Venue: JCU, Western Campus (Act for Kids Building)
Calm Abiding Meditation and Mindfulness can provide you with the means to smooth out the everyday bumps encountered on life’s road.
It’s about changing the way you think about things, cultivating a positive mind and recognising if negative thoughts start creeping into your thought stream.
Calm Abiding Meditation isn’t just about relaxation and de-stressing, it’s about using techniques in real time to avoid stress.
Calm Abiding Meditation can change your perception of the world and the people around you.
Please bring a mat or cushion to sit on and a jacket for the air-conditioning.
Cost:
$10 general
$5 concession
Facilitated by Phil Heang
To REGISTER >> contact tharlambuddhist@gmail.com or 0448 401 066
FRI 1 September 2023 Public Talk: HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT ILL WILL Many people are unhappy without knowing it is due to their unconscious ill will and resentment. If you want to find out how to live without ill will and resentment, this talk is for you.
Saturday: 2 September 2023 TIBETAN GAME OF REBIRTHTIBETAN GAME OF REBIRTH Rinpoche will give Teachings on Buddhist beliefs of dying and rebirth. For the first time, enjoy the authentic Tibetan Board Game of Rebirth, revealing how we managed to earn this precious rebirth. The board game shows the stages of mental development on the path of enlightenment. This educational board game, invented by Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) consists of 104 squares, each of which represents a stage of mental development on the Path of Enlightenment. The game is a tool to teach children and adults about Buddha’s teachings without becoming bored. The aim is to quickly get out of each square and hold a positive thought each time before throwing the die. However, the next square you land on may not progress you up the path to Enlightenment, but rather, see you slip back to a lower square. Something like the game of snakes and ladders! Rinpoche will introduce, explain and assist us to play this board game.
SUNDAY 3 September 2023FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS IN DEPTH The Four Noble Truths are Truth of suffering, origin, cessation and path. They constitute the fundamental framework of both written and practiced Teachings of Buddhist beliefs. Rinpoche will give in depth teachings on the Four Noble Truths according to the original Buddhist Texts. (Sutras) Including their definition, nature, daily relevance of the four, the order, antithesis, application, qualities and result according to the original, written Buddhist Sutras.
Please join Tharlam Ling Buddhist Centre and Lama Choedak Rinpoche for a weekend of Teachings in May 2023.
FRIDAY NIGHT PUBLIC TALK: HOW TO OVERCOME FEAR & INSECURITY
Date: Friday 5 May 2023
Time: 7pm to 830pm (AEST)
Venue: In-person at Carville Seniors Hall, Corner of Diprose & Albury Streets, Pimlico, Townsville
Online: via Zoom
To REGISTER >> contact tharlam@bigpond.com
SATURDAY & SUNDAY TEACHINGS: 21 TARAS
Date: 6-7 May 2023
Time: Saturday 9am to 6pm (AEST) + Sunday 9am to 530pm (AEST)
In a female form, Tara symbolizes the knowledge and compassion of all enlightened creatures. Finding and establishing a connection with our inner potential for wisdom and compassion can be done quite effectively by meditating on Tara. It also aids in removing barriers to following a spiritual path and working for others.
At the repeated request of students, Lama Choedak Rinpoche will offer empowerments of all the 21 Taras according to Suryagupta Tradition of Maha Annuatara Yoga Tantra.
Rinpoche will also impart the instructions on how to do the practices of each of the 21 forms of Taras and show the use of the individual mantras to allay various problems.
One will learn how to execute the Green Tara Puja in addition to giving thanks to the 21 Taras. One will learn how to carry out the entire ceremony. If you have a vajra and a bell, bring them. If not, you can buy them at the centre.
People who are interested shouldn’t pass up this opportunity because this is a rare occurrence.
All who attend this special are requested to actively participate in each session – not just the empowerments, as you will need to participate in all sessions to learn all 21 Tara practices, specific mantras, transmission and instruction on their use and application in one’s practices.
At special request, Lama Choedak Rinpoche is doing this 21 Tara empowerments according to Suryagupta Tradition of the Anuttaraya Yoga Tantra for the first time. He will go through each of the Taras thoroughly. In the Atisha tradition all the Taras are identical except in color. But, in this tradition, each of the Taras have very different iconographical details and symbolism. All are requested to book early.
Venue: In-person at Carville Seniors Hall, Corner of Diprose & Albury Streets, Pimlico, Townsville
Online: via Zoom
Attending at the Venue – please bring:
your own lunch (morning/afternoon tea and text for the course are provided)
your own yoga mat/blanket and cushion
To REGISTER >> contact tharlam@bigpond.com
COST:
Friday night talk only
$15
Early bird ~ Full weekend (all sessions – Fri night, Sat & Sun)*
$160
*pay by 5 April 2023 (11:59pm AEST)
Full weekend (all sessions – Fri night, Sat & Sun)
$180
COST FOR THARLAM LING FINANCIAL MEMBERS 2023-2024:
Early bird ~ Full weekend (all sessions – Fri night, Sat & Sun)*
$140
*pay by 5 April 2023 (11:59pm AEST)
Full weekend (all sessions – Fri night, Sat & Sun)
$160
To REGISTER >> contact Phil via email, tharlam@bigpond.com
Make a payment to (Bendigo Bank): – Tharlam Ling Buddhist Centre – BSB 633 000 – ACC 167 780 642
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