Rigpa Melbourne

Inspiring a Revolution in your Heart and Mind

Rigpa Melbourne

  Each Monday Newcomers are welcome to join anytime. In person at our Melbourne Centre: 803 Nicholson St, Carlton Nth   This course provides an introduction to meditation, and practical ways we can each cultivate the compassion that is already within us. It is based on the Buddha’s teachings on how our mind works, with simple, […]

Cultivating Compassion

Rigpa Melbourne

Cultivating Compassion through the Seven Points of Mind Training with Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche A Practical Guide to Being Kind Tuesday evenings, omitting the second Tuesday of each month Held in-person only (not online) at the Melbourne Centre: 803 Nicholson St, Nth Carlton   A thousand years ago, a humble Tibetan monk, Geshe Chekhawa, summarised the […]

Online Bookgroup

“Most of us yearn for a life free of fear, pain, insecurity, and doubt. We long for peace, for the ability to love and be loved openly and freely, and the confidence and clarity to meet the various challenges we face in our lives. Tsoknyi Rinpoche explains that such a life is not only possible: […]

Melbourne Film night

Rigpa Melbourne

  This Film Night is a fundraiser for Melbourne. A regular event, our Film Night returns by popular demand. Two movies for $16: The Lazy Lama and Pad Yatra. Two screenings: 26th November and 4th December. At intermission, share in a supper of home-made cakes and chai. There's a door raffle too with first prize, […]

A Spiritual Classic: A morning with Patrick Gaffney celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying

Rigpa Melbourne

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is widely regarded as one of the most complete and authoritative presentations of the Tibetan Buddhist teachings. A manual for life and death and a source of sacred inspiration from the heart of the Tibetan tradition, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying provides a lucid and inspiring […]

Book Group, in centre: ‘Open Heart, Open Mind’

Rigpa Melbourne

Book Group Open Heart, Open Mind is our new text starting 13 September 2022 In person at our Centre: 803 Nicholson St, Carlton Nth 7.15 - 8:45pm, every second Tuesday of the month (excluding November).  Come along for a lively discussion.   Rinpoche is a powerful and eloquent link between the great yogi practitioners of […]

Daring Steps Retreat 14-21 January

Rigpa Australia

Daring Steps: Walking the Path of the Buddha A Retreat with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is renowned for his warm and humorous teaching style, and for his ability to transmit the most complicated teachings in a remarkably accessible way. On this week-long retreat, Rinpoche will take us through the whole Buddhist path, from […]

Saturday Morning Meditation

Rigpa Melbourne

All welcome each Saturday - simple instructions provided. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators. You are welcome to join for a coffee afterwards at a local cafe.

Peace, Compassion and the Natural World

Peace, Compassion and the Natural World What Buddhist thinking can offer in the face of ecological crisis A Public Talk with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche More than 2500 years ago, the Buddha pointed to the delicate balance between humankind and nature. Now, it is clear that ecological crisis cannot be solved by science alone. The challenges […]

Saturday Morning Meditation

Rigpa Melbourne

All welcome each Saturday - simple instructions provided. Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators. You are welcome to join for a coffee afterwards at a local cafe.