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About SI Australia

SIA is a not for profit, member based organisation that was established by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in 1989 to foster the ongoing study and practice of the Buddhist teachings in Australia. 

We offer an extensive Australia-wide program of online meditation sessions and online & face-to-face sadhana practice.

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Contact SI Australia

For general inquiries about Siddhartha’s Intent Australia, email [email protected]

See below for Regional Locations

SI Australia Instructors

Jakob Leschly
Most of Siddhartha’s Intent Australias’ workshops, retreats and study groups are conducted by Jakob Leschly. Jakob has been appointed by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche as a resident instructor in Australia. He began his studies of Buddhism in 1974 and has studied with numerous great teachers, particularly Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Dudjom Rinpoche and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Jakob completed a three year retreat in 1984. Since then he has worked as a translator, interpreter and as a philosophy and meditation instructor. He has also completed a BA in Tibetan Studies. He now lives in Switzerland and will visit Australia & New Zealand for programs and retreats.

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Jangchub Haubner
Jangchub has been a student of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche for thirty years. During this time she has been actively involved with Vajradhara Gonpa and was requested by Rinpoche to become an instructor for Siddhartha’s Intent Australia at Vajradhara Gonpa in 1995.

Jangchub completed a three year retreat in France under Pema Wangyal Rinpoche in 2006. Subsequently she was one of the supervisors for the second three year retreat at Vajradhara Gonpa in the first and last year.

Jangchub’s main emphasis is in the area of Pastoral Care for Buddhist practitioners or people who are open to the spiritual values of the Buddha’s teachings, to assist them through the dying process and to provide support for their families

Jangchub can be contacted on [email protected]

Steve Cline
Steve Cline grew up in the Seattle area and became a student of Chögyam Trungpa in 1971 in Boulder, Colorado. During that period Steve was also a student and later an instructor of kyudo, the art of Japanese Zen archery, under the guidance of Onyumishi Kanjuro Shibata. In 1991 Steve became a student of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and under Rinpoche’s guidance undertook three year retreat in the Dordogne (France) between 1994 and 1997. In 2003 Rinpoche asked Steve to develop curriculum for three year retreats at Vajradhara Gonpa in Australia and Steve subsequently served as retreat master through two retreat program cycles.

Since his three year retreat in France, Steve has participated in the translation of various Khyentse lineage practice liturgies from Tibetan into English. Steve enjoy spending time in Bir, Himachal Pradesh (India) when not at home in Ballina NSW

Regional Locations

Adelaide

For information contact Julianne at [email protected]

Bellingen

You are invited to join us for regular meditation practice on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month at 3:00pm. We live within the peaceful tranquillity of the forest about 13 kilometres from Bellingen on the NSW mid-north coast. Since 1979 we have hosted many eminent Tibetan Buddhist (and other) teachers here.

Contact: Tricia and Stephen Abell.  Email: [email protected]

Brisbane

For information contact Kris Anderson: [email protected]

Canberra

For information contact Ewa Talent at [email protected]

Northern Rivers, NSW 

For information contact Stephen Teather at [email protected]

Melbourne

For information contact Lianne Metcalf at [email protected]

Mullumbimby

The Northern Rivers’ venue for the weekly SIA study and meditation is located at “Lapis” Mullumbimby.  Every Monday we offer a programme of study and meditation practice from 5.30pm – 7.30 pm.

Monday schedule: 5.30 to 6.30 pm: Study, Dharma discussions and video teachings of DJK Rinpoche.  6:30-7.30 pm: Meditation (20 min sitting, 10 min mindful walking, 20 min sitting). Cost: by donation. For information contact: [email protected]

Sydney

SIA Sydney Practice Room is at Unit 22/450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, 2010

Directions: 5-10 minute walk from Central Station. Turn right from Devonshire St onto Elizabeth St (away from the city). The centre is near the corner of Elizabeth and Brumby Streets. Use the intercom for Unit 22. Once you have passed through the second door please take the lift to level one. Street parking can be found on side streets off to the right of Elizabeth St or past Cleveland St.

To enquire about upcoming events at the Sydney Practice Room, email [email protected]

SI Australia Committee

The Siddhartha’s Intent administrative committee: 

Administrative Director
    Jeannie Alamkara

Secretary
     Kiki Noble
     email: [email protected]

Treasurer
     Pantha Blazely

Other Committee Members
     Meg Mottram – Programs
     Anni Heldtz – Logistics
     Erin McGuire – Memberships
     Bryan Rowe – Web master
     Tom Gwinn – Web master 

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