Event Type : Meditation Conducted / Instructed

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Have you ever considered the practical implications of caring more about others than about yourself?

A bodhisattva is someone who says, from the depth of their heart, ‘I long to attain a state of everlasting peace and happiness, in which all suffering has ceased, and I want to do so for myself and for all sentient beings.’ The classic Buddhist text, the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva, offers a practical guide on just how to do this. It shows us how to work with our own hearts and minds, starting with how we are now, to unravel our small-minded preoccupations and discover our own vast potential for compassion, love, and wisdom.

For those of you looking to do a little reading in preparation for these teachings please consider:

• Daring Steps: Traversing the Path of the Buddha, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, 2010, Snow Lion Publications
• The Heart of Compassion, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, 2007, Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala.
• Rigpa Wiki

Rinpoche has agreed to give a Guru Rinpoche empowerment during the retreat. If you aspire to practise the Vajrayana practices of Rigpa’s lineage, this is a vital step in forming your connection with that lineage and is a precious and rare opportunity. This will only be available to those attending the retreat in person.

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Attend in person at Tuncurry

Teacher: Bhante Sanāthāvihārī (In person, Visiting from Los Angeles, USA)
Mondays 25 Nov, 9 & 16 Dec, 20 & 27 Jan  | 7.00-8.30pm
Location: Hybrid – WSU Bankstown City Campus, Room 1.4.34, level 4 or Online via Zoom (link below)
Cost: Free

Please note the 27 Jan session is ONLINE ONLY due to public holiday!

The Monday night series explores the Buddha’s profound teachings on cultivating joy in everyday life and beyond. Learn how to meditate, transform your mindset, and embrace the powerful impact of living in the present, letting go of suffering and negativity. Delve into the two types of happiness: mundane and supramundane, and uncover the keys to achieving everlasting release from imprisonment. Join us on this enlightening journey to unlock the doors to a life worth living.

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Everyone welcome

In this retreat, we will explore the important roles of pleasure and bliss that arise from meditation practice. Guided by meditation instructions from the Mahamudra lineage of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, we will examine how meditation on the mind’s nature can evoke both rapturous sensations and the peaceful happiness of contentment. In turn, we will investigate the many benefits these blissful experiences can bring—calming physical tensions and mental agitation, gathering scattered attention, uplifting low energy, and opening a doorway to deeper states of concentration.

The retreat will include guided and silent meditations, with explanations of the practices and time for Q&A and discussion.

Residential Accommodation Available

Deepen your retreat experience by staying at Vajrayana Institute.

Immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere of Vajrayana Institute, where comfort, convenience, and mindfulness merge seamlessly.

Accommodation for the retreat is limited. Be sure to get in quick.

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Teacher: Bhante Sanāthāvihārī (In person, Visiting from Los Angeles, USA)
Mondays 25 Nov, 9 & 16 Dec, 20 & 27 Jan  | 7.00-8.30pm
Location: Hybrid – WSU Bankstown City Campus, Room 1.4.34, level 4 or Online via Zoom (link below)
Cost: Free

Please note the 27 Jan session is ONLINE ONLY due to public holiday!

The Monday night series explores the Buddha’s profound teachings on cultivating joy in everyday life and beyond. Learn how to meditate, transform your mindset, and embrace the powerful impact of living in the present, letting go of suffering and negativity. Delve into the two types of happiness: mundane and supramundane, and uncover the keys to achieving everlasting release from imprisonment. Join us on this enlightening journey to unlock the doors to a life worth living.

Register Now!

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In this 6 week course we will explore the theory and practice of various methods of meditation, giving you the freedom to find what works best. You will learn about different positions for and types of meditation and how mediation may benefit your life.

Dates: Thursdays 30th January to 6th March

Times: 6.00-7.30pm

Location: Kunsang Yeshe Retreat Centre, 116 Bathurst Road, Katoomba.

Open to everyone. For best results it is advised that participants attend all sessions.

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Vajrayana TV is an online platform offering you a range of extraordinary Buddhist teachings and practices on-demand, accessible wherever you are, on all your devices. Dive into short meditations or learn from Buddhist teachings with some of the world’s most respected Dharma teachers.

Link to TV Here

Vajrayana TV contains 100s of hours of video content on such subjects as Buddhist Psychology, Mind Training, Meditation, and more.

Watch it on your desktop or watch it on the go with your iPad or mobile device.

Spend time with your best self on a journey from sadness and anger to peace and joy. The timeless wisdom and meditative insights of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition offer many practical methods to help us heal and thrive as we face the everyday challenges of anxiety, depression, anger, physical pain, loneliness, and burnout.

This series of standalone Saturday afternoon sessions offer an introduction to meditation and practical advice from some of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our age. Applying these teachings can help us meet the challenges of these difficult times, heal ourselves, and bring us to the core of our own peace, compassion and wisdom.

Each session includes:

• Video teachings from Tibetan and Western Buddhist masters including Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, Pema Chödrön and Sharon Salzberg.
• Meditation practice
• Time for contemplation
• Group discussions and Q&A, offering you the opportunity to explore the teachings and practices in an open supportive environment and to connect with a community of practitioners.

Sydney and Online  

️ Saturday afternoons, first Saturday of the month
⏰ 3:00-5:00pm AEDT (5:00am CET,8:00pm Fri US East)
Online via Zoom, Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown
$20, concession $10, free for Rigpa subscribers

1 Feb, 1 Mar, 5 Apr, 3 May, 7 Jun, 5 Jul, 2 Aug, 6 Sep, 1 Nov, 6 Dec
(we take a break in Oct)

Bookings opening soon

The secret to training and transforming your mind with wisdom and compassion

Featuring teachings from Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney, this weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with 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 approach to life that is straightforward, grounded in sanity, kindness, and compassion. Yet it also offers a vision that completely transcends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others, with an all-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment is the view that our innate, fundamental identity is vast, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other than who we really are. But for most of us, our true nature is like a hidden treasure, concealed behind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think, say and do.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively practised for hundreds of years, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern, globalised life.

Online  

️ Friday mornings, 10 weeks starting 7 Feb
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT (11:30pm CET, 5.30pm Thu US East)
Online via Zoom
$200, concession $100, free for Rigpa subscribers

Find out more

The secret to training and transforming your mind with wisdom and compassion

Featuring teachings from Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney, this weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with 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 approach to life that is straightforward, grounded in sanity, kindness, and compassion. Yet it also offers a vision that completely transcends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others, with an all-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment is the view that our innate, fundamental identity is vast, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other than who we really are. But for most of us, our true nature is like a hidden treasure, concealed behind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think, say and do.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively practised for hundreds of years, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern, globalised life.

Online  

️ Friday mornings, 10 weeks starting 7 Feb
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT (11:30pm CET, 5.30pm Thu US East)
Online via Zoom
$200, concession $100, free for Rigpa subscribers

Find out more

The secret to training and transforming your mind with wisdom and compassion

Featuring teachings from Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney, this weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with 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 approach to life that is straightforward, grounded in sanity, kindness, and compassion. Yet it also offers a vision that completely transcends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others, with an all-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment is the view that our innate, fundamental identity is vast, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other than who we really are. But for most of us, our true nature is like a hidden treasure, concealed behind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think, say and do.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively practised for hundreds of years, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern, globalised life.

Online  

️ Friday mornings, 10 weeks starting 7 Feb
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT (11:30pm CET, 5.30pm Thu US East)
Online via Zoom
$200, concession $100, free for Rigpa subscribers

Find out more

The secret to training and transforming your mind with wisdom and compassion

Featuring teachings from Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney, this weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with 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 approach to life that is straightforward, grounded in sanity, kindness, and compassion. Yet it also offers a vision that completely transcends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others, with an all-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment is the view that our innate, fundamental identity is vast, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other than who we really are. But for most of us, our true nature is like a hidden treasure, concealed behind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think, say and do.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively practised for hundreds of years, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern, globalised life.

Online  

️ Friday mornings, 10 weeks starting 7 Feb
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT (11:30pm CET, 5.30pm Thu US East)
Online via Zoom
$200, concession $100, free for Rigpa subscribers

Find out more

Vajrayana TV is an online platform offering you a range of extraordinary Buddhist teachings and practices on-demand, accessible wherever you are, on all your devices. Dive into short meditations or learn from Buddhist teachings with some of the world’s most respected Dharma teachers.

Link to TV Here

Vajrayana TV contains 100s of hours of video content on such subjects as Buddhist Psychology, Mind Training, Meditation, and more.

Watch it on your desktop or watch it on the go with your iPad or mobile device.

Spend time with your best self on a journey from sadness and anger to peace and joy. The timeless wisdom and meditative insights of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition offer many practical methods to help us heal and thrive as we face the everyday challenges of anxiety, depression, anger, physical pain, loneliness, and burnout.

This series of standalone Saturday afternoon sessions offer an introduction to meditation and practical advice from some of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist teachers of our age. Applying these teachings can help us meet the challenges of these difficult times, heal ourselves, and bring us to the core of our own peace, compassion and wisdom.

Each session includes:

• Video teachings from Tibetan and Western Buddhist masters including Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, Pema Chödrön and Sharon Salzberg.
• Meditation practice
• Time for contemplation
• Group discussions and Q&A, offering you the opportunity to explore the teachings and practices in an open supportive environment and to connect with a community of practitioners.

Sydney and Online  

️ Saturday afternoons, first Saturday of the month
⏰ 3:00-5:00pm AEDT (5:00am CET,8:00pm Fri US East)
Online via Zoom, Rigpa Sydney 158 Australia St, Newtown
$20, concession $10, free for Rigpa subscribers

1 Feb, 1 Mar, 5 Apr, 3 May, 7 Jun, 5 Jul, 2 Aug, 6 Sep, 1 Nov, 6 Dec
(we take a break in Oct)

Bookings opening soon

The secret to training and transforming your mind with wisdom and compassion

Featuring teachings from Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney, this weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with 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 approach to life that is straightforward, grounded in sanity, kindness, and compassion. Yet it also offers a vision that completely transcends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others, with an all-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment is the view that our innate, fundamental identity is vast, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other than who we really are. But for most of us, our true nature is like a hidden treasure, concealed behind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think, say and do.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively practised for hundreds of years, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern, globalised life.

Online  

️ Friday mornings, 10 weeks starting 7 Feb
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT (11:30pm CET, 5.30pm Thu US East)
Online via Zoom
$200, concession $100, free for Rigpa subscribers

Find out more

The secret to training and transforming your mind with wisdom and compassion

Featuring teachings from Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney, this weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with 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 approach to life that is straightforward, grounded in sanity, kindness, and compassion. Yet it also offers a vision that completely transcends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others, with an all-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment is the view that our innate, fundamental identity is vast, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other than who we really are. But for most of us, our true nature is like a hidden treasure, concealed behind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think, say and do.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively practised for hundreds of years, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern, globalised life.

Online  

️ Friday mornings, 10 weeks starting 7 Feb
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT (11:30pm CET, 5.30pm Thu US East)
Online via Zoom
$200, concession $100, free for Rigpa subscribers

Find out more

In this course we will explore how Buddhist knowledge, supported by current perspectives from Science, can be applied to improve our lives. The course is experienced-based, with discussion, reflection and meditation activities.

Dates: Saturday 15th February 10.00am-3.00pm then

Saturdays 22nd February, 1st March & 8th March each day 10.00am-11.30am

Time: see individual days

Location: Kunsang Yeshe Centre, 116 Bathurst Road, Katoomba & via Zoom.

This course is open to everyone.

Book here

The secret to training and transforming your mind with wisdom and compassion

Featuring teachings from Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney, this weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with 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 approach to life that is straightforward, grounded in sanity, kindness, and compassion. Yet it also offers a vision that completely transcends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others, with an all-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment is the view that our innate, fundamental identity is vast, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other than who we really are. But for most of us, our true nature is like a hidden treasure, concealed behind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think, say and do.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively practised for hundreds of years, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern, globalised life.

Online  

️ Friday mornings, 10 weeks starting 7 Feb
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT (11:30pm CET, 5.30pm Thu US East)
Online via Zoom
$200, concession $100, free for Rigpa subscribers

Find out more

In this course we will explore how Buddhist knowledge, supported by current perspectives from Science, can be applied to improve our lives. The course is experienced-based, with discussion, reflection and meditation activities.

Dates: Saturday 15th February 10.00am-3.00pm then

Saturdays 22nd February, 1st March & 8th March each day 10.00am-11.30am

Time: see individual days

Location: Kunsang Yeshe Centre, 116 Bathurst Road, Katoomba & via Zoom.

This course is open to everyone.

Book here

A 6 day silent retreat in the Blue Mountains

** Tucker Peck and Kynan Tan

** Exploring the Mind

** Join Tucker and Kynan

in the Blue Mountains
for a rich, student-centred exploration
of meditation and psychology

Exploring the Mind
6-day silent retreat
25 March to 30 March 2025
Brahma Kumaris Centre, Wilton
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** Dr Tucker Peck

Dr. Tucker Peck is a meditation teacher and Clinical Psychologist. He studied meditation with Sharon Salzberg and then with Upasaka Culadasa. A former professor, he is the founding director of the scholarship fund Open Dharma Foundation , and co-host of the podcast Teaching Meditation .

“Tucker Peck is both bright and wise. He has a great talent for taking classical psychotherapeutic and meditative insights and making them real for our time and concerns. He is also a lot of fun.”

– Sharon Salzberg, New York Times bestselling author of Real Happiness

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** Kynan Tan

Kynan is a meditation teacher who is interested in collaborating with students to find the tools and techniques most effective to create freedom and meaning in their lives. Kynan has practised a number of different modern and traditional techniques of contemplative and introspective practice and draws on his experience as an artist, musician, educator, and programmer in order to teach in a way that is clear, practical, and creative.

“Kynan is an incredible teacher – patient, insightful, clear, articulate, generous.”

• Student read more

New to Tucker and Kynan’s teachings?
Or want to re-immerse yourself in their work?

Here are some links to explore:

Kynan Tan Recordings

Meditate with Tucker

Tucker and Tynan’s workshop on psychology and meditation at The Berkeley Alembic in September 2022 .

The secret to training and transforming your mind with wisdom and compassion

Featuring teachings from Sogyal Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney, this weekly course presents the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training. These points lay out a path of formal meditation practice, along with 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 approach to life that is straightforward, grounded in sanity, kindness, and compassion. Yet it also offers a vision that completely transcends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others, with an all-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment is the view that our innate, fundamental identity is vast, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other than who we really are. But for most of us, our true nature is like a hidden treasure, concealed behind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think, say and do.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively practised for hundreds of years, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern, globalised life.

Online  

️ Friday mornings, 10 weeks starting 7 Feb
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am AEDT (11:30pm CET, 5.30pm Thu US East)
Online via Zoom
$200, concession $100, free for Rigpa subscribers

Find out more