Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Prayers to protect from obstacles on a spiritual path. The protectors are wrathful emanations of the Buddha, that terrify our distorted attitudes and free us from the bondage of ego. (PRACTICE ALONG at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
What qualities must a spiritual teacher have? How do we find a guru? Discover how to be devoted without going astray, and how to flourish on your spiritual path. (First in an 8-week in-depth course, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
Bridging beginners and in-depth study. Bridging Buddhist philosophy and our hectic daily life. Bridging altruistic intentions and our default emotional responses. Bridging a commitment to spiritual progress and our latent doubts and nagging cynicism. Bridging the inner life of potential and the external pressures of career and family. If any of these conundrums resonate with you, this course may be just the salve and salvation you were looking for! Following the format of the in-depth Discovering Buddhism modules, this is an ideal bridging course between newcomers to Buddhism and in-depth study. (14-week beginner's course, IN-PERSON & ONLINE)
Make your life highly meaningful, and so easily, and with only small hardships, collect a great deal of merit. Precepts days are powerful. By taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts for a day, every meritorious act you do on this day is greatly multiplied. It also guards you from creating any new negative karma - which also would be multiplied! (PRACTICE ALONG at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Learn the disadvantages of selfishness and the advantages of cherishing others. Learn to employ the special techniques of mind training (lojong) to transform problems into happiness. (8-week in-depth course, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
Cultivate a peaceful, calm mind, with guided mindfulness meditations for both established students and complete beginners. Discover how to set a comfortable posture, practice mindful breathing, and enjoy simple calming meditations. (IN-PERSON)
Following on from the teachings with our precious guru Geshe Tenzin Zopa, this regular monthly practice will help maintain the momentum of the teachings, and our enthusiasm for practice over the long-term. With especially prepared resource materials and the support of the group we will be able to fulfill our first Ngöndro commitment, and be ready for the second Ngöndro with Geshe-la in 2025. (Monthly practice session, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
This term we begin the sixth perfection, the Perfection of Wisdom. Why is this the most important of the Six Perfections? Because all of us share the wish to be happy and to overcome duḥkha. We recognise how the situation in saṃsāra is utterly unsatisfactory, but ceasing samsara entails eradicating its causes, and these are rooted in the ignorance grasping persons and phenomena as inherently existent. By meditating with the wisdom directly perceiving emptiness, the afflictions and their seeds can be gradually cleansed from one's mindstream until full awakening is on the horizon! (Fortnightly in-depth course ONLINE)
Spend a relaxed morning enjoying a guided meditation led by the LTC nuns! Mindfulness breathing, short Q&A, followed by a cleansing meditation on the Buddha. Stay on afterwards for delicious chai tea in reception! (IN-PERSON)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
What qualities must a spiritual teacher have? How do we find a guru? Discover how to be devoted without going astray, and how to flourish on your spiritual path. (First in an 8-week in-depth course, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
Bridging beginners and in-depth study. Bridging Buddhist philosophy and our hectic daily life. Bridging altruistic intentions and our default emotional responses. Bridging a commitment to spiritual progress and our latent doubts and nagging cynicism. Bridging the inner life of potential and the external pressures of career and family. If any of these conundrums resonate with you, this course may be just the salve and salvation you were looking for! Following the format of the in-depth Discovering Buddhism modules, this is an ideal bridging course between newcomers to Buddhism and in-depth study. (14-week beginner's course, IN-PERSON & ONLINE)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Learn the disadvantages of selfishness and the advantages of cherishing others. Learn to employ the special techniques of mind training (lojong) to transform problems into happiness. (8-week in-depth course, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
Make your life highly meaningful, and so easily, and with only small hardships, collect a great deal of merit. Precepts days are powerful. By taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts for a day, every meritorious act you do on this day is greatly multiplied. It also guards you from creating any new negative karma - which also would be multiplied! (PRACTICE ALONG at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
Arya Tara is the manifestation of the buddha's compassionate activity, and this ceremony is particularly helpful in removing obstacles, receiving help in emergencies, resolving conflicts and energising spiritual practice. (PRACTICE ALONG at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
Cultivate a peaceful, calm mind, with guided mindfulness meditations for both established students and complete beginners. Discover how to set a comfortable posture, practice mindful breathing, and enjoy simple calming meditations. (IN-PERSON)
Containing the whole path to enlightenment, this puja is the foundation of all spiritual progress, and is a profound and joyous event! Nurture the powerful potential for spiritual growth with a ceremony rich in symbolism. Reliance on our spiritual teacher is the foundation of all spiritual progress, and this ceremony helps us create mountains of merit and purify broken samaya. (ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
Spend a relaxed morning enjoying a guided meditation led by the LTC nuns! Mindfulness breathing, short Q&A, followed by a cleansing meditation on the Buddha. Stay on afterwards for delicious chai tea in reception! (IN-PERSON)
Clear teachings on the essential aspects of Buddhist practice - where to start, what to focus on, and a clear progression from here to enlightenment. Discover what how to put the vast and complex teachings of the Buddha together into our daily life. With an approach based in practice, we will be able to develop realisations in the heart as well as the mind. (Monthly event, IN-PERSON & ONLINE)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
What qualities must a spiritual teacher have? How do we find a guru? Discover how to be devoted without going astray, and how to flourish on your spiritual path. (First in an 8-week in-depth course, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
Bridging beginners and in-depth study. Bridging Buddhist philosophy and our hectic daily life. Bridging altruistic intentions and our default emotional responses. Bridging a commitment to spiritual progress and our latent doubts and nagging cynicism. Bridging the inner life of potential and the external pressures of career and family. If any of these conundrums resonate with you, this course may be just the salve and salvation you were looking for! Following the format of the in-depth Discovering Buddhism modules, this is an ideal bridging course between newcomers to Buddhism and in-depth study. (14-week beginner's course, IN-PERSON & ONLINE)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Without this wisdom, liberation and enlightenment are impossible. Discover the most subtle view of reality; achieve a calm and peaceful mind. (First of an 8-week in-depth course, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
Connect with the universal healing energy of the Buddha, avert sickness and disease, help those who passed away, and bless your medicines. (PRACTICE ALONG at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
Make your life highly meaningful, and so easily, and with only small hardships, collect a great deal of merit. Precepts days are powerful. By taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts for a day, every meritorious act you do on this day is greatly multiplied. It also guards you from creating any new negative karma - which also would be multiplied! (PRACTICE ALONG at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
Cultivate a peaceful, calm mind, with guided mindfulness meditations for both established students and complete beginners. Discover how to set a comfortable posture, practice mindful breathing, and enjoy simple calming meditations. (IN-PERSON)
Spend a relaxed morning enjoying a guided meditation led by the LTC nuns! Mindfulness breathing, short Q&A, followed by a cleansing meditation on the Buddha. Stay on afterwards for delicious chai tea in reception! (IN-PERSON)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes are so called because we practice them to generate equanimity, loving kindness, compassion, and joy towards immeasurable sentient beings, including ourselves. Their benefits are extensive for ourselves and for our community. (First in a 5-week course, IN-PERSON & ONLINE)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
A game with a difference, sharing our study and experiences on the path to enlightenment. Connect with fellow students, enjoy insights and laughter! (IN-PERSON)
Cultivate a peaceful, calm mind, with guided mindfulness meditations for both established students and complete beginners. Discover how to set a comfortable posture, practice mindful breathing, and enjoy simple calming meditations. (IN-PERSON)
Nurture the powerful potential for spiritual growth with a ceremony rich in symbolism. Reliance on our spiritual teacher is the foundation of all spiritual progress, and this ceremony helps us create mountains of merit and purify broken samaya. (Practice at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
Spend a relaxed morning enjoying a guided meditation led by the LTC nuns! Mindfulness breathing, short Q&A, followed by a cleansing meditation on the Buddha. Stay on afterwards for delicious chai tea in reception! (IN-PERSON)
Come along to an informal meeting for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Participants are welcome to talk about any aspect of death that they choose, or just to sit and listen if they prefer. Start the conversation in a safe and friendly environment where questioning is encouraged, and where the usual taboo of this most important of topics need not hamper our explorations. All are welcome. (Join Ven. Trin-la for the get-together this month, IN-PERSON)
Treat yourself to this nurturing afternoon of gentle yoga, blissful relaxations, restorative yoga, meditation & deep rest and healing through Yoga Nidra. Come away from the afternoon relaxed and restored, and with the tools and techniques to help you along your Journey. All levels and age groups are welcome. this is a 2.5 hr retreat $55, cash only please, no EFTPOS. (IN-PERSON)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
What qualities must a spiritual teacher have? How do we find a guru? Discover how to be devoted without going astray, and how to flourish on your spiritual path. (First in an 8-week in-depth course, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
The Four Immeasurable Attitudes are so called because we practice them to generate equanimity, loving kindness, compassion, and joy towards immeasurable sentient beings, including ourselves. Their benefits are extensive for ourselves and for our community. (A 5-week course, IN-PERSON & ONLINE)
Suitable for people of all levels of fitness. The yoga style is similar to Hatha Yoga. Variations of asanas will be offered to suit beginners through to more experienced practitioners. Arrive 10 minutes early, cost is $20 per class (cash only please). BYO water bottle and yoga mat if you have one. (IN-PERSON)
Without this wisdom, liberation and enlightenment are impossible. Discover the most subtle view of reality; achieve a calm and peaceful mind. (8-week in-depth course, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
Prayers to protect from obstacles on a spiritual path. The protectors are wrathful emanations of the Buddha, that terrify our distorted attitudes and free us from the bondage of ego. (PRACTICE ALONG at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
Cultivate a peaceful, calm mind, with guided mindfulness meditations for both established students and complete beginners. Discover how to set a comfortable posture, practice mindful breathing, and enjoy simple calming meditations. (IN-PERSON)
Make your life highly meaningful, and so easily, and with only small hardships, collect a great deal of merit. Precepts days are powerful. By taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts for a day, every meritorious act you do on this day is greatly multiplied. It also guards you from creating any new negative karma - which also would be multiplied! (PRACTICE ALONG at your preferred time with a pre-recorded puja)
Following on from the teachings with our precious guru Geshe Tenzin Zopa, this regular monthly practice will help maintain the momentum of the teachings, and our enthusiasm for practice over the long-term. With especially prepared resource materials and the support of the group we will be able to fulfill our first Ngöndro commitment, and be ready for the second Ngöndro with Geshe-la in 2025. (Monthly practice session, ONLINE & IN-PERSON)
This term we begin the sixth perfection, the Perfection of Wisdom. Why is this the most important of the Six Perfections? Because all of us share the wish to be happy and to overcome duḥkha. We recognise how the situation in saṃsāra is utterly unsatisfactory, but ceasing samsara entails eradicating its causes, and these are rooted in the ignorance grasping persons and phenomena as inherently existent. By meditating with the wisdom directly perceiving emptiness, the afflictions and their seeds can be gradually cleansed from one's mindstream until full awakening is on the horizon! (Fortnightly in-depth course ONLINE)
Spend a relaxed morning enjoying a guided meditation led by the LTC nuns! Mindfulness breathing, short Q&A, followed by a cleansing meditation on the Buddha. Stay on afterwards for delicious chai tea in reception! (IN-PERSON)
Interested in courses on Buddhism, meditation or balancing emotions, but unsure where to begin? Enjoy a short guided meditation, discover our program, and share delicious chai tea afterwards. (IN-PERSON)
