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Tibetan Buddhist Classes
Sundays 1.30 to 3.00 pm - Introduction to Buddhist Psychology and Meditation
During these classes a variety of meditation techniques are introduced, including
breathing meditation, visualisation and analytical meditation. The fundamental Buddhist
principles of cause and effect, impermanence, love, compassion and the nature of
human experience are explained drawing from texts by the Tibetan Buddhist Society’s
Founder and Spiritual Leader, Venerable Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden, Essence of
the Path to Enlightenment and Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment. All welcome.
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Sundays 4.00 to 5.30 pm - Path to Enlightenment
Comprising teaching and guided meditation, this series provides practical instruction
on all the key Buddhist concepts and practices based on Geshe Loden’s authoritative
text, Path to Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism. Engaging in the path to enlightenment
is the only assured method for progressing from the initial stages of a beginner,
through to the attitudes of refuge and renunciation, the mind of enlightenment,
to the wisdom perceiving ultimate truth and finally Buddhahood. Path to enlightenment
practice also is the key to achieving peacefulness and contentment and a strong
mind able to cope with any kind of adversity. All welcome. More details...
Mondays 7.30 to 8.30 pm - Bodhichitta Practice
Experienced students lead the practice of bodhichitta, the ‘mind of enlightenment’,
as taught in Venerable Geshe Loden’s book Path to Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism.
Sessions include prayers, meditation and a focus on the verses by Shantideva from
his text Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds, as quoted in Geshe Loden’s book. All
welcome.
NEW SESSION Tuesdays 7.30 – 8.30 pm - Sadhana practice
This session will involve reciting and meditating on sadhanas from Geshe Loden’s
book Prayers for the Path of Indivisible Great Bliss and Emptiness. These include
Shakyamuni Buddha Sadhana, Maitreya Buddha Sadhana, Manjushri Sadhana, Medicine
Buddha Sadhana, White Tara Sadhana, Amitabha Sadhana and Vajrasattva Sadhana. Each
sadhana will be practised for four weeks. All welcome.
Wednesdays 7.30 to 9.00 pm - Vajrayana Practice
For students who have received empowerment, on alternating Wednesdays we perform
the practices of Yamantaka and Vajrayogini. These sessions draw from Path to the
Union of Clear Light and Illusory Body, and Ocean of Indivisible Method and Wisdom
by Geshe Loden. During the classes we perform the sadhanas together with guided
meditation. More about Vajrayogini classes... More about Yamantaka classes...
Thursdays 7.30 to 9.00 pm - Mahamudra Practice
Based on Geshe Loden’s Great Treasury of Mahamudra, this series presents the teachings
on emptiness, the ultimate nature of all phenomena. That all phenomena are existent,
yet void of true existence, is the heart of the Buddha’s teachings and the reason
that nirvana and enlightenment are achievable. All welcome. More details...
Saturdays 7.30 to 9.00 pm - Discussion Group
These sessions provide an opportunity to discuss the various topics presented in
Geshe Loden’s text Path to Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism. All welcome. More details...
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