Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

The class will include:

Chanting / Buddhist Meditation / Discussion & Sharing

All are welcome.

Around the world, Sunday is a day for rest and wellness, and is often the best opportunity in our busy week to release stress and tension. Doing this helps us take care of our physical and mental wellbeing.

Nan Tien Temple understands that meditation is one of the most effective practices for reducing stress and anxiety, and for inviting in calm and peace to your body and mind. Here are just some of the amazing benefits of meditation:

• Less stress and more peace of mind
• Less headaches and tension
• Better sleep
• Better focus
• Feeling more connected
• More presence in daily life
• More creativity, and much more

Temple believes everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy these benefits of regular meditation, regardless of location as well as the challenging circumstances currently facing our society with the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, a free weekly online meditation class has been introduced! Every Sunday 3-4PM a Zoom link is made available through which attendees will be guided by the Venerable through a traditional Temple chanting procession, guided meditation, and dharma discussion.

For those who wish to attend Temple but are unable to, the technology is used to bring Temple to you. As the class begins with the chanting procession, Zoom screen share is used to display the 5 Buddha from the main shrine, along with audio from the typical chanting procession performed here, to recreate the experience for you regardless of where you may be spending your Sunday.

Humbly take refuge in the Triple Gem, the Heart Sutra, and perform a Transfer of the Merits, before beginning a journey of total peace and calm through the guided meditation. Perfect for a Sunday of wellness, explore how to mindfully release tension from your body and mind, as you cultivate presence awareness and connect with your inner self.

Following the meditation, enjoy an opportunity to learn about Dharma perspectives on a chosen topic each week. For example, what does Buddhism have to say about the nature of true happiness? Attendees are invited to ask any questions they may have and share any ideas.

A relaxing retreat from the world delivered straight to your own device. Build skills to connect with and bring calm to your inner self, and learning about new ideals. Say, does it sound like an ideal Sunday? We humbly invite all regardless of background and experience to join us next Sunday.

>> Click for registration <<<

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Tuesday Lama Tsongkhapa and 35 Buddha Confession Practice: Every Tuesday : 7pm

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Led by Eric Brocken, Ling Halbert and Tom Halbert
Wed 14 Jul to 11 Aug | 7-8:30pm
Via Zoom
Cost: by donation

Using our Garden to cultivate our 5 gems for Heart-Health-Wealth-Mind-Spiritual

There are many benefits in incorporating gardening in your spiritual practice. It allows us an opportunity to reflect on the Buddha’s teachings, grow our happiness, peace of mind, relieves stress, develop our presence, take care of our planet and our health, builds community and becomes a place for our spiritual growth.

Metta Centre has invited the team from Small Seeds Big Feeds to present this workshop. The presenters will be presenting five topics or ‘Gems’ as they call them: soil, seeds, growing, animals and harvest. Moreover, the presenters will explore the Small Seeds Big Feeds approach of the five Sets that increases our well-being as a whole: mindset, heart-set, health-set, wealth-set and spirit-set

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

Grow in the garden

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

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

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

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Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

The class will include:

Chanting / Buddhist Meditation / Discussion & Sharing

All are welcome.

Around the world, Sunday is a day for rest and wellness, and is often the best opportunity in our busy week to release stress and tension. Doing this helps us take care of our physical and mental wellbeing.

Nan Tien Temple understands that meditation is one of the most effective practices for reducing stress and anxiety, and for inviting in calm and peace to your body and mind. Here are just some of the amazing benefits of meditation:

• Less stress and more peace of mind
• Less headaches and tension
• Better sleep
• Better focus
• Feeling more connected
• More presence in daily life
• More creativity, and much more

Temple believes everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy these benefits of regular meditation, regardless of location as well as the challenging circumstances currently facing our society with the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, a free weekly online meditation class has been introduced! Every Sunday 3-4PM a Zoom link is made available through which attendees will be guided by the Venerable through a traditional Temple chanting procession, guided meditation, and dharma discussion.

For those who wish to attend Temple but are unable to, the technology is used to bring Temple to you. As the class begins with the chanting procession, Zoom screen share is used to display the 5 Buddha from the main shrine, along with audio from the typical chanting procession performed here, to recreate the experience for you regardless of where you may be spending your Sunday.

Humbly take refuge in the Triple Gem, the Heart Sutra, and perform a Transfer of the Merits, before beginning a journey of total peace and calm through the guided meditation. Perfect for a Sunday of wellness, explore how to mindfully release tension from your body and mind, as you cultivate presence awareness and connect with your inner self.

Following the meditation, enjoy an opportunity to learn about Dharma perspectives on a chosen topic each week. For example, what does Buddhism have to say about the nature of true happiness? Attendees are invited to ask any questions they may have and share any ideas.

A relaxing retreat from the world delivered straight to your own device. Build skills to connect with and bring calm to your inner self, and learning about new ideals. Say, does it sound like an ideal Sunday? We humbly invite all regardless of background and experience to join us next Sunday.

>> Click for registration <<<

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Tuesday Lama Tsongkhapa and 35 Buddha Confession Practice: Every Tuesday : 7pm

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Led by Eric Brocken, Ling Halbert and Tom Halbert
Wed 14 Jul to 11 Aug | 7-8:30pm
Via Zoom
Cost: by donation

Using our Garden to cultivate our 5 gems for Heart-Health-Wealth-Mind-Spiritual

There are many benefits in incorporating gardening in your spiritual practice. It allows us an opportunity to reflect on the Buddha’s teachings, grow our happiness, peace of mind, relieves stress, develop our presence, take care of our planet and our health, builds community and becomes a place for our spiritual growth.

Metta Centre has invited the team from Small Seeds Big Feeds to present this workshop. The presenters will be presenting five topics or ‘Gems’ as they call them: soil, seeds, growing, animals and harvest. Moreover, the presenters will explore the Small Seeds Big Feeds approach of the five Sets that increases our well-being as a whole: mindset, heart-set, health-set, wealth-set and spirit-set

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

Grow in the garden

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
8.00am – 8.20am AEST Guided Calm Abiding Meditation

(12 midnight Central European Time, 6.00pm Eastern USA, 3.00pm Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

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

Due to the extension of COVID lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, Rigpa Sydney is also extending its live-streamed guided meditation sessions.

Now available until 13 August.

Each day:
5.30pm – 5.50pm AEST Guided Compassion Practice

(9.30am Central European Time, 3.30am Eastern USA, 12.30am Pacific USA)

These will be available every day for the duration of our lockdown, currently scheduled to end on 31 July.

We warmly invite you to join these wherever you may be.
No previous meditation experience is required.
Please tell your friends, family and colleagues if you think they may be interested.

For those who have already joined this program, your registration will automatically be extended through to the end date.

We are offering these sessions on an optional by-donation basis. You can offer as little or as much as you feel is appropriate. You can make your donation via the Rigpa Sydney webpage.

Register Now to receive links to our Zoom sessions.

The class will include:

Chanting / Buddhist Meditation / Discussion & Sharing

All are welcome.

Around the world, Sunday is a day for rest and wellness, and is often the best opportunity in our busy week to release stress and tension. Doing this helps us take care of our physical and mental wellbeing.

Nan Tien Temple understands that meditation is one of the most effective practices for reducing stress and anxiety, and for inviting in calm and peace to your body and mind. Here are just some of the amazing benefits of meditation:

• Less stress and more peace of mind
• Less headaches and tension
• Better sleep
• Better focus
• Feeling more connected
• More presence in daily life
• More creativity, and much more

Temple believes everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy these benefits of regular meditation, regardless of location as well as the challenging circumstances currently facing our society with the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, a free weekly online meditation class has been introduced! Every Sunday 3-4PM a Zoom link is made available through which attendees will be guided by the Venerable through a traditional Temple chanting procession, guided meditation, and dharma discussion.

For those who wish to attend Temple but are unable to, the technology is used to bring Temple to you. As the class begins with the chanting procession, Zoom screen share is used to display the 5 Buddha from the main shrine, along with audio from the typical chanting procession performed here, to recreate the experience for you regardless of where you may be spending your Sunday.

Humbly take refuge in the Triple Gem, the Heart Sutra, and perform a Transfer of the Merits, before beginning a journey of total peace and calm through the guided meditation. Perfect for a Sunday of wellness, explore how to mindfully release tension from your body and mind, as you cultivate presence awareness and connect with your inner self.

Following the meditation, enjoy an opportunity to learn about Dharma perspectives on a chosen topic each week. For example, what does Buddhism have to say about the nature of true happiness? Attendees are invited to ask any questions they may have and share any ideas.

A relaxing retreat from the world delivered straight to your own device. Build skills to connect with and bring calm to your inner self, and learning about new ideals. Say, does it sound like an ideal Sunday? We humbly invite all regardless of background and experience to join us next Sunday.

>> Click for registration <<<

Tuesday Lama Tsongkhapa and 35 Buddha Confession Practice: Every Tuesday : 7pm

Date: third Thursday of the month between June and October 2021
Time: 4.00pm to 5.30pm AEST (except the October webinar at 4pm-5.30pm AEDT)
Format: Online Zoom meeting (45 min presentation + 45 min Q&A)

Register for the first seminar here

Program:
17 June 2021
Buddhism in the Far North of Australia pre-WWII: (In)visibility, colonialism and lived religion
Anna Halafoff, Kim Lam, Enqi Weng, Sue Smith

15 July 2021
Flows of Innovation in Fo Guang Shan Oceania: transregional dynamics behind the Buddha’s Birthday Festival
Juewei Shi, Sioh Yang Tan

19 August 2021
Buddhism in Hawai’i: Stories of Spiritual and Cultural Resilience
Karma Lekshe Tsomo (University of San Diego)

16 September 2021
Casting Indra’s Net across the Pacific: Robert Aitken and the Growth of the Diamond Sangha as a Trans-Pacific Zen Movement
Helen Baroni

21 October 2021
Social and Cultural Forms of Buddhism in Aotearoa
Sally McAra, Mark Mullins

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

Every 15th of the Tibetan Lunar Calendar Sat Jul 24 (2pm) , Sun Aug 22 (2pm), Mon Sep 20(7pm)

The class will include:

Chanting / Buddhist Meditation / Discussion & Sharing

All are welcome.

Around the world, Sunday is a day for rest and wellness, and is often the best opportunity in our busy week to release stress and tension. Doing this helps us take care of our physical and mental wellbeing.

Nan Tien Temple understands that meditation is one of the most effective practices for reducing stress and anxiety, and for inviting in calm and peace to your body and mind. Here are just some of the amazing benefits of meditation:

• Less stress and more peace of mind
• Less headaches and tension
• Better sleep
• Better focus
• Feeling more connected
• More presence in daily life
• More creativity, and much more

Temple believes everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy these benefits of regular meditation, regardless of location as well as the challenging circumstances currently facing our society with the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, a free weekly online meditation class has been introduced! Every Sunday 3-4PM a Zoom link is made available through which attendees will be guided by the Venerable through a traditional Temple chanting procession, guided meditation, and dharma discussion.

For those who wish to attend Temple but are unable to, the technology is used to bring Temple to you. As the class begins with the chanting procession, Zoom screen share is used to display the 5 Buddha from the main shrine, along with audio from the typical chanting procession performed here, to recreate the experience for you regardless of where you may be spending your Sunday.

Humbly take refuge in the Triple Gem, the Heart Sutra, and perform a Transfer of the Merits, before beginning a journey of total peace and calm through the guided meditation. Perfect for a Sunday of wellness, explore how to mindfully release tension from your body and mind, as you cultivate presence awareness and connect with your inner self.

Following the meditation, enjoy an opportunity to learn about Dharma perspectives on a chosen topic each week. For example, what does Buddhism have to say about the nature of true happiness? Attendees are invited to ask any questions they may have and share any ideas.

A relaxing retreat from the world delivered straight to your own device. Build skills to connect with and bring calm to your inner self, and learning about new ideals. Say, does it sound like an ideal Sunday? We humbly invite all regardless of background and experience to join us next Sunday.

>> Click for registration <<<

Tuesday Lama Tsongkhapa and 35 Buddha Confession Practice: Every Tuesday : 7pm

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 class will include:

Chanting / Buddhist Meditation / Discussion & Sharing

All are welcome.

Around the world, Sunday is a day for rest and wellness, and is often the best opportunity in our busy week to release stress and tension. Doing this helps us take care of our physical and mental wellbeing.

Nan Tien Temple understands that meditation is one of the most effective practices for reducing stress and anxiety, and for inviting in calm and peace to your body and mind. Here are just some of the amazing benefits of meditation:

• Less stress and more peace of mind
• Less headaches and tension
• Better sleep
• Better focus
• Feeling more connected
• More presence in daily life
• More creativity, and much more

Temple believes everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy these benefits of regular meditation, regardless of location as well as the challenging circumstances currently facing our society with the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, a free weekly online meditation class has been introduced! Every Sunday 3-4PM a Zoom link is made available through which attendees will be guided by the Venerable through a traditional Temple chanting procession, guided meditation, and dharma discussion.

For those who wish to attend Temple but are unable to, the technology is used to bring Temple to you. As the class begins with the chanting procession, Zoom screen share is used to display the 5 Buddha from the main shrine, along with audio from the typical chanting procession performed here, to recreate the experience for you regardless of where you may be spending your Sunday.

Humbly take refuge in the Triple Gem, the Heart Sutra, and perform a Transfer of the Merits, before beginning a journey of total peace and calm through the guided meditation. Perfect for a Sunday of wellness, explore how to mindfully release tension from your body and mind, as you cultivate presence awareness and connect with your inner self.

Following the meditation, enjoy an opportunity to learn about Dharma perspectives on a chosen topic each week. For example, what does Buddhism have to say about the nature of true happiness? Attendees are invited to ask any questions they may have and share any ideas.

A relaxing retreat from the world delivered straight to your own device. Build skills to connect with and bring calm to your inner self, and learning about new ideals. Say, does it sound like an ideal Sunday? We humbly invite all regardless of background and experience to join us next Sunday.

>> Click for registration <<<

Tuesday Lama Tsongkhapa and 35 Buddha Confession Practice: Every Tuesday : 7pm

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 class will include:

Chanting / Buddhist Meditation / Discussion & Sharing

All are welcome.

Around the world, Sunday is a day for rest and wellness, and is often the best opportunity in our busy week to release stress and tension. Doing this helps us take care of our physical and mental wellbeing.

Nan Tien Temple understands that meditation is one of the most effective practices for reducing stress and anxiety, and for inviting in calm and peace to your body and mind. Here are just some of the amazing benefits of meditation:

• Less stress and more peace of mind
• Less headaches and tension
• Better sleep
• Better focus
• Feeling more connected
• More presence in daily life
• More creativity, and much more

Temple believes everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy these benefits of regular meditation, regardless of location as well as the challenging circumstances currently facing our society with the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, a free weekly online meditation class has been introduced! Every Sunday 3-4PM a Zoom link is made available through which attendees will be guided by the Venerable through a traditional Temple chanting procession, guided meditation, and dharma discussion.

For those who wish to attend Temple but are unable to, the technology is used to bring Temple to you. As the class begins with the chanting procession, Zoom screen share is used to display the 5 Buddha from the main shrine, along with audio from the typical chanting procession performed here, to recreate the experience for you regardless of where you may be spending your Sunday.

Humbly take refuge in the Triple Gem, the Heart Sutra, and perform a Transfer of the Merits, before beginning a journey of total peace and calm through the guided meditation. Perfect for a Sunday of wellness, explore how to mindfully release tension from your body and mind, as you cultivate presence awareness and connect with your inner self.

Following the meditation, enjoy an opportunity to learn about Dharma perspectives on a chosen topic each week. For example, what does Buddhism have to say about the nature of true happiness? Attendees are invited to ask any questions they may have and share any ideas.

A relaxing retreat from the world delivered straight to your own device. Build skills to connect with and bring calm to your inner self, and learning about new ideals. Say, does it sound like an ideal Sunday? We humbly invite all regardless of background and experience to join us next Sunday.

>> Click for registration <<<

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Tuesday Lama Tsongkhapa and 35 Buddha Confession Practice: Every Tuesday : 7pm

An online seminar with Christine Longaker

Now what? When the bottom’s fallen out, how do you get out of this deep chasm? What if your heart’s gone numb – is it even possible to feel love or well-being or joy?

You may be struggling with a constant sense of unworthiness, tension, or harsh self-judgment. Convinced that you are defective or unforgiveable, you’re sure other people deserve compassion, but not you. Patterns of perfectionism or reactivity continue unabated, your toxic inner critic keeps having a field day, and you’ve lost all sense of agency.

This seminar includes insights from a wide variety of spiritual and scientific sources that dismantle the false beliefs imprisoning yourself. You learn why you can finally forgive yourself, and how to clear the debris from your heart. Remarkably effective body-centred meditations shift your feeling-world from black and white to loving colour. There’s a sense of exhilaration when you glimpse your innermost essence, the vast openness and freedom of heart inherent within you. And, rather than being self-indulgent, once you’ve developed genuine understanding and compassion for yourself, then naturally you feel a tender-hearted connection with the whole tapestry of humanity.

The essence of your future is love. Developing genuine compassion for yourself is the first and most urgently needed step enabling you to re-connect to your own heart, and others, with enhanced aliveness, resilience and joy.

Benefits of this seminar

• Discover you are worthy of love, no matter what
• Understand why and how you can forgive yourself
• Release being at the mercy of your inner critic
• Develop resilience
• Awaken your heart with meditations that evoke healing, love and ease
• Skills for meaningful heart-to-heart communication
• Experience genuine compassion for others

Four Friday evenings 6.30 – 9.00pm Australian Eastern Time
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10

Online wherever you are.

Price: AUS $95, concession $65
No one will be turned away because of lack of ability to pay.

About Christine Longaker
Self-Compassion and Palliative Care Trainer

Author of Facing Death and Finding Hope, translated into nine languages, Christine Longaker has forty years’ international experience training medical caregivers in authentic presence, compassion and mindfulness. She’s produced an album of guided meditations: Joy, Ease and Self-Forgiveness, and is writing a book on self-compassion and online courses based on the book. Christine infuses her seminars with heartfelt presence and humor, authenticity and clarity.

Register Now

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

The class will include:

Chanting / Buddhist Meditation / Discussion & Sharing

All are welcome.

Around the world, Sunday is a day for rest and wellness, and is often the best opportunity in our busy week to release stress and tension. Doing this helps us take care of our physical and mental wellbeing.

Nan Tien Temple understands that meditation is one of the most effective practices for reducing stress and anxiety, and for inviting in calm and peace to your body and mind. Here are just some of the amazing benefits of meditation:

• Less stress and more peace of mind
• Less headaches and tension
• Better sleep
• Better focus
• Feeling more connected
• More presence in daily life
• More creativity, and much more

Temple believes everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy these benefits of regular meditation, regardless of location as well as the challenging circumstances currently facing our society with the COVID-19 pandemic.

So, a free weekly online meditation class has been introduced! Every Sunday 3-4PM a Zoom link is made available through which attendees will be guided by the Venerable through a traditional Temple chanting procession, guided meditation, and dharma discussion.

For those who wish to attend Temple but are unable to, the technology is used to bring Temple to you. As the class begins with the chanting procession, Zoom screen share is used to display the 5 Buddha from the main shrine, along with audio from the typical chanting procession performed here, to recreate the experience for you regardless of where you may be spending your Sunday.

Humbly take refuge in the Triple Gem, the Heart Sutra, and perform a Transfer of the Merits, before beginning a journey of total peace and calm through the guided meditation. Perfect for a Sunday of wellness, explore how to mindfully release tension from your body and mind, as you cultivate presence awareness and connect with your inner self.

Following the meditation, enjoy an opportunity to learn about Dharma perspectives on a chosen topic each week. For example, what does Buddhism have to say about the nature of true happiness? Attendees are invited to ask any questions they may have and share any ideas.

A relaxing retreat from the world delivered straight to your own device. Build skills to connect with and bring calm to your inner self, and learning about new ideals. Say, does it sound like an ideal Sunday? We humbly invite all regardless of background and experience to join us next Sunday.

>> Click for registration <<<

Tuesday Lama Tsongkhapa and 35 Buddha Confession Practice: Every Tuesday : 7pm

Date: third Thursday of the month between June and October 2021
Time: 4.00pm to 5.30pm AEST (except the October webinar at 4pm-5.30pm AEDT)
Format: Online Zoom meeting (45 min presentation + 45 min Q&A)

Register for the first seminar here

Program:
17 June 2021
Buddhism in the Far North of Australia pre-WWII: (In)visibility, colonialism and lived religion
Anna Halafoff, Kim Lam, Enqi Weng, Sue Smith

15 July 2021
Flows of Innovation in Fo Guang Shan Oceania: transregional dynamics behind the Buddha’s Birthday Festival
Juewei Shi, Sioh Yang Tan

19 August 2021
Buddhism in Hawai’i: Stories of Spiritual and Cultural Resilience
Karma Lekshe Tsomo (University of San Diego)

16 September 2021
Casting Indra’s Net across the Pacific: Robert Aitken and the Growth of the Diamond Sangha as a Trans-Pacific Zen Movement
Helen Baroni

21 October 2021
Social and Cultural Forms of Buddhism in Aotearoa
Sally McAra, Mark Mullins