Author: Sakya Dolma Choe Ling

Death and Dying Teachings

Lama Choedak Rinpoche will give teachings on Death and Dying from a Buddhist Perspective.

If you have ever wondered what happens in the process of dying, at the time of death and afterwards, this workshop is for you. Rinpoche will also provide information and advice on the beneficial things we can do for our friends and loved ones who pass before us.

These are rare and precious teachings that can make a real difference to our life (and death) and those around us.

Workshop: Death and Dying – A Buddhist Perspective

When: 9am – 3pm – Saturday, 24th August 2024

Where: Sakya Dolma Choe Ling, 7 Alexandria Avenue, Eastwood NSW 2122

BYO: Please bring your own lunch, or something to share
 
Cost: By donation to Rinpoche

Contact: Sylvia on 0419 222 618

Green Tara Empowerment and Teachings

by LAMA CHOEDAK RINPOCHE

Sunday, 27th August 2023, 9:30am – 4:30pm

GREEN TARA IS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE ENLIGHTENED ACTIVITY OF THE BUDDHAS.
HER COLOUR IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE WIND AND HER GREEN FORM REPRESENTS HER COMMITMENT TO ACT FOR THE BENEFIT OF BEINGS WITH THE SWIFTNESS OF THE WIND.

HER ACTIVITY IS TO REMOVE OBSTACLES AND PROTECT US FROM FEAR AND DANGER.
SHE IS A MIRROR REFLECTING OUR INNATE AWAKENED NATURE, TEMPORARILY OBSCURED TO US.

HER PRACTICE IS OF IMPORTANCE TO ALL REGARDLESS OF GENDER. THROUGH THIS PRACTICE WE RECOGNISE TARA IS A REFLECTION OF ALL BEINGS’ BUDDHANATURE. IN INTERACTING WITH ANYONE WE ARE INTERACTING WITH TARA.
SHE IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH TWENTY ONE FORMS, EACH PROTECTING FROM A SPECIFIC TYPE OF FEAR, DANGER AND CALAMITY.

DURING THIS WORKSHOP RINPOCHE WILL GIVE THE INITIATION AND MANTRA OF TARA. A SADHANA (PRACTICE MANUAL) WILL BE PROVIDED TOGETHER WITH TEACHINGS ON TARA.

PLEASE BE VEGETATRIAN FOR THE PRACTICE .

Costs:  Suggested donation: $50/$30. All necessary material provided

Bookings essential.  Please bring lunch.

Venue: 7 Alexandria Avenue Eastwood NSW 2122

INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS: Sylvia 0419222618

Vajrasattva

TEACHINGS WITH LAMA CHOEDAK RINPOCHE

Confession Sutra:  FRIDAY 4TH NOV 2022, 7.30pm to 9pm

Vajrasattva Empowerment and Teachings: SATURDAY 5TH NOV 2022, 9.30am to 4pm

Confession Sutra Teachings:   Also known as the Sutra of Three heaps, this is widely recited by practitioners of all Tibetan Buddhist traditions daily to purify minor downfalls and restore their vows. It is used   for the deceased to assist to lighten their negative karma.

Vajrasattva Empowerment and Teachings: Vajrasattva is the Buddha of Confession and Forgiveness and recitation of his 100 syllable mantra is one of the most effective ways to purify obstacles. It neutralises malice and negativities, breaks addictive habitual patterns and  aids one to live joyfully.

Costs:  Suggested donation: $20 for evening session and $50 for Full day session. All necessary material provided

Bookings essential.  Morning tea provided. Please bring lunch

Venue: 7 Alexandria Avenue Eastwood. NSW 2122. Zoom Sessions can be arranged.

INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS: Sylvia 0419222618

Lama Choedak Rinpoche

Saturday 19/3/2022 at 10am – 5pm
Learn Traditional Calm Abiding Meditation

Sunday 20/3/2022 at 10am – 5pm
Empowerment, Teachings & Meditation on Avalokiteshvara

Please download this flyer for details: pdf
Held both on Zoom and at East Wood, NSW.

Samantabhadra’s King of Prayers – Online Teaching

Saturday 27/3/2021 at 7.30 – 9.30pm and
Sunday 28/3/2021 at 9.30 – 4.30pm

Lama Choedak Rinpoche will be teaching from Dolma Buddhist Centre Sydney via Zoom.

Please register via the web site of the Tibetan Buddhist Centre Canberra here. The Zoom link for the teachings and material for the sessions will be sent upon registration. Cost is $ 50 for the teachings. For more information please contact Sylvia on 0419 22 2618.

This is a famous 63 verse extract from the famous Mahayana Avamtsaka Sutra which is highly recommended for the sake of the deceased to be guided along bardo and assisted to find higher rebirth.

Any prayer has enormous merit especially if said with a sound understanding of the structure, meaning and application.

Rinpoche will give the oral transmission and a pith instruction based on some hitherto unknown key Into-Tibetan commentaries that he has translated.

Clear Light and Insight Meditation Online Retreat

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Lama Choedak Rinpoche is a renowned teacher in the Sakya tradition, teaching for thirty years in the West with his base in Canberra, a retreat centre in Victoria and affiliated centres throughout Australia. He has previously refrained from the teachings of Special Insight, though Dzogchen and Mahamudra have been taught by other traditions as standard practice. However he has accepted this request from his students due to the enthusiasm in the first workshop in June for New Zealand to repeat these important teachings for us again.

About This Online Retreat:

The teachings for this special online retreat will be based on a seminal text by the great Sakya master Tsarchen Losal Gyatso (1502-1566). Teachings will be suitable for all those who have attended his many Calm Abiding courses and events, and for any one wishing to develop greater peace of mind.

There are no pre requisites for the teachings. Teachings will be conducted online via Zoom videoconferencing 9am – 5pm both days.

When we have received your payment, we will send you an email with confirmation of registration and the Zoom link with all the information you need on how to join the Zoom Retreat sessions. 

When 29th August, 2020 9:00 AM through 30th August, 2020 5:00 PM

Location Online Retreat Contact Phone: (02) 6238 2088
Email: mail@sakya.com.au

Cost:

General Admission$ 100.00
Concession$ 75.00

Visist of Lama Choedak Rinpoche

Four Stillness in Life

Saturday 24th August 2019, 7pm-9:30pm

Rinpoche will discuss four essential factors of mindfulness in everyday life.

Black Manjushri Empowerment

Sunday 25th August 2019, 9am-12noon

Profound Black Manjushri belongs to one of the 13 Sacred Golden Dharmas of the Sakyapa Tradition. Thie empowerment may only be given to those who have been admitted into the Mandala and ripened by the Hevajra Cause empowerment or Cakrasamvara empowerment within the Sakyapa tradition. Initiaties of the empowerment are given specific pithy practices they must observe as part of the sadhana, which includes strict timing, posture, direction etc, to maximise the benefit of the practice.

After the empowerment, the 11 pithy instructions will be taught and there will also be a practice session with everyone. A copy of the sadhana will be provided. If you are eligible, you are most welcome to attend.

Vajrayogini Tsok Practice

Sunday 25th August 2019, 3pm-5:30pm

This will be done today as it is a Tsok day. All  practitioners of Vajrayogini who would like to attend are welcome.  The text will be made available. Please bring materials for Tsok and advise if attending.

Location: 7 Alexandria Avenue Eastwood NSW 2122
Cost: By Donation. Suggested donation for talk $20 Empowermemt $50 For information contact 0419222618 (Sylvia )

Visit of HH Sakya Trizin to Australia

His Holiness the 42nd SAKYA TRIZIN will be visiting Australia and we are privileged to have the opportunity to receive the following teachings from him.

Sunday 12 May at
Chevalier Resource Centre
1 Roma Avenue
Kensington NSW 2033 (Sydney)

  • 9.00am-10.30am Shakyamuni Buddha Empowerment
  • 10.30am-12.00pm Manjushri Empowerment
  • 2.00pm-3.30pm Teachings: Immeasurables in Three Vehicles

 
Sunday 12th May 2019, 9am- 10:30am:
Shakyamuni Buddha Empowerment

Since His enlightenment, Shakyamuni Buddha’s realisation of the nature of the human condition and how to be released from all sorrow has inspired millions of people across the world to follow his path.

In this special empowerment, you will be receiving the precious instructions on how to meditate on Shakyamuni Buddha as the object of your meditation. It is said the blessings come quickly through the practice of Shakyamuni Buddha, and it is a rapid path for the mind to achieve the blissful state of the union of clarity and emptiness.

Details and bookings: The Tibetan Buddhist Society Canberra


Sunday 12th May 2019, 10:30am – 12pm: Manjushri Empowerment

Manjushri is one of the eight exalted Bodhisattvas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and symbolises the wisdom aspect.

Known as “The Lord Of Speech”, Manjushri is said to increase one’s aptitude in learning and study, tame one’s speech for benefit, and, at a deeper level, lead to the realisation of profound wisdom and special insight.

It is very auspicious that His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin is bestowing the profound practice of Manjushri, as it is said that Sakya lineage masters are actual manifestations of Manjushri in human form.

This is a special event not to be missed!

Details and bookings: The Tibetan Buddhist Society Canberra


SUNDAY 12th MAY 2019, 2pm – 3:30pm: Teachings: The Immeasurables in three Vehicles.

These profound teachings on the immeasurable qualities of love, compassion, joy and equanimity will be given by His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin – the last teaching on the final day of His Holiness’ 2019 tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Details and bookings: The Tibetan Buddhist Society Canberra

 For further information call 0419222618

White Tara Practice and Teachings on Death and Dying

White Tara Practice

Saturday, 16th February 2019, 7pm

with Lama Choedak Rinpoche

All those who have the empowerment of White Tara are welcome to join.

Venue: 7 Alexandria Avenue, Eastwood NSW 2122 (Sydney)
By donation

Teachings on Death and Dying and Soor Practice

by Lama Choedak Rinpoche

Sunday, 17th February 2019, 9:30am – 4:30pm

Venue: 7 Alexandria Avenue, Eastwood NSW 2122 (Sydney)
Cost: Suggested donation $50/30
For information: Sylvia on 0419 222 618

SOOR Practice is a special practice performed to help the deceased. It is a special ritual to help the deceased leave the physical world without any attachment and to give guidance through the stage of Bardo, the transition between death and rebirth.  Rinpoche will teach on death and dying as some knowledge of this is useful and necessary for effective soor practice.