Join us for an afternoon as we mindfully pause and investigate the brain. What is the brain’s job? What happens when our brain goes into fight-flight mode? And how do we calm down when things get hard? This is our topic of investigation and we’ll see how we can apply various mindful tools to help our brain when the going gets tough!
Join us for our annual Shakyamuni Buddha puja, offering all the Christmas trees and lights in the world! We make many elaborate and beautiful offerings and recite praises, all in English with the traditional Tibetan tunes. We offer chai and community dedications for the year, and at the end we strew of flowers to the ten directions. Don’t miss the best Buddhist party you could ever come to!
Make the very most of your karmic connection with your pets, and bring them to the Dharma, lasting peace and happiness. Discover how to skillfully help your pets in daily life, and how to keep your own mind calm and focused during illness or at their passing, so our presence can benefit them in the very best way. Each participant will receive a special Animal Blessing Kit.
Annual all-night practice to remove obstacles and bring success for your Dharma practice. similar to the regular Tara Puja, but with optional prostrations, circumambulations, mantras for each of the Tara’s, and unlimited chai tea! Come for just the first session, or stay for the whole night!
This month we will be exploring how to bring out what is true and unique in each of us and offer that to the world. Often there is pressure to be like “someone else” or “the cool kid in the class” but we need to appreciate our uniqueness and individuality and bring that to our families and community. The afternoon will culminate in painting the tsa-tsa statues of Lama Tsong Khapa. BYO comfortable smock or old clothes, snacks and water bottle.
THIS EVENT IS BOOKED OUT! The dinner table is the most forgiving place for difficult conversation. Join Ven. Lozang Trin-la in the international movement to encourage people to have an important and intimate discussion over a delicious dinner. Ven. Trin-la works at a hospice and can share valuable insights. She also has a passion for great food, and she will be creating a delicious 3-courses dinner for the evening. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL!
The dinner table is the most forgiving place for difficult conversation. Join Ven. Lozang Trin-la in the international movement to encourage people to have an important and intimate discussion over a delicious dinner. Ven. Trin-la works at a hospice and can share valuable insights. She also has a passion for great food, and she will be creating a delicious 3-courses dinner for the evening. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL!
Long version – includes dinner delicious dinner cooked by Eddie! Join us for a Buddhist game of snakes and ladders where you can become enlightened before dinner! We experience the vagaries of karma and rebirth in all its messy and terrifying glory! This game contains all the teachings of the Buddhist path, and is a powerful way to integrate the teachings, gaining a deep appreciation of our present life.
Through meditation, activities and craft, your kids will have a chance to explore how our words impact not just the people around us but the world around us. Learn how powerful our words can be and how we can use them with kindness and wisdom.
Join us for a community picnic and sutra recitation at Palm Beach, a dog-friendly lagoon on the Gold Coast. It’s a great day out with fellow LTC students, enjoying quality social time, gallons of chai tea, and reciting the Sutra of Golden Light. This brings harmony and healing to the environment, and blesses us and the sea and all the creatures in it. Bookings are essential if you wish to car-pool, otherwise you can meet us there!
