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Tibetan Buddhist Society
The Tibetan Buddhist Society continues the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in the West.
With centres in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and
Brisbane, the Society holds a variety of classes including instruction on how to meditate, Buddhist philosophy and advanced
Vajrayana practices. The Society's main centre is the Peaceful Land of Joy Meditation Centre
in Melbourne. Situated on ten acres of beautiful gardens, the centre is convenient both to the city and Melbourne's international airport.
With many of the Buddhist teachings existing only in the Tibetan language, the Society's publishing arm,
Tushita Publications, is producing a series of books on the essential Tibetan
Buddhist practices, meditation and philosophy. By maintaining links with the Tibetan refugee
community in India, and supporting their monasteries, the Society has provided significant assistance for them.
It is with the greatest sorrow that we advise that the Society's Founder Venerable Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden, the Great Treasure of the Tibetan Buddhist Society, our peerless teacher, vajra master and guide has passed away on the 24th August 2011.
Please find here a special tribute to Venerable Geshe Loden .
Tushita Publications was established to preserve the Buddhist teachings,
as passed through the great lineage masters to Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden.
Geshe-la places great emphasis on ensuring his books provide reliable translations and accurate
interpretations of the original Indian and Tibetan texts.
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Great Treasury of Mahamudra
This latest title from Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden presents the essence of
meditating on emptiness from various perspectives within the sutra and tantra
systems.
Hardcover, 588 pages 4 colour photos, 31 original line illustrations
Price: Aust. $150
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Path to Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism
This extensive commentary is primarily drawn from Je Tsong Khapa’s Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path.
Hardcover, 1097 pages 4 colour photos, 26 original line illustrations
Price: Aust. $130
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Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment
Emphasises the meditation techniques necessary to build a personal meditation
practice and to develop the realisations of the Mahayana path.
601 pages, 4 colour photos, 20 line illustrations.
Price: Aust. $75
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Essence of the Path to Enlightenment
The Essence of the Path to Enlightenment presents, in a condensed form, Je Tsong Khapa’s classic
explanation of the Buddha’s teachings.
344 pages, 4 colour photos, 16 line illustrations
Price: Aust. $50
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Fundamental Potential for Enlightenment
Analyses the potential for enlightenment from the perspectives
of the two main schools of Mahayana thought the Mind-Only school and the Middle Way school.
310 pages, 4 colour photos, 11 line illustrations
Price: Aust. $49
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Ocean of Indivisible Method and Wisdom
A comprehensive explanation of the tantric paths, grounds,and the Yamantaka generation and completion stages.
Hardcover, 441 pages, 4 colour photos, 25 line illustrations
Price: Aust. $120
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Path to the Union of Clear Light and Illusory Body
An explanation of the eleven generation stages and special completion stage techniques as well as Vajrayogini's
unique and most subtle body mandala.
Hardcover, 615 pages, 4 colour photos, 27 line illustrations
Price: Aust. $140
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Great Treasure of the Six Yogas of Naropa
Presented as the yoga of inner fire, illusory body yoga,
bardo yoga, clear light yoga, the yoga of consciousness transference and the yoga of forcible projection.
Hardcover, 600 pages, 4 colour photos, 27 line illustrations
Price: Aust. $150
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Prayers for the Path of Indivisble Great Bliss and Emptiness
A collection of prayers and sadhana's used at the Tibetan Buddhist Society.
Hardcover, 261 pages, 11 colour photos, 19 line illustrations.
Price: Aust. $100
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Teaching program
In addition to our regular program
explained below we will offer:
Two Learn to Meditate seminars from
10 am to 3 pm on Saturdays 5 May and
1 September. A number of different
meditation techniques are presented to
help deal with a fast paced Western
lifestyle including breathing, relaxation
and visualisation meditation. Registration
is required. Contact details below.
Three sadhana practice sessions on
Saturdays from 2 pm to 5 pm including:
White Tara - 19 May;
Shakyamuni Buddha - 21 July; and
Manjushri - 18 August.
Sundays 1.30 to 3.00 pm - Buddhist Meditation – Philosophy & Practice Introductory Series
In this series the fundamentals of
Buddhist practice are presented, along
with meditation methods. Classes are
based on Geshe Loden’s book - Essence
of the Path to Enlightenment - and
include the topics of impermanence,
cause and effect, love, compassion and
wisdom. The current series is led by
Venerable Tim McKibben, a teacher and a
director of the Tibetan Buddhist Society.
A new introductory series will start on
Sunday 11 March, led by Venerable
Joseph Tassone, also a teacher and a
director of the Society. All welcome.
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Victorian Multicultural Commission support
We are pleased to thank the Victorian Multicultural Commission for an organisational support grant that it has provided to assist with our introductory meditation and philosophy lecture series.
Sundays 4 – 5.30pm, from 11 March - Path to Enlightenment
The path to enlightenment teachings
provide the core practices of Tibetan
Buddhism. In these classes Geshe Loden’s
extraordinarily clear text - Path to
Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism – is
presented. Michael Joseph, a student
of Geshe-la’s for over 30 years, and a
teacher and a director of the Tibetan
Buddhist Society, is leading the course.
All welcome.
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Mondays 7.30 – 9pm, from 19 March - Vajrayogini Practice
As Vajrayogini and Yamantaka are
vajrayana practices, students must have
received appropriate highest yoga tantra
initiation to attend.
These sessions include sadhana recitation,
guided meditation and instruction on
Vajrayogini generation and completion
stages, drawn from Geshe-la’s Path to the
Union of Clear Light and Illusory Body.
Jean D’Cruz, a regular teacher and a
director of the Tibetan Buddhist Society,
leads the class.
Wednesdays 7.30 – 9pm, from 14 March - Yamantaka Practice
As Vajrayogini and Yamantaka are
vajrayana practices, students must have
received appropriate highest yoga tantra
initiation to attend.
These sessions include sadhana recitation,
guided meditation and instruction on
Yamantaka generation and completion
stages, drawn from Geshe-la’s Ocean
of Indivisible Method and Wisdom. The
class is led by Anthony Joseph, a regular
teacher and a director of the Tibetan
Buddhist Society.
Thursdays 7.30 to 9.00 pm from 15 March - The Fundamental Potential for
Enlightenment Study Group
The fundamental nature of our mind is
the natural potential for enlightenment.
In this weekly study group, various subjects
from Geshe-la’s book The Fundamental
Potential for Enlightenment are analysed
and discussed. The group will be led by
Venerable Tim McKibben. All welcome.
Saturdays 7.30 to 9.00 pm, ongoing - Discussion Group
All students are welcome to join these
informal sessions, which provide an
opportunity to discuss and deepen one’s
understanding of the various path to
enlightenment subjects.
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Retreats
Each year the Tibetan Buddhist Society holds a New Year retreat, a calm abiding Easter Retreat,a Queen's Birthday Weekend Retreat and a Vajrayana Retreat in late September and early October for advanced students.
Please contact Jean on
9333 1770 or via contact@tushita.org
if you would like to attend a retreat or
seminar.
Easter Calm Abiding retreat Friday 6 to Monday 9 April
The Easter retreat will focus on
bodhichitta and the practice of calm
abiding. The retreat comprises six guided
meditation sessions each day and time
to relax in the magnificent gardens and
talk with fellow students. This retreat is
suitable for all levels of practitioners.
Queen’s Birthday Retreat
9 - 11 June
This retreat will focus
on the teachings and meditations of
Medicine Buddha, a powerful practice
for healing meditation and promoting
well-being with the motivation to benefit
oneself and others. This retreat is suitable
for all levels of practitioners.
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Yamantaka Retreat - 22 Sept - 7 Oct
This retreat will focus on the highest
yoga tantra practice of Yamantaka,
during which participants complete
the recitation of 100,000 mantras. To
attend the retreat it is necessary to have
received Yamantaka initiation.
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