Notions such as 'my country', 'your country', 'my religion', 'your religion' have become minor. We must, on the contrary, insist on the fact that the other person is as worthy as we are. This is humanity! This is why we must re-examine our educational systems.

- TENZIN GYATSO 14th Dalai Lama

Courses

pujas in december 2011

mindfulness meditation class - wednesdays

chanting - some sundays & events

coming soon

Registration and info for all courses: email or phone Mana on 9284 4882 / 0417 946 034 - Email is the most reliable method as Mana is often out of town.

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Puja

tue 20 december - chenrezig - opening to compassion, working with colour & path qualities
wed 21 december – green tara - divine mother, healing, support for growth and path exploration
tue 27 december - vajrasattva - touching 'diamond mind', clearing energetic and karmic hindrances
wed 28 december – medicine buddha - meditation for healing and healers - ie everyone!

All pujas at 7.30pm 45a Harvey St Mosman Park. Please let Mana know if you are coming.

Pujas guided group meditations in which we open to radiant mind that is ever-present within us and all beings. In these pujas we use visualisation, mantra, emptying and intention to awaken different aspects of our potential. These meditations were developed by very radiant minds in the tantric traditions of North India over a thousand years ago, in some cases from the time of the buddha 2500 years ago. They have been cared for and developed in the Tibetan buddhist schools, and are now handed to us in a teaching lineage that is unbroken from the time of the buddha.

If you have some grounding in mindfulness meditation practice with any teacher you are welcome.

New courses

Mindfulness meditation - starts November 9

'This course was a beautiful time that I looked forward to each week' more feedback

6 week course please plan to come to the whole course - all are welcome - beginners and others with more experience will be coming. Learn to meditate or deepen your practice. There will be some hands on meditation each session, as well as time for questions and interaction.

Meditation is opening to things as they are. Many of the methods we learn in meditation are very simple - however, learning to open to things as they actually are in our daily lives can be a life-time's journey, or at least the journey of a lifetime. The journey is both enriching and challenging.

Meditation is not for the faint-hearted, nor for those who routinely avoid the whispered longings of their own hearts - Jon Kabat-Zinn

To see things as they are, we need to learn to look at what is actually present in our experience. There is acceptance in this. Including acceptance of all the potential and creativity within us. Without mindfulness most of us tend to see things through emotionally conditioned screens of all our likes and dislikes, and socially conditioned screens of all our shoulds and shouldn'ts. Meditation is an ongoing process of opening to discovery. There is no success or failure, only service to this process. There is no place to arrive, only here, this moment. In this presence, everything opens.

All our classes and retreats are non-denominational. Much of the buddha's teaching remains useful today. It is about view and method, it is not a belief system. Meditators are welcome to retain whatever belief system has meaning for them. In time, we become our own teachers.

How can mindfulness help me in my everyday life? Sometimes I feel stuck - can meditation help? Will meditation help me find more peace? What can I do when difficult emotions keep happening? Can I use meditation for healing? How can I move more directly to the potential in a new project or situation?

When: Wednesdays 7.30-9.15 pm
Where: 45a Harvey St, Mosman Park
Bring: Notebook and pen, wear comfortable clothing
Cost: suggested donation $120 for the course

Ongoing events

Chanting sundays and other chanting/ devotional music events - info here

upcoming courses, workshops and retreats

Scheduled retreats will appear on the retreats page. If you are interested in any of the upcoming courses, workshops or retreats below, please register your interest here and we can keep you informed.

Additional retreats, courses and class times can be organised in response to your interest - your suggestions and requests are welcome.