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Wednesdays and
Thursdays: Sitting practice
BBB Venue:
Byron Bay Practice Centre
1/22 Fawcett Street, Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
Time:
Wednesdays from 6 to 7.30PM
Lismore Venue:
Inner Sanctum, 68 Magellan St.
Time:
Thursdays from 6 to 7.30PM
Suggested donation $5
Vajradhara Gonpa
Until the start of the next three year retreat in January, all are welcome
to join daily practice in the shrine room at Vajradhara Gonpa from 8:00 -
9:00 each morning. Practice will include a daily liturgy and sitting
meditation. The liturgy is the same as Rinpoche has requested the next group
of three year retreatants to chant daily in preparation for the their
retreat. This is a great opportunity to enjoy the inspiring atmosphere of
the Gonpa while the boundary is open.
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Saturday, August 2: Ngöndro day
A day of Ngöndro teaching and practice, lead by Jakob Leschly, with a
morning and afternoon session. There will be time for Q&A. Bring your own
lunch.
Place: BBB
Time: 10AM-4PM
Suggested donation $15/20
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Tuesday, August 5: Celebration of Buddha Shakyamuni
August 5th is one of the four annual commemorations of major events in the
life of Buddha Shakyamuni, where this particular day marks the turning of
the Wheel, which is when the Buddha first taught his first disciples. BBB
will celebrate this with sitting practice and the practice of Mipham
Rinpoche’s Treasury of Blessing Shakyamuni sadhana. The program will begin
at 6PM with offering of lights, flowers and fruit followed by half an hour
of sitting. After a break there will be the sadhana practice. Everyone is
welcome - bring flowers and fruits!
Place: BBB
Time: 6-8PM
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Sunday, August 10: Nyintun - A Day of Sitting Meditation
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche has more and more advocated the practice of
sitting meditation.
Place: BBB
Time: 10AM -3PM
Suggested donation $15/20
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Monday, August 11th: Tsasum Drildrup Sadhana and Feast
Ganachakra Practice of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's essential Guru
Padmasambhava sadhana.
Place:
BBB
Time: 5 -
7.30 PM
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Saturday, August
16: Learn to Read Tibetan
A one-day workshop
In one morning you can learn the alphabet, and in the afternoon you can
learn to understand how the syllables are read, enabling you to read aloud
any text, for example your practice liturgy. There is nothing
difficult about reading Tibetan.
Time:
August 16, 9AM - 5PM
Place: BBB
Cost: $30/40
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Sunday, August 17: Words of My Perfect Teacher
Study of Paltrul Rinpoche’s essential and practical guide to the foundations
of Buddhist contemplation and practice.
Time: 10AM-3PM
Place: BBB
Suggested donation: $15/20
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August 18: Buddhism
101
A comprehensive
introduction to the theory and practice of Buddhism.
Time:
6-8PM
Place: BBB
Suggested donation $10/15
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Sunday, August 24: Enjoying the View
A day of enquiring into what reality is, and how to integrate such a
perspective in practice. Based on the Madhaymaka teachings of Dzongsar
Khyentse Rinpoche.
Place: BBB
Time: 10AM -3PM
Suggested donation $15/20
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August
29: Buddhism 101 (Sydney)
An introduction to the
theory and practice of Buddhism.
Time:
August 29, 7PM
Place: Sydney: Macleay Room, 1st Floor, The Rex Centre, 58A Macleay
Street, Kings Cross
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August
30-31: Workshop - Facing the View (Sydney)
The great masters
Nagarjuna and Chandrakirti, made the Buddha's teachings on ultimate reality
accessible in their Middle Way philosophy, or Madhyamika. This
workshop is meant to facilitate application of this view.
Time: August 30-31, 10AM-4PM
Place: Sydney: Macleay Room, 1st Floor, The Rex Centre, 58A Macleay
Street, Kings Cross
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Sunday, August 31: Words of My Perfect Teacher (BBB)
Study of Paltrul Rinpoche essential and practical guide to the
foundations of Buddhist contemplation and practice.
Time: 10AM-3PM
Place: BBB
Suggested donation: $15/20
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September
2: Joining Shamatha and Vipasyana (Sydney)
Meditation is the discipline of calming the mind, being here now,
allowing space in the stream of our habitual patterns, to allow the insight
of wisdom.
Time: September 2, 7PM
Place: Sydney: Macleay Room, 1st Floor, The Rex Centre, 58A Macleay
Street, Kings Cross
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Sunday, September 7: Kyogle ACE - The Path of Presence
The Buddha taught that our sufferings arise from mistaken assumptions
about reality, and encouraged questioning our beliefs and habitual patterns.
He encouraged the practice of meditation to cultivate insight that can cut
through our assumptions and habits.
Place: TBA
Time: 12.30-16PM
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Monday, September 8: The Wheel of Existence
An exploration of the key concepts of samsara and nirvana, the workings
of the psychology of confusion, and the Buddha’s path of liberation. Based
on a concise graphic and textual overview created by Stefan Mager and Jakob
Leschly.
(See www.wheelofbecoming.com)
Time: 6-8PM
Place: BBB
Suggested donation $10/15
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Wednesday, September 10:
Tsasum Drildrup Sadhana Practice and Feast (BBB)
Place: BBB
Time: 5 - 7.30 PM
Phagma Nyingtik Sadhana Practice and Feast (VG)
Place: Vajradhara Gonpa
Time: 4-6 PM
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Saturday, September 13: Nyintun - A Day of Sitting Meditation
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche has more and more advocated the practice of
sitting meditation.
Place: BBB
Time: 10AM -3PM
Suggested donation $15/20
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Sunday, September 14: Words of My Perfect Teacher
Study of Paltrul Rinpoche’s essential and practical guide to the foundations
of Buddhist contemplation and practice.
Place: BBB
Time: 10AM-3PM
Suggested donation: $15/20
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Sat-Sun, September 20-21: Lojong - Training the Mind (Bellingen)
Training the mind is to come to terms with how we are presently, and making
this the basis for discovering and cultivating courage, compassion, and
insight.
Time: 10AM-4PM
Place: 256 Martells Road, Brierfield via Bellingen (Tel. 02 6655
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Monday, September 22: Buddhist Philosophy
A comprehensive overview of the Buddhist perspective.
Time: 6-8PM
Place: BBB
Suggested donation $10/15
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Saturday, September 27: Ngöndro Day
A day of Ngöndro teaching and practice, lead by Jakob Leschly, with a
morning and afternoon session. There will be time for Q&A. Bring your own
lunch.
Place: BBB
Time: 10AM-3PM
Suggested donation $15/20
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Sunday, September 28: Words of My Perfect Teacher
Study of Paltrul Rinpoche’s essential and practical guide to the foundations
of Buddhist contemplation and practice.
Time: 10AM-3PM
Place: BBB
Suggested donation: $15/20
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NEWS: AUGUST 2008
Presently Byron Bay Buddhist - Siddhartha's Intent Australia
(BBB-SIA) is focussing on numerous study and practice workshops, in addtion
to regular practice events. These programs are held at the centre in
Brubnswick Heads, in Lismore, as well as in Sydney. There are plans to have
workshops in Melbourne and Brisbane this spring.
The
teachings on Uttaratantra with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche are
scheduled to begin in January 2009, and will be held in the Byron Bay area.
Location and dates to be advised.
The
Siddhartha School project is more and more gaining momentum, with much
encouragement and support. Funding and finding a suitable location has been
a problem, and for this reason the opening of a school has been set to
February 2010.
The three
year retreat at Vajradhara Gonpa was completed in April, with
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche leading a weeklong Chime Pagma Nyingtik
group practice with the retreatants and more than one hundred participants
from the outside.
Vajradhara Gonpa is now accepting expressions of interest for the next three-year retreat, which will commence in early 2009.
Please enquire by email to cabs@siddharthasintent.org or by post to
Vajradhara Gonpa, PO Box 345, Kyogle NSW 2474 Australia.
For more
details see www.siddharthasintent.org/VajradharaGonpa.htm
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Please
feel welcome to attend the following practice events at Vajradhara Gonpa
in the main hall. This open invitation extends until the start of the
next three year retreat in January.
8:00 -
9:00 am daily: morning chants and sitting meditation
lead by Steve Cline and Kate Miller.
10
September, 4:00 – 6:00 pm: Guru Rinpoche Day sadhana practice and feast
offerings:
Chime
Phagma Nyingtik (To participate, you should have received the
empowerment for this sadhana practice. Rinpoche has given the Phagma
Nyingtik empowerment a number of times in Australia, most recently
during the Drubchen that concluded the three year retreat.)
Subsequent Guru Rinpoche Days are:
9 October, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
8 November, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
7 December, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
If you plan to attend the Guru Rinpoche Day feast offering, please bring
a food item. Please RSVP by email or call on 6633 1485.
Work as Practice Program
Come and experience the joy of being in the retreat atmosphere and pristine natural beauty of the Gonpa environment. Between June 2008 and January 2009 a Work as Practice Program
will be offered. The program will focus on application of mindfulness
and accumulation of merit through preparation of the retreat centre for
the next three-year retreat. Included will be daily meditation sessions
supported by three-year retreat staff. Practitioners with skills in
construction, repairs and maintenance, such as carpentry, electrical,
plumbing, mechanical, painting, landscaping and general labour, are
invited to express their interest, as are those who can support these
efforts by cooking and caring for the facilities. There is no charge
for the program and basic accommodation and meals will be provided.
Participation will be by invitation.
Please submit an expression of
interest to sia_bookings@siddharthasintent.org.
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