BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Sydney METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Sydney BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260606T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_1356_069944039e5b50df4377c1517756ec89@registration.rigpa.org.au SUMMARY:The Power of Your Mind | Sydney and Onine X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This five-day retreat will present the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training\, to lay out a path of formal meditation pract ice\, accompanied by guidelines for extending that practice into everyday life.

These teachings are precious and uni que in presenting the entire depth and breadth of the Buddha’s Mahayana teachings succinctly and pra ctically. Mahayana mind training offers an approac h to life that is straightforward\, grounded in sa nity\, kindness\, and compassion. Yet it also offe rs a vision that completely transcends our ordinar y way of viewing ourselves and others\, with an al l-encompassing vision of enlightenment.

At the heart of this vision of enlightenment i s the view that our innate\, fundamental identity is vast\, luminous and utterly awake. The Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlightened heart\ , or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothing other th an who we really are. But for most of us\, our tru e nature is like a hidden treasure\, concealed beh ind layers of mental activity and preoccupation. 

Mahayana mind training helps us give expression to our enlightened heart in everything we think\, say and do. The training particularly focuses on our relationships\, which are like a mi rror that shows us exactly where we are at. Our re lationships also provide us with a way to dissolve the limitations that prevent the vastness of our true nature from fully manifesting.

Founded on a practice lineage that has been active ly and continually practised for hundreds of years \, these teachings are completely relevant to the challenges posed by our modern\, globalised life. Topics covered in the retreat will include:

finding meaning in our live s\, and connectedness with our world

overcoming loneliness and isolation< li>how to thrive in the face of difficulties

how to contribute to creating a more sus tainable\, kind\, and compassionate world

We strongly encour age you to join us in person to get the most out o f your retreat time. For those unable to travel to Sydney this retreat will be streamed to Rigpa's c entres in Adelaide\, Brisbane and Melbourne. For t hose unable to attend a Rigpa centre\, a direct on line option is also available.

This retreat will be led by Senior Teacher\, Jan van der Breggen\, along wi th a team of Rigpa Australia teachers and instruct ors.

About Jan van der Breggen

J an is a teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and a scholar of Buddhist philosophy. He began the path of meditation at 17 years old\, touched by t he tenderness of the human experience and filled w ith questions about what reality was all about. He soon encountered the writings of great masters fr om various traditions such as J Krishnamurti\, Suz uki Roshi\, Thich Nhat Hang and Sogyal Rinpoche. T hirty years later\, Jan continues to be moved by t he vast profundity of the Buddhist path and its vi sion of the inherent wisdom\, loving kindness and strength that lies in the minds of each and everyo ne of us.
Jan was honoured to be entr usted by Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche and Mindroling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche as one of the twenty-five worldwide Rigpa Senior teachers. In 2017\, he was selected to be a participant in the Milinda progra m\, a 10-year\, international Buddhist teacher tra ining program under the guidance of Dzongsar Khyen tse Rinpoche.
Jan grew up in the Neth erlands where he earned a Masters Degree in Histor ical Anthropology. He is fluent in English and Dut ch. He lives in Brisbane where he works as a data analytics professional. Jan was instrumental in fo unding Rigpa Brisbane in 1999\, where he has serve d as a Dharma instructor for over 20 years.

Abou t Marianne Gizycki

Marianne Gizycki first met Sogyal Rinpoche in 19 94. In the years since\, she has also received tea chings from Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche\, D zigar Kongtrul Rinpoche\, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche\, A lan Wallace and Steven Goodman.

As an instructor at Rigpa Sydney\, she has led courses on meditation\, Buddhist philosophy and Ngondrö pr actice. Having worked as an economist\, she has of fered Tibetan Buddhist teachings and practices to Australian business and community leaders. She pro vides meditation sessions at a refuge house for wo men recovering from drug dependency.

Marianne spent ten years as Rigpa Australia’s Nati onal Director - Teaching Services\, assisting with the work of over one hundred course facilitators\ , designing courses and helping students undertaki ng their own personal retreats.

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Details

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Date : Full retreat Saturday 6 Ju ne- Wednesday 10 June

(Short option 6-8 Ju ne. Note that Monday 8 June is a public holiday in New South Wales\, South Australia\, Tasmania and Victoria.)

\n \n Time: 8:00am - 7:15pm - exact schedule to be confirme d

Saturday start: 10:00am
Wednes day end: 3:30pm

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Where:

Live\, in person

📍 Rigpa Sydney\, 15 8 Australia St\, Newtown\, NSW

Streamed to

📍 Rigpa Adelaide\, 310 South Terrace\, Adelaide
📍 Rigpa Melbourne\, 8 03 Nicholson St\, Carlton North

(If y ou'd like to join the retreat at a centre other than Sydney\, please select the online option in the pricing options below. Based on your postc ode\, our centre teams will be in touch with you d irectly about further arrangements.)

📍a nd Online via Zoom

Please note that this urba n retreat is non-residential. If you are travelling from outside of Sydney we r ecommend that you book your accommodation early.

Early bird discount of 10% ends on 30 April .

DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n This five-day retreat will p resent the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training\ , to lay out a path of formal meditation practice\ , accompanied by guidelines for extending that pra ctice into everyday life.\n \n \n These teachings are precious and unique in presenting the entire d epth and breadth of the Buddha’s Mahayana teaching s succinctly and practically. Mahayana mind traini ng offers an approach to life that is straightforw ard\, grounded in sanity\, kindness\, and compassi on. Yet it also offers a vision that completely tr anscends our ordinary way of viewing ourselves and others\, with an all-encompassing vision of enlig htenment.\n \n At the heart of this vision of enli ghtenment is the view that our innate\, fundamenta l identity is vast\, luminous and utterly awake. T he Mahayana teachings refer to this as our enlight ened heart\, or bodhicitta. Enlightenment is nothi ng other than who we really are. But for most of u s\, our true nature is like a hidden treasure\, co ncealed behind layers of mental activity and preoc cupation. \n \n Mahayana mind training helps us gi ve expression to our enlightened heart in everythi ng we think\, say and do. The training particularl y focuses on our relationships\, which are like a mirror that shows us exactly where we are at. Our relationships also provide us with a way to dissol ve the limitations that prevent the vastness of ou r true nature from fully manifesting.\n \n Founded on a practice lineage that has been actively and continually practised for hundreds of years\, thes e teachings are completely relevant to the challen ges posed by our modern\, globalised life. Topics covered in the retreat will include:\n \n \n findi ng meaning in our lives\, and connectedness with o ur worldovercoming loneliness and isolationhow to thrive in the face of difficultieshow to contribut e to creating a more sustainable\, kind\, and comp assionate world\n \n \n We strongly encourage you to join us in person to get the most out of your r etreat time. For those unable to travel to Sydney this retreat will be streamed to Rigpa's centres i n Adelaide\, Brisbane and Melbourne. For those una ble to attend a Rigpa centre\, a direct online opt ion is also available.\n \n \n \n This retreat wi ll be led by Senior Teacher\, Jan van der Breggen\ , along with a team of Rigpa Australia teachers an d instructors. \n \n \n About Jan van der Breggen\ n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jan is a teacher i n the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and a scholar of Buddhist philosophy. He began the path of meditati on at 17 years old\, touched by the tenderness of the human experience and filled with questions abo ut what reality was all about. He soon encountered the writings of great masters from various tradit ions such as J Krishnamurti\, Suzuki Roshi\, Thich Nhat Hang and Sogyal Rinpoche. Thirty years later \, Jan continues to be moved by the vast profundit y of the Buddhist path and its vision of the inher ent wisdom\, loving kindness and strength that lie s in the minds of each and everyone of us.\n \n Ja n was honoured to be entrusted by Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche and Mindroling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche a s one of the twenty-five worldwide Rigpa Senior te achers. In 2017\, he was selected to be a particip ant in the Milinda program\, a 10-year\, internati onal Buddhist teacher training program under the g uidance of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.\n \n Jan gr ew up in the Netherlands where he earned a Masters Degree in Historical Anthropology. He is fluent i n English and Dutch. He lives in Brisbane where he works as a data analytics professional. Jan was i nstrumental in founding Rigpa Brisbane in 1999\, w here he has served as a Dharma instructor for over 20 years.\n \n \n About Marianne Gizycki\n \n \n Marianne Gizycki first met Sogyal Rinpoche in 1994 . In the years since\, she has also received teach ings from Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche\, Dzi gar Kongtrul Rinpoche\, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche\, Ala n Wallace and Steven Goodman.\n \n As an instructo r at Rigpa Sydney\, she has led courses on meditat ion\, Buddhist philosophy and Ngondrö practice. Ha ving worked as an economist\, she has offered Tibe tan Buddhist teachings and practices to Australian business and community leaders. She provides medi tation sessions at a refuge house for women recove ring from drug dependency.\n \n Marianne spent ten years as Rigpa Australia’s National Director - Te aching Services\, assisting with the work of over one hundred course facilitators\, designing course s and helping students undertaking their own perso nal retreats.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Details\n \n \ n Date: Full retreat Saturday 6 June- Wednesday 1 0 June\n \n (Short option 6-8 June. Note that Mond ay 8 June is a public holiday in New South Wales\, South Australia\, Tasmania and Victoria.)\n \n \n \n Time: 8:00am - 7:15pm - exact schedule to be c onfirmed\n \n Saturday start: 10:00am\n Wednesday end: 3:30pm\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Where:\n Live\, in person\n \n 📍 Rigpa Sydney\, 158 Australia St\, N ewtown\, NSW\n \n Streamed to\n \n 📍 Rigpa Adelaid e\, 310 South Terrace\, Adelaide\n 📍 Rigpa Melbour ne\, 803 Nicholson St\, Carlton North\n \n (If you 'd like to join the retreat at a centre other than Sydney\, please select the online option in the p ricing options below. Based on your postcode\, our centre teams will be in touch with you directly a bout further arrangements.)\n \n \n 📍and Online vi a Zoom\n \n \n \n \n Please note that this urban r etreat is non-residential. If you are travelling f rom outside of Sydney we recommend that you book y our accommodation early.\n \n Early bird discount of 10% ends on 30 April.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CATEGORIES:Retreat - Meditation CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260606T090000 DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260606T090000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260610T170000 LOCATION:158 Australia Street\n Newtown\, NSW 2042\n Austra lia\n URL:https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1356 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR