Tharlam Ling Buddhist Centre is happy to announce:

Buddhist Calm Abiding Meditation and Mindfulness via Zoom

ZOOM is a program something like Skype, u have video and audio and are able to speak with the presenter.

7  pm – 8:15 pm Tuesday 7/04/20 and each Tuesday for the following 6 weeks.

Free if you are a student, unemployed or pensioner.

If you are working a donation would be appreciated.

Please register by sending an email to: .

pheang@bigpond.net.au

and  I’ll send the meeting link.

Calm Abiding Meditation and Mindfulness can help to deal with  stresses of every day life, certainly needed in these times!

The course is based on Buddhist principles of meditation and mindfulness, but is open to people of all faiths or no faith.

The course is suitable for beginner meditators or those  more experienced .

Sitting posture, various breathing techniques and mind control will be covered.

I have been facilitating Meditation classes at JCU Chaplaincy since 2006.

This meditation course is designed by Tibetan born, Lama Choedak Rinpoche, who has been teaching in the West for over 30 years.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Phil Heang

JCU Buddhist Chaplain

 

 

Teachings with Tibetan Lama Choedak Rinpoche.

Vajrasattva Empowerment with Creative Cleansing Meditation

With In-Depth Teachings on Four Noble Truths

9.00am – 5.00pm Saturday and Sunday

Lama Choedak has been teaching in Australia for 31 years.

He speaks fluent English (and some Aussie slang!)

Lama interprets for Tibetan Buddhist Teachers, at times doing simultaneous translation.

His teaching is delivered with great humour and insight.

Vajrasattva Practice

Buddha’s entire teaching is panacea to all problems in life. It is based on Four Noble Truths. Knowing this is highest cognitive therapy one can have and gain emotional literacy. Only thing that differs between Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana is methodology in self discipline, meditation and wisdom. Karma and afflictive emotions cause suffering in form of ill health, negative energy and addictive behavioural pattern. Vajrasattva is the primordial Buddha of purity and it has a profound sevenfold creative meditation practice which can cleanse and all gross negativities. One is only allowed to learn this practice from a qualified Tibetan Buddhist Lama by receiving an empowerment and oral transmission. On this weekend one will receive in depth teaching on the Four Noble Truths and learn to do Vajrasattva cleansing practice. Vajrasattva empowerment will be given at 11.00am on Saturday.

Dates
Fri 24 May – Sunday 26 May.
Times
7 – 9.pm Friday and Saturday night
9am  – 5 pm Saturday and Sunday.

Free Public Talk Friday Night:

Acceptance of Natural Disasters.

Saturday Night Talk $15 / $10: OR  is free to those attending either day session.

‘How to Deal with Loss of Loved ones.’.

Main Topic
Buddhist practice, Vajrasattva and Four Noble truths.

Cost is $80/$70concession  Saturday
$80/70concession Sunday
$150/$130 concession for Full Weekend.

Venue:

Carville Seniors Hall

Cnr Albury and Diprose Sts. Pimlico, T’ville 4812

BYO Lunch.

Morning /a/noon tea provided.

BYO Jacket as A/C is cold.

 

Email:

pheang@bigpond.net.au

 

 

 

 

 

All members and Friends please be advised:

Tharlam Ling Buddhist Centre Inc. will hold its Annual general Meeting.

Date: Tuesday 4th June
Time: 7 pm
Place: JCU Chaplaincy, Building 131,Room DE001,  Monkhouse Road, James Cook University.

Light supper after.

Please attend and support your Buddhist group.

Membership fees are due $50 general, $40 concession.

Kind regards,

Phil Heang
President
Tharlam Ling Buddhist Centre Inc
Townsville.

DIRECTIONS TO CHAPLAINCY

If you travel straight ahead through main JCU entrance for nearly  1 k. you’ll see on the right, St Marks College.

Do u turn  and about 100m on take first turn left, where all the de- mountable buildings are. MONKHOUE ROAD, Chaplaincy is the low set brick build about 50 m  on the left.

We’re in Room DE 001, Bldg. 131 at end of Chaplaincy  Building near to the Child Care Centre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORMER JCU PHD STUDENT (ALEX ANDERSON),

NOW AN ORDAINED BUDDHIST MONK, ‘NGAWANG TENZIN’, WILL SPEAK ABOUT HIS JOURNEY TO BECOMING ORDAINED.

 

Hear him speak of his travels which took him to Norway, Brazil, France, culminating in his becoming a fully ordained monk.

His journey began here at JCU, Chaplaincy in 2009.

 

Light supper afterwards.

Ph Phil 0448 401 066

http://www.meditationtownsvilletharlamling.com

COST: Donation

 

ALL WELCOME.

 

Three Day Calm Abiding Meditation Retreat, and Teachings on Healing Goddess Parnashavari.

. Friday 31st August  – Monday  3 rd.  September 2018,

with Tibetan Lama Choedak, Rinpoche.

LAMA CHOEDAK RINPOCHE     Paluma Retreat Calm Abiding Meditation & Teachings on Goddess Parnashavari   Calm Abiding Meditation is the most fundamental of all Buddhist meditation practices. Using the tool of mindfulness one learns to bring a sense of stability and clarity to the mind. An increase in emotional stability and decrease in mental confusion will help negotiate more helpful responses when confronted with life problems. Meditation is ultimately about experiencing the opening up of our heart and mind to compassion and to wisdom. In this years retreat lama Choedak Rinpoche will also be giving teaching on Healing Goddess Parnashavari. Meditation should be learnt properly from a good teacher and practice far away from noise and distraction until one has developed a solid discipline to do it in everyday life. The amazing benefits of meditation can help to understand how to live sanely and wisely without being adversely affected by the fast pace of the modern world. Being able to stay calm, focused and learn to use simple but profound techniques of meditation can change one’s life.

LAMA CHOEDAK RINPOCHE ──── In this retreat, Lama Choedak Rinpoche will bestow the sacred transmission of the Healing Goddess Parnashavari and Lead its meditation and give teachings as part of the weekend retreat. This practice is ideal for all who are under medication and all health care practitioners can augment and benefit their practices. ──── COST $425 non-member $400 member / concession *includes all vegetarian meals + cottage accommodation To Register Contact Phil Heang 0448 401 066 pheang@bigpond.net.au

http://www.meditationtownsvilletharlamling.com

He has excellent English, speaking with great clarity, insight and compassion.

Lama Choedak Rinpoche

Lama Choedak Rinpoche is the most prominent Tibetan Buddhist Lama living and teaching in Australia for the last 33 years. As a graduate of ANU, he is an author, translator and an effective communicator. He has founded many Buddhist centres in Australia.

THREE DAYS OF MEDITATION WITH A TIBETAN LAMA

Meditation is an amazing practice of how to be present, to know, to see and change at will with the application of an immense power to love and live with kindness and wisdom. This power of good remains  dormant in all human beings. Buddhist meditation shows how to unfold this from within. This technique goes back some 2600 years of ancient wisdom and enlightenment.  Come and learn to meditate with a Tibetan Lama for a day. It will take form of listening to few short discourses, sitting, walking, standing and doing things with your hand. You will something valuable that will give tools to mend many broken areas of your life and help those around you.

Private interviews will be available with Lama Choedak.

LOCATION

The village of Paluma, Mt Spec, is 80 K from Townsville, North Queensland, 1000 m above sea level. (plse. note no pets allowed.)

This is a quiet village nestled in rain forest.

The retreat is a residential one with accommodation in cottages at Paluma.

Teachings will be in the Paluma Community Hall.

CATERING:

Vegetarian food, for  Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Please bring your own morning and afternoon tea for each day, there is a fridge in each cottage. (Milk, tea coffee supplied.)

COST:

$400 for members, $425 for non members.

Cost includes Accommodation, vegetarian  food and Teachings.

Please book early as there is limited accommodation and the nearest camping is 26 k away over a dirt road.

The road to Paluma is bitumen.

Please contact through email :   pheang@bigpond.net.au

OR PHONE 0448 401 066

 

 

 

Three Day Calm Abiding Meditation Retreat, and Teachings on Healing Medicine Buddha. Friday 1st -Monday  4th  September 2017,

with Tibetan Lama Choedak, Rinpoche.

Paluma is 1000 m.habove sea level and mist rolls in late afternoon.

Lama will also give Teachings and empowerment on the practice of Healing Medicine Buddha. Lama Choedak is  Tibetan born and has been teaching in Australia for 30 years.

He has excellent English, speaking with great clarity, insight and compassion.

Lama Choedak Rinpoche

Lama Choedak Rinpoche is the most prominent Tibetan Buddhist Lama living and teaching in Australia for the last 28 years. As a graduate of ANU, he is an author, translator and an effective communicator. He has founded many Buddhist centres in Australia. He has just returned from one month of translation of Lamdre teachings by HH Sakya Trizin in Malaysia, attended by 600 people from 24 countries.

Healing Medicine Buddha Empowerment

Sickness is a common suffering of all living beings. However, according to Tibetan medicine, most illnesses are psychosomatic. Ill health that is generated by one’s unwholesome attitude cannot be cured by conventional medicine alone. This will help you understand how certain mind states can contribute to ill health, and to learn how to apply the appropriate antidotes. Discover the connection between thoughts, behaviour and speech, and the positive and negative effects they have on your health.

Lama Choedak Rinpoche will give the empowerment of the Healing Medicine Buddha and impart the transmission of the healing mantra passed down through an unbroken lineage since the time of the Buddha.

This will provide a complete training in practical as well as theoretical session on how to do the Healing Buddha’s meditation. You will also learn how to use it to assist friends and relatives who may be ill or dying. This profound meditation technique will compliment any form of medical treatment. This practice can reduce the side effects and increase the effectiveness of any medication. It is especially recommended for health professionals and those who are interested in learning self-healing.

THREE DAYS OF MEDITATION WITH A TIBETAN LAMA

Meditation is an amazing practice of how to be present, to know, to see and change at will with the application of an immense power to love and live with kindness and wisdom. This power of good remains  dormant in all human beings. Buddhist meditation shows how to unfold this from within. This technique goes back some 2600 years of ancient wisdom and enlightenment.  Come and learn to meditate with a Tibetan Lama for a day. It will take form of listening to few short discourses, sitting, walking, standing and doing things with your hand. You will something valuable that will give tools to mend many broken areas of your life and help those around you.

Private interviews will be available with Lama Choedak.

LOCATION

Paluma, 80 K from Townsville, North Queensland.

The retreat is a residential one with accommodation in cottages at Paluma.

Paluma is a quiet village set in the Mt Spec National Park Rain forest (plse. note no pets allowed.)

Teachings will be in the Paluma Community Hall.

CATERING:

Vegetarian food, for  Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Please bring your own morning and afternoon tea for each day, there is a fridge in each cottage. (Milk, tea coffee supplied.)

COST:

$395 for members, $425 for non members.

Cost includes Accommodation, vegetarian  food and Teachings.

Please book early as there is limited accommodation and the nearest camping is 26 k away over a dirt road.

The road to Paluma is bitumen.

Please contact through email :   pheang@bigpond.net.au

OR PHONE 0448 401 066

Introduction To Buddhist Calm Abiding Meditation Begins Tuesday 17 May, 6 pm – 7:10 pm

Learn mindfulness of body, feeling and thought.

Suitable for beginner meditators.

Learn to deal with the ups and downs of daily life and remain calm!

 

Wear loose, comfortable, clothing.

People of all faiths welcome.

Venue: Chaplaincy Building 131 James Cook University.

Cost per lesson: $10 /pensioners $5.  ex Yabulu  workers and family, free.

Contact Phil.

Ph 0448 401 066

email pheang@bigpond.net.au

 

A WEEKEND OF BUDDHIST WISDOM AND INSIGHTS

WITH TIBETAN, LAMA CHOEDAK RINPOCHE 

As a former monk, Lama Choedak Rinpoche is a scholar and a great thinker. He is one of the most

prominent Tibetan Buddhist masters living and teaching in Australia, sometimes assisting HH Dalai Lama in panel discussions and translating for HH Sakya Trizin. As the most successful teacher, Rinpoche has founded 20 Buddhist centres, institutions and retreat centres in Australia. His 27 years of teaching experience brings the best Buddhist wisdom has to offer to everyone’s lives.

• Friday 29^th April 7:30 pm Public Talk: How to Deal with Uncertainty

 Saturday 30 April 9.00am – 5.00pm  and   Sunday 1st May 9.00am – 4.00pm

Buddhist Teachings: 37 Practices of the Bodhisattvas

The Thirty Seven Practices of the Bodhisattva is an excellent master piece composed by Gyalsay Ngulchu Thokme (1295-1369). It is a versified text that His Holiness Dalai Lama teaches at the beginning of most Kalachakra teachings. His Holiness says ‘this text contains the whole Buddhist path in a nutshell’. Lama Choedak Rinpoche, who heard the teaching from HH Dalai Lama in 1971 still carries with him a calligraphed copy of the text. Rinpoche will offer elucidating commentary relevant to the contemporary world on this 15th century Buddhist poetry. This poetry is often on the lips of Lamas and adepts. You will learn profound and practical living skills through compassion and wisdom.

 Saturday 30 April 7.30pm

Healing and Herbal Goddess Parnashavari Empowerment and teaching
Parnashavari practice will complement and induce the effectiveness of any medications. 

Venue:  Carville Seniors Hall, Cnr Diprose & Albury Sts. Pimlico, Townsville 4812.

Costs:    Saturday Evening  $15/10 concession.

Saturday $80/70 concession.

Sunday $80/70 concession.

Full weekend $160/140 concession.

PLEASE NOTE: MORNING TEA PROVIDED BUT PLEASE BYO LUNCH.

Please register  by contacting Phil :
email: tharlam@bigpond.com         Phone 0448 401 066