As another year draws to a close we would like to invite you to join Sangha, fellow Vajrayana students, staff, and volunteers for our annual end-of-year Christmas party
Everyone is welcome! Bring finger food, a dish or salad to share.
Sunday 14th December, 5 pm
Straight after the Lama Tsongkhapa Puja at 3 pm
Vajrayana Institute
Everyone
3 Day Immersive Retreat | October 3 – 5, 2026
Join Venerable Tsapel for a three-day retreat exploring living well to die well.
Drawing on classic Buddhist teachings and guided meditation, this retreat offers a supportive space to reflect on impermanence, the process of dying, and how mindfulness of death can become a remedy to fear and attachment at the time of death. The retreat will include discussion and meditation with the aim to explore the nature of the body and mind, and how the mind transitions as the body is unable, in stages, to support the mind. That knowledge can inspire one to training in mindfulness, compassion and loving kindness which can build confidence and resilience at the time of death.
The course is open to buddhist, new and experienced, and to non-buddhists who would like to explore these topics from a Buddhist perspective. While grounded in traditional teachings, that are equally relevant today, the emphasis will be on how to integrating any helpful techniques into your daily life.
Venerable Tenzin Tsapel met Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa in 1979 at Chenrezing Institute in Qld. and was later ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In the 90’s she helped establish Chenrezig Nuns Community, Chenrezig Institute’s Basic Program and studied and taught there for 16 years. In New Zealand she was resident teacher at Chandrakirti Meditation Centre, and later served in Darkhan, Mongolia. Venerable Tsapel led many group retreats and completed a number of solitary ones, including a two-year retreat at Detong Ling, Kangaroo Island. Last year, with Tsapel’s guidance over many years, Machig Labdron Nunnery’s major building project was completed. It is on the site of The Great Stupa and Atisha Centre, in Bendigo VIC, and is now home to six nuns.
Deepen your retreat experience by staying at Vajrayana Institute.
Immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere of Vajrayana Institute, where comfort, convenience, and mindfulness merge seamlessly.
Accommodation for the retreat is limited. Be sure to get in quick and book your stay today!
Vajrayana Institute is a Buddhist Centre located in Ashfield, NSW Australia. Vajrayana Institute is a non-profit incorporated association that is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a grouping of over 150 meditation centres worldwide.
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Vajrayana Institute acknowledge the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Eora nation, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our centre sits. We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
