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SUMMARY:Meditation Breaks in southern France
DESCRIPTION:Taking time out to recharge your batteries at your own pace.\nMeditation breaks are moments for yourself\, to take a break and find your inner peace. \nMeditation is at the heart of meditation breaks. Open to all\, they give you the chance to learn or deepen your understanding of this practice in the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. We offer two group sessions a day\, guided by experienced instructors\, and have a temple room\, including a library and media centre\, at your disposal. \nOn a 140-hectare site in the heart of the Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park\, Lerab Ling’s environment offers us the opportunity to immerse ourselves in unspoilt nature and to enjoy a spiritual place of calm and serenity. \nThe site inspires rest\, discovery and renewal\, and is conducive to outdoor meditation and nature walks\, with many hiking trails. \nThese retreats are primarily held in French but all our teachers speak fluent English.
URL:https://rigpa.org/event/meditation-breaks-in-southern-france/
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lerab Ling":MAILTO:lerab.ling@rigpa.org
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SUMMARY:Drop in Meditation Online
DESCRIPTION:Drop in anytime to one of our free online guided meditation sessions. \nThe sessions are suitable for absolute beginners through to established meditators and are an opportunity to connect with others\, finding a moment of peace in your day day. \nAll sessions are led by experienced meditation teachers. \nCheck the host websites for precise times and languages. We look forward to seeing you! \nJoin meditations led from Australia | France | Germany | USA | Ireland
URL:https://rigpa.org/event/drop-in-meditation-online/
CATEGORIES:Practice
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SUMMARY:Discovering Inner Freedom: A Three-Part Course Series
DESCRIPTION:Are you searching for answers to life’s deeper questions wondering why you suffer\, whether there’s another way to live\, or how to find more peace\, purpose\, and resilience? If so\, you’re not alone. These are the questions that have always drawn people to the Buddhist path and they’re the questions at the heart of this three-part series. What if turning inward\, honestly examining our restlessness and the mental patterns that keep us stuck could be the first step toward something genuinely different? \nEach course can be entered into on its own\, in any order\, yet together the three courses form a single\, unfolding journey. The courses are open and presented in an inclusive way that prior knowledge or background is not required\, just an open mind and a genuine curiosity about your own experience. Each course unfolds through open conversation\, discussion\, and shared meditation practice so you’ll be learning not just from the teachings\, but from each other. \nCourse 1: Turning Inward\nSeptember 15 – November 10\, 2026 \nCourse 2: Opening the Path\nWinter (USA) 2027 \nCourse 3: Seeing Clearly\nSpring (USA) 2027
URL:https://rigpa.org/event/discovering-inner-freedom-course/
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SUMMARY:Empowerment & Teachings on Vajrakilaya
DESCRIPTION:With Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche \n| In Lerab Ling & Live Online\n| Details about the event will be coming soon.
URL:https://rigpa.org/event/empowerment-teachings-on-vajrakilaya/
CATEGORIES:Empowerments and Transmissions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lerab Ling":MAILTO:lerab.ling@rigpa.org
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SUMMARY:Inspiring a Revolution in Your Heart and Mind | Open Heart
DESCRIPTION:Module 7 of a year-long course that students can join at any stage. \nJoin us on an experiential journey through The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Discover a deep and universal wisdom explored in the major themes of the book\, and learn about their practical implications for living well. Suitable for people of any religion or of none\, this course encourages you to reflect on the Buddhist teachings\, to see what makes sense to you and to experiment with applying these teachings in your daily life. \nOpen Heart (Module 7 of the full-year course) \nIntroducing the Tibetan Buddhist compassion practices centring on loving kindness. Loving kindness meditation restores our confidence and heals unresolved emotional wounds. It also puts us in touch with the fundamental goodness of our core being\, unlocking a vast source of love and care for ourselves and others.Where: Online and in person at Rigpa Sydney\, 158 Australia St\, Newtown. \nWhen: Wednesday evenings\, for 5 weeks starting 14 October 2026. \nTime: 6.30pm – 8.30pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time. \nParticipants in this course will learn: \n\nHow to meditate\nHow an acceptance of impermanence can help us understand death and change our attitude towards life\nHow meditation can transform our perception\, increase our confidence and fully connect us to the world around us\nThat mind is much more than just thoughts and emotions\nHow understanding the interdependency of all things and the principle of karma (that every action has an effect) gives us a logical basis for ethics and personal responsibility\n\nLed by Western meditation instructors with many years of experience.
URL:https://rigpa.org/event/inspiring-a-revolution-in-your-heart-and-mind/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sydney":MAILTO:sydney@rigpa.org.au
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SUMMARY:Finding Unshakeable Certainty
DESCRIPTION:DZOGCHEN BEARA: Weekend Teachings with Khenpo Tashi \nHighlights from the Beacon of Certainty by Mipham Rinpoche \nWhat is our practice actually built on? \nMany of us have spent years on the path: meditating\, deepening compassion\, engaging in Vajrayana practice\, receiving profound teachings that have inspired and transformed us. Yet at a certain point\, questions like this begin to arise. What are we truly recognizing in meditation? How do we distinguish genuine understanding from concepts\, experiences\, or passing states? \nThe great masters of the Nyingma tradition understood that these questions cannot be answered through faith alone. They require investigation\, reflection\, and a View that becomes clear through our own experience. \nFor these teachings\, Khenpo Tashi draws on selected highlights from The Beacon of Certainty by Mipham Rinpoche\, a profound text of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Structured around essential questions of view and meditation\, the text guides practitioners with remarkable precision through the relationship between appearance and emptiness\, analysis and direct experience\, understanding and realization. \nDeeply grounded in the lineage of Longchenpa and Mipham Rinpoche\, Khenpo Tashi has a rare ability to make these teachings feel immediate and alive\, revealing how they relate directly to our own path and experience. \nThese teachings are open to all practitioners with a grounding in meditation and Lojong. \nThe retreat\, held in the new Dzogchen Beara temple\, will include periods of silence including during tea breaks and some meal times. \nThese teachings will be offered in Tibetan with live English translation by Rigpa Senior Teacher Damien van Effenterre.
URL:https://rigpa.org/event/finding-unshakeable-certainty/
CATEGORIES:Retreat
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