Organised by Senior Students 
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 meal or salad to share.
21st December, 4 pm
Vajrayana Institute
Everyone
To celebrate 20 years since the arrival of Geshe Samten at Vajrayana Institute, we will be offering a Long Life Puja.
The puja will commence at 4 pm and be led by Venerable Chokyi. Please arrive at 3.45pm
Meeting ID: 881 4555 0119
Passcode: 1234
Saturday 19 August
4pm
In-person at Vajrayana Institute. 9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
and streamed online via Zoom
By Donation
Everyone
We will be practicing the long sadhana. This practice is restricted to those who have Initiation only
First Sunday of each month
Setup from 9am
Sadhana starts at 10am
Vajrayana Institute
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
By Donation
This practice is restricted to only those with the appropriate tantric empowerment. The full self initiation practice is also only to those who have completed the retreat and fire puja. Anyone who has had the Yamantaka initiation is eligible to attend the morning session, where we just recite the long sadhana.
Who is Vajrayogini? She is the ultimate flowering of the female energy that lies within all of us, a fully enlightened buddha, the essence of totality- beyond duality, beyond ego, and fully controlled. Emphasizing wisdom, the yoga method of Vajrayogini trains us to identify with her divine qualities and leads us on the quickest path to enlightenment.
“The Vajrayogini yoga method is extremely powerful. It is just what we need in these degenerate times, with our delusions running rampant and our minds grasping at concretized sense pleasures. Therefore, a method such as this, which has the wisdom to transform delusions, is of the utmost need, especially as it has the profound property of becoming more powerful as delusions becomes stronger.” –Lama Thubten Yeshe
9 am - 3 pm
Last Sunday of each month. Commencing 26th February
Due to retreats there will be no meditations on the following dates:
31 March
Vajrayana Institute
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
By Donation
This practice is restricted to only those with the appropriate tantric empowerment.
The full self initiation practice is also only to those who have completed the retreat and fire puja. Anyone who has had the VY initiation is eligible to attend the morning session, where we just recite the long sadhana.
As we gear up for a fresh start in the new year we are going to have a spring clean to spruce up our beloved Vajrayana Institute, and we’re reaching out to you for a helping hand.
Event Details:
What’s in it for You? Apart from the satisfaction of contributing to the well-being of our centre, we are delighted to offer a delicious pizza lunch as a token of our gratitude for your time and effort.
Feel free to invite friends and family who may be interested in contributing.
Your commitment to this endeavor is highly valued, and we look forward to sharing a rewarding day of teamwork, camaraderie, and of course… pizza!
Saturday 20 Jan 2024, 9-1pm
Vajrayana Institute
Everyone
Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the Twenty-Fifth Day,” is also known as Lama Tsongkhapa Day. It is a celebration of the anniversary of the parinirvana of Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche encourages FPMT students to engage in a variety of practices on Ganden Ngamchoe to celebrate and create merit, including making light offerings. While at Kopan Monastery last year on Lama Tsongkhapa Day, Rinpoche said, “Light offering is very important, in particular, by making light offerings you are able to dispel the darkness of ignorance and develop Dharma wisdom. Any light offering can dispel darkness, it doesn’t have to be just a butter lamp. You can offer electric lights and even the sun.”
All welcome. Places are limited! Bring offerings of flowers and fruit.
We will celebrate with Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Puja
Vajrayana’s End Of Year Christmas Party will follow at 7.30 pm.
Thursday December 7th
6 pm
In-person at Vajrayana Institute. 9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
By Donation
Everyone
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 party.
Everyone is welcome! Bring some finger food, a light meal or salad to share.
The party will follow a special puja to celebrate Lama Tsongkhapa Day at 4pm.
7th December,
Vajrayana Institute
Everyone
Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you.
The session includes mindfulness of breathing meditation and analytical meditation. Ideal for anyone wishing to kick start their own meditation or to be supported in their on-going practice by meditating with a group. Suitable for beginners and seasoned meditators.
Will return in 2025
In-person at Vajrayana Institute,
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
By Donation
(Suggested: $10 per class)
Everyone
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Margaret McIntyre has been a student of Andy Weber (and his student Paul Smith) since 2016.
During COVID 19 Andy Weber taught a number of courses on line and these recordings are available for purchase on his website.
Andy has given his permission and blessings for Margaret to facilitate a drawing course using his videos of the Shakyamuni Buddha course. The videos go for approximately 9 hours in total and provide close up and detailed instructions on the drawing process as well as the meaning of the elements within the image.
Andy will provide support to Margaret if there are questions that cannot to be answered from the videos and Margaret and other students experiences.
The drawing of Shakyamuni Buddha is usually the beginning of every Dharma art course before other images are drawn, this therefore is a great opportunity for those new to thangka art as a practice to join at the beginning.
Participants do not require previous art or drawing skills, just motivation to be open to the experience and to be of benefit to yourself and others.
It is also a wonderful opportunity for those who have attended Andy’s face to face courses to actually see him drawing close up and to refresh and fine tune your skills.
We will look at segments of the videos and then do the drawing related to the video so that we can gradually complete a finished drawing by the end of the course.
Outline of Program: (This may vary depending on participants progress)
Week 1 – Introduction and drawing the face grid and face
Week 2 – Drawing the body and lotus grids, drawing the body.
Week 3 – Drawing the lotus
Week 4 – Drawing the head and body auras, drawing the robes
Week 5 – Drawing the throne, snow lions
Week 6 – Drawing Face, aura lines, sun and moon.
Week 7 and 8 – Review any parts of videos on request and completion of drawings.
Prerequisite for attendance: Viewing of Andy Webers talk of Shakyamuni Buddha on his website, link below.
Saturdays 10 am - 1 pm
February 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1st
Vajrayana Institute
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
By Donation
There will be an opportunity for those who wish to offer a donation to Andy Weber at the conclusion of the course.
Everyone
Prerequisite: Viewing of Andy Webers talk of Shakyamuni Buddha
(details below)
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 party.
Everyone is welcome! Bring some finger food, a light meal or salad to share.
Saturday 11th December,
12 pm
Johnson Park, Constitution Road, Dulwich Hill NSW
Everyone
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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