A teaching for modern times! Mind training helps us develop the altruistic attitude, and transform adversity into advantage. These instructions help open our heart, develop wisdom, and overcome difficulty. Geshe Tsultrim is warm and humble, and his kindness is palpable. (Monthly event, IN-PERSON)
Taking Refuge means taking the Buddha, his teachings (the Dharma), and the Sangha as one’s primary guidance and protection, and keeping the Refuge vows and commitments. Geshe Tsultrim will bestow the ceremony in an unbroken lineage from the time of the Buddha. In this ceremony new students can take refuge for the first time, and established students can renew their vows. (IN-PERSON)
(Both visa applications for Geshe Sherab were denied, so it is with great sadness that we have been forced to CANCEL this tour). REPLACEMENT PROGRAM: Eddie Peet will give a short explanation of the evocative analogies in the verse at the end of the Diamond Cutter Sutra:
“So you should view this fleeting world —
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
A flash of lightening in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.”
After the break we will recite the Diamond Cutter Sutra together as a group, so we can create the much needed merit for future tours and visits from our precious Geshes.
(Both visa applications for Geshe Sherab were denied, so it is with great sadness that we have been forced to CANCEL this tour). REPLACEMENT PROGRAM: This evening we will recite the Diamond Cutter Sutra together as a group, so we can create the much needed merit for future tours and visits from our precious Geshes. Eddie Peet will also give a short talk on the extraordinary discovery of this sutra – the world’s first printed book – and how it was very nearly lost to us in several times over. The background and history of this short yet powerful sutra is fascinating and reads like a modern adventure or thriller.
Open to anyone and everyone! Buddhist tantra is rich in symbolism, and unique to Tibetan Buddhism. Discover how it differs from Hindu Tantra, and the unique features of this lightening fast approach to enlightenment. Find out about the four different categories of Buddhist Tantra, who can practice them, and where the practices we are most familiar with, like Chenrezig and Manjushri, fit in.
Excerpt: LTC Gold Coast Buddhist Group is proud to present internationally renowned teacher Geshe Tenzin Zopa to give a public talk entitled “Making Life Meaningful”. Geshe-la returns to Australia after a long teaching residency at Oxford University and will visit the Gold Coast as part of his tour for FPMT Australia. Join us for this golden opportunity to enjoy Geshe-la’s gentle, warm and precise delivery of Buddhist wisdom.
Two teachings (Tuesday & Thursday night) with Geshe Sherab on the four close placements of mindfulness: on the body, feelings of levels of happiness, the mind, and phenomena. Mindfulness is a mental factor that holds on to an object of focus and prevents forgetfulness or loss of it. It functions somewhat like mental glue. The purpose of the four close placements is to generate renunciation and compassion.
What does becoming a Buddhist (or taking refuge) mean? Tonight Geshe Tsultrim will give a teaching on the meaning of going for Refuge, as preparation for the annual refuge ceremony next week. Everyone is welcome to attend this teaching to find out how to go for refuge, what the three jewels of refuge are, and the great benefits of a continuous refuge practice.
Returning to the Gold Coast, internationally renowned teacher, Geshe Tenzin Zopa, shows us how to integrate Buddhism into everyday life. Ideal for beginner’s and first-timers to Buddhism, Geshe-la’s humour and gentleness carry across cultures and religion to speak directly to our heart.
Six months of teachings from a Buddhist master! Geshe Zopa is an extremely popular teacher, fluent in English, and with a contemporary approach full of wisdom and gentle humour. He will be teaching on “A Wise Heart for the Modern World”.
