Sydney Sangha Day, 6 July
Vajrasattva Practice: Are We Really Buddhas
Drawing on teachings by Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche and Sébastien Reggiany, this session provides an introduction to the practice of Vajrasattva and looks more broadly at some key aspects of the Buddhist approach to healing and purification.
About Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche
Khandro Rinpoche, the daughter of a renowned lama, Mindrolling Rinpoche, was recognised as an incarnation of one of the most well-known female masters of the 20th century. She received a Western education in convent schools in India as well a complete traditional Buddhist upbringing. As the daughter of Mindrolling Rinpoche she is now responsible for the running of Mindrolling Monastery in northern India and a nunnery. Her second book, How Not to Miss the Point was released in June.
About Sébastien Reggiany
Sébastien Reggiany was born in France and fell in love with the Dharma in 1993 while travelling to northern India. He met Sogyal Rinpoche in Paris in 1994, and studied with him ever since. Quitting his job as a physics teacher and leaving his rock band; he entered a three-year retreat in Lerab Ling, Rigpa’s retreat centre in southern France, from 2006 to 2009. Sébastien later helped organize and hold international Rigpa retreats, serving as Sogyal Rinpoche’s teaching assistant.
Over the years, Sébastien has been active in a variety of service, teaching and leadership roles within Rigpa. He is currently works on the Rigpa Curriculum and its programme of courses and events.
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 one Sunday each Month, 9.30am - 1.00pm.
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 |