Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Friday 27th March

Friday 3rd April

Friday 10th April

Friday 17th April

Friday 24th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Alan in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Fridays

Time – 10am – 11am

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Yoga works with the body and the breath to still the mind. Through regular practice, achieve a sense of lightness and ease in the body and clarity and stillness of mind. At VI, we teach an integrated style of classical yoga incorporating breath, movement and meditation.

Classes are suitable for all ages and abilities. Mats provided.

Fridays – no classes during school holidays

Time: 11.15am -12.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

A puja is a special ceremony in which prayers are offered to the Buddhas or different manifestations of enlightened beings to request their blessings or invoke their help.

Pujas are performed to avert and clear the three types of obstacles which arise due to the lack of merit, which prevent us from achieving our worldly and spiritual goals. These include issues affecting our day to day life, our mental and physical health and difficulties we might be experiencing in Dharma practice. Removing these obstacles will help us to achieve happiness and good fortune in all our activities.

The following pujas are held at VI each month:

• Guru Puja with Tsog
• Tara Puja
• Medicine Buddha Puja
• Yamantaka Self Initiation (Restricted attendance)
• Vajrayogini Self Initiation (Restricted attendance)

There is also an opportunity to observe a Precepts Day at home by taking the 8 Mahayana precepts and devoting the day to practice.

Tara Puja – once each month

The Tara Puja is a practice focusing on Tara, making offerings and giving praise, as a way of creating merits and strengthening our connection with our own enlightened potential. Tara is also known as the “Mother of all Buddhas” because she embodies wisdom – all buddhas are born from this wisdom, she is the manifestation of the Buddha’s omniscient mind.

“Reciting the 21 Taras’ prayer with devotion – remembering Tara singing praises and reciting mantras at any time of the day or night – protects you from fear and dangers, and fulfils all your wishes.” Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

Green Tara is especially swift in granting the wishes of sentient beings.

Note: times for Tara Pujas vary – please check the calendar for exact times.

Students will learn the meaning and practice of drawing and painting traditional Buddhist art in the Tibetan style, beginning with the face of the Buddha and progressing through to completion of thangka for those who wish to participate on an ongoing basis. Guidance is also offered in these sessions to those who have one work or more in progress.

For a list of art materials or more information, please email assistantspc@vajrayana.com.au

Paul provides participants with teaching and instruction most Saturdays, but please check the calendar for updates or get on the email list for last-minute updates or cancellations.

Some students like to come in on a Wednesday morning from 11 am and continue their thangkas. Feel free to join in and be supported by the group.

Dates with Paul Smith: Saturday (check the website calendar for dates)

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $20 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Sunday 29th March

Sunday 5th April

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Venerable Dekyi in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Sundays

Time – 10.30am – 11.30am

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Dharma for Kids uses the ‘Ready Set Happy’, a set of practical, inspirational tools to encourage children to think about ethics and values.

Dates & time: Sunday 10.30-11.30am

• February 2nd
• March 1st
• April 5th
• May 3rd
• NOT on June 7th

Cost: By donation

About the teachers
Jackie and Lesta have been leading dharma classes and meditation in primary schools for many years and are regular students at VI.

Join Wai Cheong Kok for one-off meditation workshops about exploring a range of topics on the first Sunday of each month. 

Lama Zopa Rinpoche urges that reciting Sutra “is an extremely powerful practice for peace in the world, for purification, and for accumulating merit.”

Join Jackie and Lesta for a meritorious  hour of reading Sutra,

1st Sunday of every month

Time: 12pm- 1pm

Dates:

1st Sunday of every month  

• February 2nd 
• March 1st 
• April 5th
• May 3rd 
• NONE June 7th 

Time: 12 pm – 1pm

All are welcome!

Learn the art of mantra rolling and help prepare mantras for statue filling. Any students requesting statues to be consecrated should attend these sessions, to roll the mantras for their statues. We also will send some of the mantras being rolled to our sister center Kunsang Yeshe Center in the Blue Mountains to help fill the beautiful Yellow Tara.  All are welcome to participate in learning this wonderfully meditative practice.

Dates:

1st Sunday of every month  

• February 2nd 
• March 1st 
• April 5th
• May 3rd
• NOT JUNE 7th
• July 5th

Time: 2 pm -4.30 pm

Cost: Donations welcome

For more information about the Yellow Tara at Kunsang Yeshe Center visit:

Mantra Rolling

https://www.gofundme.com/f/yellowtaraproject

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Monday 23rd March

Monday 30th March

Monday 6th April

Monday 20th April

Monday 27th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Wai Cheong Kok in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Dates – Mondays

Time – 6pm – 7pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10, but no set amount) 

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

You can view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Nurturing positive emotions like loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity can help us to rebalance our body and mind, diminish the impacts of stress and unpleasant feelings, and enhance our relationship with those around us. In this series of classes, we will learn about the different meditations that we can cultivate to work with our emotions. Each weekly session will include explanation, guided meditations and Q&A. 

Days: Mondays

Dates: April 6th, (NOT on the 13th), 20th ,27th 

May 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th 

Time: 7pm – 8pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Monday 20th April

Monday 27th April

Monday 4th May

Monday 11th May 

Note: Session will start at 7pm as there will be no discussion group beforehand

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Explore the definition and purpose of meditation, how to sit, how to set up a meditation session, different meditation techniques, and how to deal with obstacles to meditation

Dates: Monday

• April 20, 27, May 4, 11

Retreat day Sunday 17th May

Time: 7 – 8.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Tuesday 24th March

Tuesday 31st March

Tuesday 7th April

Tuesday 14th April

Tuesday 21st April

Tuesday 28h April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Venerable Dekyi in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Dates – Tuesdays

Time – 6pm – 6.50pm

Suggested Donation $10

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland with Geshe Samten Live Stream

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Nagarjuna is renowned for his penetrating analysis of reality.  In the Precious Garland Nagarjuna describes the cause & effect sequences for the  development of happiness within ordinary life, as well as the practices of wisdom, realizing emptiness & compassion that lead to enlightenment.  He describes a Buddha’s qualities & offers encouraging advice on the effectiveness of practices that reveal the vast attributes of Buddha-hood.  The Precious Garland includes a detailed analysis of attachment to sensual objects as a preparation for realization of the profound truth that, when realized, makes attachment impossible.

Dates:  Tuesdays

Time: Tuesday evenings, 7pm – 8.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member

At VI we aim to make Dharma teachings as accessible as possible, so if you wish to attend but are unable to afford the full cost of classes at this time please email spc@vajrayana.com.au

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

To stream this teaching in Zoom click this link

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Whether we are religious or not, we all want to make the most of our life and not be caught wasting time on distractions. Discover how to make every moment of the day more meaningful and how to transform our mundane activities into the path to lasting happiness.

These teachings are open to everyone!

Wednesdays

Time: 10am – 11.30am

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Wednesday 25th March

Wednesday 1st April

Wednesday 8th April

Wednesday 15th April

Wednesday 22nd April

Wednesday 29th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Wai Cheong in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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. 

Dates – Wednesday evenings

Time – 6pm – 7pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10, but no set amount) 

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Wednesday 25th March

Wednesday 1st April

Wednesday 8th April

Wednesday 15th April

Wednesday 22nd April

Wednesday 29th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Key Buddhist topics to help us live with an open heart and a clear mind (how to meditate, our potential for Buddha-hood, faith-based on logic and experience, death and reincarnation, karma and compassion) Includes hands-on practice in sitting comfortably, setting up an altar and a developing a daily practice.

Dates:

Course 1

February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 4

Course 2

March 11, 18, 25, April 1

Course 3

April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6

Course 4

May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10

Revision and Q&A

June 17th

Time: 7pm – 830pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

This event will be streaming live via Youtube – see our live stream page for links and further details.

Unfortunately, while the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers Venerable Dekyi and Venerable Rabdrol will be performing pujas on behalf of the centre and its community. Thank you!

A puja is a special ceremony in which prayers are offered to the Buddhas or different manifestations of enlightened beings to request their blessings or invoke their help.

Pujas are performed to avert and clear the three types of obstacles which arise due to the lack of merit, which prevent us from achieving our worldly and spiritual goals. These include issues affecting our day to day life, our mental and physical health and difficulties we might be experiencing in Dharma practice. Removing these obstacles will help us to achieve happiness and good fortune in all our activities.

The following pujas are held at VI each month:

• Guru Puja with Tsog
• Tara Puja
• Medicine Buddha Puja
• Yamantaka Self Initiation (Restricted attendance)
• Vajrayogini Self Initiation (Restricted attendance)

There is also an opportunity to observe a Precepts Day at home by taking the 8 Mahayana precepts and devoting the day to practice.

Medicine Buddha Puja – once each month

Most commonly this puja is performed on behalf of sick people to assist with recovery from illness or an operation and those who are dying. It is also done to achieve higher rebirth for the deceased and is very powerful in bringing about success, both temporary and ultimate. The prayers invoke help from the Seven Medicine Buddhas and Buddha Shakyamuni.

Note: times for Medicine Buddha Pujas vary – please check the calendar for exact times

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds: Chapter 9 with Geshe Samten 7.00 – 9.00pm

Note: Session will start at 7pm as there will be no discussion group beforehand

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

In this class, Geshe la will focus on the famous wisdom chapter (chapter 9) of Shantideva’s classic text ”Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds” on Bodhicitta and the six perfections.  This chapter is a detailed and profound exposition on emptiness, ultimate reality according to Buddhism.

The dialogue takes place between the Madhyamaka school, represented by the author Shantideva, and various other Buddhist and non‐Buddhist schools.

This is an advanced level course on Buddhist philosophy.

Audio recordings of Basic Program subjects taught by Geshe Samten are available on the VI website on our Resources page.

Dates: Thursdays

Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
[Discussion group from 6:00pm – 6:45pm]

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Friday 27th March

Friday 3rd April

Friday 10th April

Friday 17th April

Friday 24th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Alan in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Fridays

Time – 10am – 11am

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Yoga works with the body and the breath to still the mind. Through regular practice, achieve a sense of lightness and ease in the body and clarity and stillness of mind. At VI, we teach an integrated style of classical yoga incorporating breath, movement and meditation.

Classes are suitable for all ages and abilities. Mats provided.

Fridays – no classes during school holidays

Time: 11.15am -12.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting this teaching online via live-streaming 

To stream this teaching in Zoom click this link

Afternoons with Geshe la: Purpose & Methods for Realisation

In the Bodhisattvacharyavatara, the great yogi and bodhisattva Shantideva wrote,

“We all seek happiness, but turn our backs on it. We all wish to avoid misery, but race to collect its causes.”  

What we want and what we’re doing are in contradiction.  

 Practice discriminating wisdom and direct our minds to essential goals that benefit both ourselves and other beings in a way that affects this and future lives. 

Date: Saturday May 9th

Time: 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $35 per class, but no set amount)

This Yamantaka self-initiation is a brief text composed by the early twentieth-century master, Khangsar Thubten Chökyi Wangchuk, based on the secret oral instructions of the Ganden Hearing Lineage. In order to engage in its practice, one must have received the empowerment of Vajrabhairava (i.e., Yamantaka), completed an authorizing retreat of 100,000 mantras together with the traditional concluding fire puja.

This practice is restricted to only those with the appropriate tantric empowerment.

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Sunday 29th March

Sunday 5th April

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Venerable Dekyi in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Sundays

Time – 10.30am – 11.30am

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Monday 23rd March

Monday 30th March

Monday 6th April

Monday 20th April

Monday 27th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Wai Cheong Kok in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Dates – Mondays

Time – 6pm – 7pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10, but no set amount) 

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Monday 20th April

Monday 27th April

Monday 4th May

Monday 11th May 

Note: Session will start at 7pm as there will be no discussion group beforehand

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Explore the definition and purpose of meditation, how to sit, how to set up a meditation session, different meditation techniques, and how to deal with obstacles to meditation

Dates: Monday

• April 20, 27, May 4, 11

Retreat day Sunday 17th May

Time: 7 – 8.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

You can view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Nurturing positive emotions like loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity can help us to rebalance our body and mind, diminish the impacts of stress and unpleasant feelings, and enhance our relationship with those around us. In this series of classes, we will learn about the different meditations that we can cultivate to work with our emotions. Each weekly session will include explanation, guided meditations and Q&A. 

Days: Mondays

Dates: April 6th, (NOT on the 13th), 20th ,27th 

May 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th 

Time: 7pm – 8pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Tuesday 24th March

Tuesday 31st March

Tuesday 7th April

Tuesday 14th April

Tuesday 21st April

Tuesday 28h April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Venerable Dekyi in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Dates – Tuesdays

Time – 6pm – 6.50pm

Suggested Donation $10

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland with Geshe Samten Live Stream

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Nagarjuna is renowned for his penetrating analysis of reality.  In the Precious Garland Nagarjuna describes the cause & effect sequences for the  development of happiness within ordinary life, as well as the practices of wisdom, realizing emptiness & compassion that lead to enlightenment.  He describes a Buddha’s qualities & offers encouraging advice on the effectiveness of practices that reveal the vast attributes of Buddha-hood.  The Precious Garland includes a detailed analysis of attachment to sensual objects as a preparation for realization of the profound truth that, when realized, makes attachment impossible.

Dates:  Tuesdays

Time: Tuesday evenings, 7pm – 8.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member

At VI we aim to make Dharma teachings as accessible as possible, so if you wish to attend but are unable to afford the full cost of classes at this time please email spc@vajrayana.com.au

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

To stream this teaching in Zoom click this link

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Whether we are religious or not, we all want to make the most of our life and not be caught wasting time on distractions. Discover how to make every moment of the day more meaningful and how to transform our mundane activities into the path to lasting happiness.

These teachings are open to everyone!

Wednesdays

Time: 10am – 11.30am

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Wednesday 25th March

Wednesday 1st April

Wednesday 8th April

Wednesday 15th April

Wednesday 22nd April

Wednesday 29th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Wai Cheong in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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. 

Dates – Wednesday evenings

Time – 6pm – 7pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10, but no set amount) 

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

This event will be streaming live via Youtube – see our live stream page for links and further details.

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Wednesday 25th March

Wednesday 1st April

Wednesday 8th April

Wednesday 15th April

Wednesday 22nd April

Wednesday 29th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Key Buddhist topics to help us live with an open heart and a clear mind (how to meditate, our potential for Buddha-hood, faith-based on logic and experience, death and reincarnation, karma and compassion) Includes hands-on practice in sitting comfortably, setting up an altar and a developing a daily practice.

Dates:

Course 1

February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 4

Course 2

March 11, 18, 25, April 1

Course 3

April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6

Course 4

May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10

Revision and Q&A

June 17th

Time: 7pm – 830pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds: Chapter 9 with Geshe Samten 7.00 – 9.00pm

Note: Session will start at 7pm as there will be no discussion group beforehand

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

In this class, Geshe la will focus on the famous wisdom chapter (chapter 9) of Shantideva’s classic text ”Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds” on Bodhicitta and the six perfections.  This chapter is a detailed and profound exposition on emptiness, ultimate reality according to Buddhism.

The dialogue takes place between the Madhyamaka school, represented by the author Shantideva, and various other Buddhist and non‐Buddhist schools.

This is an advanced level course on Buddhist philosophy.

Audio recordings of Basic Program subjects taught by Geshe Samten are available on the VI website on our Resources page.

Dates: Thursdays

Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
[Discussion group from 6:00pm – 6:45pm]

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Friday 27th March

Friday 3rd April

Friday 10th April

Friday 17th April

Friday 24th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Alan in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Fridays

Time – 10am – 11am

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Yoga works with the body and the breath to still the mind. Through regular practice, achieve a sense of lightness and ease in the body and clarity and stillness of mind. At VI, we teach an integrated style of classical yoga incorporating breath, movement and meditation.

Classes are suitable for all ages and abilities. Mats provided.

Fridays – no classes during school holidays

Time: 11.15am -12.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Students will learn the meaning and practice of drawing and painting traditional Buddhist art in the Tibetan style, beginning with the face of the Buddha and progressing through to completion of thangka for those who wish to participate on an ongoing basis. Guidance is also offered in these sessions to those who have one work or more in progress.

For a list of art materials or more information, please email assistantspc@vajrayana.com.au

Paul provides participants with teaching and instruction most Saturdays, but please check the calendar for updates or get on the email list for last-minute updates or cancellations.

Some students like to come in on a Wednesday morning from 11 am and continue their thangkas. Feel free to join in and be supported by the group.

Dates with Paul Smith: Saturday (check the website calendar for dates)

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $20 per class, but no set amount)

Qigong is performed as a series of repetitive movements to produce Qi for vitality and reduce tension.
Using correct alignments and grounding with awareness, we cultivate the mind, Qi and space to free up the body, bringing relaxation, relieving chronic pain, releasing stagnant energy in blocked joints, lymph nodes, creating good overall blood circulation and generally revitalizing the organs.

Yoga mats provided but if you have a favorite please bring it along.

Those with injuries will be catered for with special considerations within the practice.

Dates: Saturdays 16th, 23rd and 30th of May

Time: 4.30 pm – 6 pm

Cost: By donation ( Recommended donation $35 per class, or $90 for 3 classes, but no set amount)

About the teacher

Chin Kham Yoke is founder, practitioner and teacher of Taichi and Qigong at www.cloudhandstaichi.com.au in Sydney. Yoke is also a certified Instructor with Energy Arts

Yoke trained with the late Taichi Grandmaster Huang Sheng Shyan from China and Malaysia and Bruce Kumar Frantzis of www.energyarts.com, lineage holder and disciple of the enlightened,the late Taoist Master Liew Hong Chieh, China.

Explore the definition and purpose of meditation, how to sit, how to set up a meditation session, different meditation techniques, and how to deal with obstacles to meditation

Date: Sunday 17th May

Time: 10 – 3.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $40, but no set amount)

PLEASE NOTE: Attendance for the retreat day is restricted to those who have attended the weekly classes for this module

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Sunday 29th March

Sunday 5th April

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Venerable Dekyi in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Sundays

Time – 10.30am – 11.30am

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, while the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers Venerable Dekyi and Venerable Rabdrol will be performing pujas on behalf of the centre and its community. Thank you!

A puja is a special ceremony in which prayers are offered to the Buddhas or different manifestations of enlightened beings to request their blessings or invoke their help.

Pujas are performed to avert and clear the three types of obstacles which arise due to the lack of merit, which prevent us from achieving our worldly and spiritual goals. These include issues affecting our day to day life, our mental and physical health and difficulties we might be experiencing in Dharma practice. Removing these obstacles will help us to achieve happiness and good fortune in all our activities.

The following pujas are held at VI each month:

• Guru Puja with Tsog
• Tara Puja
• Medicine Buddha Puja
• Yamantaka Self Initiation (Restricted attendance)
• Vajrayogini Self Initiation (Restricted attendance)

There is also an opportunity to observe a Precepts Day at home by taking the 8 Mahayana precepts and devoting the day to practice.

Guru Puja with Tsog (also known as Lama Chopa) – twice each month

During the practice of Lama Chopa, we invoke all the lamas of the graduated path lineage beginning with Shakyamuni Buddha himself, extending to our present direct teachers who have shown us the path. We pay homage to them, make offerings, and request each of them to please bless our minds with the same realizations that they themselves have generated. By offering sincere, heartfelt requests, we make our minds ripe to receive the full blessings of this precious lineage and quickly actualize the realizations we need to attain enlightenment.

Note: starting times for Pujas vary – please check the calendar for exact times.

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Monday 23rd March

Monday 30th March

Monday 6th April

Monday 20th April

Monday 27th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Wai Cheong Kok in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Dates – Mondays

Time – 6pm – 7pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10, but no set amount) 

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

You can view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Nurturing positive emotions like loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity can help us to rebalance our body and mind, diminish the impacts of stress and unpleasant feelings, and enhance our relationship with those around us. In this series of classes, we will learn about the different meditations that we can cultivate to work with our emotions. Each weekly session will include explanation, guided meditations and Q&A. 

Days: Mondays

Dates: April 6th, (NOT on the 13th), 20th ,27th 

May 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th 

Time: 7pm – 8pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Tuesday 24th March

Tuesday 31st March

Tuesday 7th April

Tuesday 14th April

Tuesday 21st April

Tuesday 28h April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Venerable Dekyi in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Dates – Tuesdays

Time – 6pm – 6.50pm

Suggested Donation $10

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland with Geshe Samten Live Stream

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Nagarjuna is renowned for his penetrating analysis of reality.  In the Precious Garland Nagarjuna describes the cause & effect sequences for the  development of happiness within ordinary life, as well as the practices of wisdom, realizing emptiness & compassion that lead to enlightenment.  He describes a Buddha’s qualities & offers encouraging advice on the effectiveness of practices that reveal the vast attributes of Buddha-hood.  The Precious Garland includes a detailed analysis of attachment to sensual objects as a preparation for realization of the profound truth that, when realized, makes attachment impossible.

Dates:  Tuesdays

Time: Tuesday evenings, 7pm – 8.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member

At VI we aim to make Dharma teachings as accessible as possible, so if you wish to attend but are unable to afford the full cost of classes at this time please email spc@vajrayana.com.au

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

To stream this teaching in Zoom click this link

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Whether we are religious or not, we all want to make the most of our life and not be caught wasting time on distractions. Discover how to make every moment of the day more meaningful and how to transform our mundane activities into the path to lasting happiness.

These teachings are open to everyone!

Wednesdays

Time: 10am – 11.30am

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Wednesday 25th March

Wednesday 1st April

Wednesday 8th April

Wednesday 15th April

Wednesday 22nd April

Wednesday 29th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Wai Cheong in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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. 

Dates – Wednesday evenings

Time – 6pm – 7pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10, but no set amount) 

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member 

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Wednesday 25th March

Wednesday 1st April

Wednesday 8th April

Wednesday 15th April

Wednesday 22nd April

Wednesday 29th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Key Buddhist topics to help us live with an open heart and a clear mind (how to meditate, our potential for Buddha-hood, faith-based on logic and experience, death and reincarnation, karma and compassion) Includes hands-on practice in sitting comfortably, setting up an altar and a developing a daily practice.

Dates:

Course 1

February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 4

Course 2

March 11, 18, 25, April 1

Course 3

April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6

Course 4

May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10

Revision and Q&A

June 17th

Time: 7pm – 830pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

This event will be streaming live via Youtube – see our live stream page for links and further details.

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these teachings online via live-streaming.

Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds: Chapter 9 with Geshe Samten 7.00 – 9.00pm

Note: Session will start at 7pm as there will be no discussion group beforehand

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

In this class, Geshe la will focus on the famous wisdom chapter (chapter 9) of Shantideva’s classic text ”Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds” on Bodhicitta and the six perfections.  This chapter is a detailed and profound exposition on emptiness, ultimate reality according to Buddhism.

The dialogue takes place between the Madhyamaka school, represented by the author Shantideva, and various other Buddhist and non‐Buddhist schools.

This is an advanced level course on Buddhist philosophy.

Audio recordings of Basic Program subjects taught by Geshe Samten are available on the VI website on our Resources page.

Dates: Thursdays

Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
[Discussion group from 6:00pm – 6:45pm]

Cost: By donation (suggested $15 per class, but no set amount)

Support Vajrayana Institute by becoming a member

Unfortunately, the centre is currently closed to students, visitors and volunteers.

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting these guided meditations online via live-streaming.

Friday 27th March

Friday 3rd April

Friday 10th April

Friday 17th April

Friday 24th April

You can also view the full live streaming schedule on our website here

Live Stream Schedule

Peace begins in the mind and a peaceful mind benefits both you and those around you. Join Alan in meditation to cultivate a peaceful and loving mind. 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.

Fridays

Time – 10am – 11am

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

Yoga works with the body and the breath to still the mind. Through regular practice, achieve a sense of lightness and ease in the body and clarity and stillness of mind. At VI, we teach an integrated style of classical yoga incorporating breath, movement and meditation.

Classes are suitable for all ages and abilities. Mats provided.

Fridays – no classes during school holidays

Time: 11.15am -12.30pm

Cost: By donation (suggested $10 per class, but no set amount)

How can I fathom the depths

Of the goodness of this jewel of the mind,

The panacea that relieves the world of pain

And is the source of all joy?

—Shantideva, A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life

The meditative tradition for developing an Awakened Heart, Equalising and Exchanging Self for Others, begins with “the equality of self and others”—recognising that others have a life to live and in that life, they want happiness and not suffering, just like ourselves. It then goes on to examine “the disadvantages of self-centeredness and the advantages of other-centeredness”—seeing that we’re never more miserable than when we’re completely caught up in ourselves alone and never more fulfilled than when we’re genuinely concerned with others. It then goes on to “the actual exchange of self for others”—reversing our habitual attitude of self-importance with an attitude that places that importance upon others. Finally, it uses the imaginative technique of “taking and giving”—compassionately taking upon ourselves the sufferings of others and lovingly giving away our happiness to them. All of which leads to an awakening of our hearts—the determination to become the best possible person we can be—a Buddha—for the sake of all others.

There is no more noble thought, no greater meaning, and purpose that we can bring to our lives than to awaken our hearts. If we sincerely want to help others and, indeed, ourselves, there is no more far-reaching method than this.

Everyone is welcome.

Dates: Saturdays, March 21st and May 23rd

Time: 10am – 4pm

Please BYO Lunch or a plate to share

Cost: By donation  (Recommended donation $50, but no set amount)

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Jampa Jaffe has been teaching Buddhism for over 20 years. American by birth, he was a monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for 17 years and studied for over 14 years in India at the Tibetan Library of Works and Archives and the Buddhist School of Dialectics. He spent one year in Thailand, studying and meditating in the Theravada tradition, and in 2005 completed a solitary one-year retreat in Spain. He has been the resident teacher at Buddha House, South Australia and the teaching assistant in the first FPMT Masters Program for Buddhist Studies in Italy.