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Guided Meditation
Our weekly meditations are for everyone from beginners to highly experienced meditators.
They are designed to bring peace and calm to the mind and are an excellent way to build and reinforce your own meditation practice.
Monday Meditation
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.
Wai Cheong Kok
Wai Cheong Kok is from Singapore. He has been teaching meditation and Buddhism since 1996, with a special interest in making available the benefits of meditation to a wider audience. From 2006-2015, he has served as a senior resident teacher at Vajrayana Institute, a Tibetan Buddhist Centre affiliated to the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Wai-Cheong set out to deepen his understanding of spiritual practice by completing the first 7-year Masters program in Advanced Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra at Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa in Italy in 2004. This was followed by a four month solitary retreat in New Zealand.
Cost
By Donation
(Suggested: $10 per class)
Where
Vajrayana Institute
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
&
Live Stream Online
When
Monday, 6pm
(No class on Public Holidays)
Live Stream
Meeting ID: 826 9264 7778 Passcode: 1234
Wednesday Meditation
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.
Wai Cheong Kok
Wai Cheong Kok is from Singapore. He has been teaching meditation and Buddhism since 1996, with a special interest in making available the benefits of meditation to a wider audience. From 2006-2015, he has served as a senior resident teacher at Vajrayana Institute, a Tibetan Buddhist Centre affiliated to the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Wai-Cheong set out to deepen his understanding of spiritual practice by completing the first 7-year Masters program in Advanced Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra at Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa in Italy in 2004. This was followed by a four month solitary retreat in New Zealand.
Cost
By Donation
(Suggested: $10 per class)
Where
Vajrayana Institute
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
&
Live Stream Online
When
Wednesday, 6pm
(No class on Public Holidays)
Live Stream
Meeting ID: 826 9264 7778 Passcode: 1234
Friday Meditation
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.
Alan Marsh
Alan Marsh has been a student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and member of Vajrayana Institute since it began in the early 1980’s, under the directorship of Ven. Roger Kunsang. During his long association with VI, he’s occupied various positions on the management committee, and was a member of the board of FPMTA for several years. Alan also established and has maintained the garden at Ashfield after VI moved from Newtown, with the help of several kind volunteers.
Cost
By Donation
(Suggested: $10 per class)
Where
Vajrayana Institute
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
&
Live Stream Online
When
Friday, 10am
(No class on Public Holidays)
Live Stream
Meeting ID: 826 9264 7778 Passcode: 1234
Sunday Meditation
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.
Venerable Jampa Dekyi
A very popular teacher at VI, Venerable Dekyi has a broad understanding of secular and Buddhist life. She met the Dharma in 1992 and realised immediately that there was no other way for her to live. She was ordained a year later. Ven Dekyi has studied the Buddha dharma in depth, completing many topics of the Basic Program and has taught at a number of FPMT centres including Tushita, Dharamsala. She currently lives and teaches at Vajrayana Institute.
Cost
By Donation
(Suggested: $10 per class)
Where
Vajrayana Institute
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
When
Sunday, 10:30am
(No class on Public Holidays)
Live Stream
Meeting ID: 923 2231 7871 Passcode: 1234
Why not join one of our weekly classes?
Following most of our guided meditations we have regular weekly classes. These are focused on a various of topics and suited for people from beginner through to advanced. Take a look what’s on offer below
Date: Thursdays, 7pm
Location: Online via Live Stream
Suitable For: This is an advanced level course on Buddhist philosophy and suitable for those with Highest Yoga Tantra initiation only
Date: Tuesdays 7 pm
Location: In-person at Vajrayana Institute,
9 Victoria Square, Ashfield
&
Streamed Online via Zoom
Suitable For: Everyone