Cultivating confidence in our true nature and our spiritual path
Senior Teacher Jan van der Breggen, accompanied by Sydney instructor Alessandra Pizzardello, will guide a shared reflection on the topic of confidence, which in the teachings is presented as a crucial element of our spiritual journey.
The Tibetan term depa is multifaceted, and involves confidence in our own innate wakefulness, as well as trust in the qualities of the three jewels - Buddha, dharma, sangha - born from insight that arises from study, reflection, and meditation.
Developing this kind of trust and confidence will inspire our spiritual journey, arouse in us an eagerness to actualise our innate potential of wakefulness, and make us naturally turn towards the Buddha as our guide, the dharma as the path, and the sangha as our companions on the path.
About the Program
This session is part of our Monthly Sangha Gathering series presenting highlights from: The Way of the Great Perfection, the All-Encompassing Path to Enlightenment
The All-Encompassing Path to Enlightenment is the main study programme in Rigpa, for students of all levels. In this cycle, The Way of the Great Perfection, we will explore the main principles of the preliminary practices in a fresh way. These practices are a complete path in themselves and also the foundation for Vajrayana and Dzogchen practice.
The preliminary practices, called Ngöndro in Tibetan, encompass all the elements needed to prepare us to fully receive the Great Perfection teachings of Dzogchen, the highest and most direct stream of wisdom within the Buddhist tradition of Tibet.
No matter where we are on our path, this new cycle will support us in taking it to completion. Our senior and most experienced Rigpa teachers will guide us through the key principles of the Ngöndro, helping us to discover or revisit these principles in a fresh, up-to-date, real life way, while preserving their authenticity.
Each session will offer guided contemplations, group meditations, exercises and discussions.
The goal of this programme is for us to arrive at a thorough and complete understanding of what the teachings tell us about the different methods of buddhist practice, to reach a complete certainty on how we apply them in daily life, and ultimately realise the innermost nature of our own minds.
About the Day
We warmly invite you to attend in person at our National Center in Newtown. If this is really not possible for you, you may join online by Zoom.
Held on the first Sunday each month, 9.30am - 1.00pm. Dates for 2025 are :
2 February, 2 March, 6 April, 4 May, 1 June, 6 July, 3 August, 7 September, 2 November, 7 December
(we'll take a break in October)
Cost: Adult: $20, Concession $10, Rigpa Subscribers (members): free
(Subscribers, if you have not received a discount code, please email sydney@rigpa.org.au.)
Newtown
Sydney, NSW
Australia
| Session fee | |
| Standard | A$20.00 |
| Concession | A$10.00 |