals and prisons.

If you have any questions, please contact office@buddhistcouncil.org.

The Introductory Unit of CPE is the stepping stone to working as a volunteer in Buddhist contemplative care. Presented under the auspices of the NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education, the course helps you deepen your awareness of the spiritual needs, hopes and resources of others while becoming more aware of your own values, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions. You will gain understanding of the role of pastoral/contemplative care and practical skills in listening and reflecting.

This is your invitation to apply for this course and is not a guarantee of acceptance.

Find out more

The Buddhist Council of New South Wales offers courses, workshops and events to strengthen Buddhist practice and learning. We are an Approved Provider of Special Religious Education and also provide training in clinical pastoral education to prepare students for Buddhist chaplaincy work in hospitals and prisons.

If you have any questions, please contact office@buddhistcouncil.org.

The Introductory Unit of CPE is the stepping stone to working as a volunteer in Buddhist contemplative care. Presented under the auspices of the NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education, the course helps you deepen your awareness of the spiritual needs, hopes and resources of others while becoming more aware of your own values, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions. You will gain understanding of the role of pastoral/contemplative care and practical skills in listening and reflecting.

This is your invitation to apply for this course and is not a guarantee of acceptance.

Find out more

The Buddhist Council of New South Wales offers courses, workshops and events to strengthen Buddhist practice and learning. We are an Approved Provider of Special Religious Education and also provide training in clinical pastoral education to prepare students for Buddhist chaplaincy work in hospitals and prisons.

If you have any questions, please contact office@buddhistcouncil.org.

The Introductory Unit of CPE is the stepping stone to working as a volunteer in Buddhist contemplative care. Presented under the auspices of the NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education, the course helps you deepen your awareness of the spiritual needs, hopes and resources of others while becoming more aware of your own values, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions. You will gain understanding of the role of pastoral/contemplative care and practical skills in listening and reflecting.

This is your invitation to apply for this course and is not a guarantee of acceptance.

Find out more

The Buddhist Council of New South Wales offers courses, workshops and events to strengthen Buddhist practice and learning. We are an Approved Provider of Special Religious Education and also provide training in clinical pastoral education to prepare students for Buddhist chaplaincy work in hospitals and prisons.

If you have any questions, please contact office@buddhistcouncil.org.

The Introductory Unit of CPE is the stepping stone to working as a volunteer in Buddhist contemplative care. Presented under the auspices of the NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education, the course helps you deepen your awareness of the spiritual needs, hopes and resources of others while becoming more aware of your own values, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions. You will gain understanding of the role of pastoral/contemplative care and practical skills in listening and reflecting.

This is your invitation to apply for this course and is not a guarantee of acceptance.

Find out more

The Buddhist Council of New South Wales offers courses, workshops and events to strengthen Buddhist practice and learning. We are an Approved Provider of Special Religious Education and also provide training in clinical pastoral education to prepare students for Buddhist chaplaincy work in hospitals and prisons.

If you have any questions, please contact office@buddhistcouncil.org.

The Introductory Unit of CPE is the stepping stone to working as a volunteer in Buddhist contemplative care. Presented under the auspices of the NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education, the course helps you deepen your awareness of the spiritual needs, hopes and resources of others while becoming more aware of your own values, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions. You will gain understanding of the role of pastoral/contemplative care and practical skills in listening and reflecting.

This is your invitation to apply for this course and is not a guarantee of acceptance.

Find out more

Presenters: Kerryn Coombs-Valeontis & Ling Halbert
Wed 1 Sep | 7-8:30pm
At Metta Centre or via Zoom
Cost: by donation

Previously, Metta Centre invited Virginia Field, co-author of Nature Heals, to present on nature-based therapies. This session we have the other co-author of Nature Heals, Kerryn Coombs-Valeontis, presenting on Eco-poetry therapy for anxious times.

Nature is her great inspiration and invitation to mindfulness and equanimity.  Ling Halbert will be facilitating the session to explore how Buddhism can be applied to sooth our inner angst in the face of uncertainty. Copies of Nature Heals will be available for purchase at the event, with part of the proceeds donated to the Metta Centre. To read more about the book: https://naturehealsbook.com

Login details: If you would like to join our session online, just click on this link to access the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506489824?pwd=cmpNQ1ljSmFVYURLWVN1dWllYUN1dz09

Meeting ID: 835 0648 9824| Passcode: 718905

Join Eco-poetry Therapy

The Buddhist Council of New South Wales offers courses, workshops and events to strengthen Buddhist practice and learning. We are an Approved Provider of Special Religious Education and also provide training in clinical pastoral education to prepare students for Buddhist chaplaincy work in hospitals and prisons.

If you have any questions, please contact office@localhost.

All three days of training are required for accreditation as a Buddhist Special Religious Education (SRE) teacher in NSW public schools. The training also incorporates ongoing skills development for current SRE teachers, necessary to maintain accreditation.

Find out more

Date: Sat 16 Oct 2021
Time: 12 noon – 4.30pm | Show: 1-3pm
Location: Bryan Brown Theatre, Bankstown
Costs: $15

The Metta Mitra Festival will be postponed to 16 Oct 2021 as a safety precaution to protect our volunteers and attendees noting the recent Covid cases in NSW. We thank you for your interest in this event and we apologise if this causes any inconvenience to you. We value your participation at this event and we hope that you can join us on the new date! If you have purchased a ticket already, we will issue you a refund shortly or please let us know if you are happy to transfer to the new date. Thank you.
Contact Us (mailto:mettamitrafestival@gmail.com)

The Metta Mitra Festival is a celebration of the diversity in cultures and practices in Buddhism. Join us for a day of festivities, talks, performances, meditation, stalls and meeting Buddhists of all traditions. All are welcome to join this event.

Doors open at 12 pm and showtime is from 1 to 3 pm.

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