Visit from Changling Rinpoche  2017 Cancelled

With deep regret to announced that the visit from Changling Rinpoche this year have been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control

Khenchen Pema Sherab Teaching Program

December 2015 – January 2016

Lotus Speech Australia is extremely delighted to announce the teaching program of Khenchen Pema Sherab in Melbourne for December 2015 – January 2016. We are grateful to Khenchen Pema Sherab for his compassion and dedication towards the dharma and for all sentient beings. Khenpo Tenzin Norgay will be translating for Khenchen Pema Sherab During this visit Khenchen Pema Sherab have kindly agreed to confer the Namcho Wrathful Guru Rinpoche and the White Manjushri of the Mati Lug Tradition empowerments; and will begin a series of teachings on Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty.

Program

Friday 18th December           Teaching on Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 1

Time: 7 – 9.30 pm

Saturday 19th December      Teaching on Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 2

Time: 3 – 5.30 pm (please note time)

Sunday 20th December        Teaching on Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 3

Time: 3 – 5.30 pm (please note time)

Monday 21st December        Teaching on Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 4

Time: 7 – 9.30 pm

Tuesday 22nd December      Teaching on Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 5

Time:  7 – 9.30 pm

Wednesday 23rd December  Teaching on Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 6

Time: 7 – 9.30 pm

Venue:              8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131

Cost: $35 per session /$33 concession per session/ $32 LSA members

Series of 10 sessions cost $330/ $310 concession/ $300 LSA members

Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au to register

Registration for the whole series of teachings is closed

Sunday 27th December         Namcho Wrathful Guru Rinpoche Empowerment

Time:   3pm

Venue:    8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131

Cost: $80/ $75 concession/ $70 LSA member.

Cost include sadhana explanation on Tuesday 29^th December

Registration for Wrathful Guru Rinpoche Empowerment is closed

Tuesday 29th December       Namcho Wrathful Guru Rinpoche sadhana explanation

Time:      7 – 9.30 pm

Venue:    8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131

Monday 28th December       White Manjushri of Mati Lug Tradition Empowerment

Time:   3 pm

Venue:   8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131

Cost: $80/ $75 concession/ $70 LSA member

Cost include sadhana explanation on Wednesday 30th December

Registration for White Manjushri Empowerment is closed.

Wednesday 30th December             White Manjushri of Mati Lug Tradition sadhana explanation

Time:  7 – 9.30 pm

Venue:   8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131

Friday 1st January 2016        Teaching Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 7

Time:   3 – 5.30 pm

Saturday 2nd January           Teaching Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 8

Time:  3 – 5.30 pm

Sunday 3rd January              Teaching Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 9

Time: 3 – 5.30 pm

Monday 4th January                         Teaching Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty 10

Time:    7 – 9.30 pm (please note time)

Venue:    8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131

Cost: $35 per session /$33 concession per session/ $32 LSA members

Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au to register

Preliminary Announcement

Visit From Khenchen Pema Sherab in mid December 2015

Lotus Speech Australia is delighted to announce Khenchen Pema Sherab will be visiting Melbourne mid December 2015. Khenpo Tenzin Norgay will be accompanying Khenchen Pema Sherab as his translator. During this visit Khenchen Pema Sherab have kindly agreed to confer the Namchoe Wrathful Guru Rinpoche and the White Manjushri of the Mati Lug Tradition empowerments; and will begin teachings on Lama Mipham’s Beacon of Certainty. More details of teaching schedule and program to follow when traveling documents are finalised. Please check the website for updates. Our apologies if the updates are at short notice as circumstances are not under our control.

Changling Rinpoche Teaching Program 2014

New South Wales Program

Melbourne Program 2014

Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au to register as there is limited space. Registration is now closed as all places are filled

Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au to register and for details of the venue

Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au to register

Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au for further information and to register.  Registration is now closed as all places are filled

New South Wales Program

Wollongong   Wednesday 26^th November – Sunday 30^th November 2014

Note: please continue to check the website for any last minute changes.

Khenchen Pema Sherab in Melbourne in November 2013

Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend (10 sessions)

Monday 11^th November – Friday 15^th November 2013 (sessions 1 -5)

Monday 18^th November – Friday 22^nd November 2013 (sessions 6 -10)

Time:   7 pm – 9.30 pm

Venue: 8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131 (Melway 62 C5)

Cost: $30 per session/ $28 concession/ $26 Lotus Speech members

$280 for 10 sessions/ $260 concession for 10 sessions/ $240 members for 10 sessions

Please register at info@lotusspeech.org.au

Nagarjuna wrote this poem Letter to a Friend as a gift advice to his friend and student King Decho Zangpo. It covers the whole Mahayana path from the basic foundations to the profound views of the Mahayana. Khenchen Pema Sherab (http://palyul.org/eng_biokhenpo_pemasherab.htm) will provide commentaries and explanation on these verses. We are fortunate that the teachings will be translated by Khenpo Tenzin Norgay (http://palyul.org/eng_biokhenpo_tenzin-norgay.htm)

Reference text: Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend: with commentary by Kyabje Kangyur Rinpoche. Translated by the Padmakara Translation Group 2005. Snow Lion Publications, New York, USA.

Ratna Lingpa Vajrakilaya Empowerment

Sunday 17^th November 2013

Time:   2 pm

Venue: 8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131 (Melway 62 C5)

Cost: $60/ $55 concession/ LSA members $50

Please register at info@lotusspeech.org.au early as there are very limited spaces.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED FOR EMPOWERMENT as all places are filled (as of 13th November 2013).

Khenchen Pema Sherab is also teaching at the KPC Australia Buddhist Centre at Mount Helen from the 1st November to the 8th November 2013. For further information on the teaching program, the Amitabha and Chenrezig epowerments , please contact on (03)5341 8147(03)5341 8147 or 0418 585 5320418 585 532 or email: kpcaustralia@gmail.com

Changling Rinpoche in Hong Kong May 2013

Changling Rinpoche will be teaching in Hong Kong during May 2013. Please refer to Lotus Speech Hong Kong website for further details: http://www.lotusspeech.org.hk/teaching-events.html

Complete Transmission of Lama Mipham

This is a highly significant transmission event, and attending for all or a significant part of this transmission would be of great benefit for the practitioner.

Changling Rinpoche’s 2012 Australian Teachings and Longchen Gar Annual Retreat

NEW SOUTH WALES PROGRAM 2012

Saturday 27^th October – Sunday 28^th October 2012  Heart Sutra Teachings Aloka Meditation Centre, Peats Ridge, NSW. For further information please contact: aloka.events@gmail.com

Monday 29^th October –  Wednesday 31^st October 2012 Wollongong, NSW.

Monday 29^th October 2012 at 7.30 pm Public Talk: A Mind Free of Extremes

Venue: Thirroul Community Centre, 352-358 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Thirroul

Cost: $25/20 concession

Tuesday 30^th October – Wednesday 31^st October 2012

The Heart of Compassion at 2 pm – 4.30 pm and 7 – 9 pm

Venue: Thirroul TBA.

Cost: $140/100 concession for 4 sessions or $75/ 60 per day. Bookings essential: 0404 221 8780404 221 878 or lotusspeech@gmx.com

MELBOURNE PROGRAM 2012

Friday 2^nd November 2012 at 7 pm Mindrolling Vajrasattva Empowerment

Minling Dorsem or Mindrolling Vajrasattva ritual is part of the Vajrasattva cycle of teachings discovered by Chögyal Terdag Lingpa. The Vajrasattva is understood as the embodiment of wisdom mind of all the enlightened ones and the Vajrasattva practice clears out the negative karma and all the obscuration for the liberation and the enlightenment.

Venue: 8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131 (Melway 62 C5)

Cost: $60/$55 concession. Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au to register as there is limited space. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FULLY SUBSCRIBED

Saturday 3^rd November - Friday 9^th November 2012  Longchen Gar Annual Retreat – The Garland of Views

The Garland of Views: An Instruction was written by Padmasambhava. It is a note summarising the different views and vehicles starting from the shravaka to Dzogchen. It is the only text in the Karma collection attributed to him; all his other compositions belong to the category of terma. This was composed by Padmasambhava as a summary of all his instructions that he gave the King and his retinue before he left Tibet. Having an understanding is necessary for practitioners in order not to get lost on the path to enlightenment.

Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au for details of retreat. Potential students must have received Annutara Tantra Empowerment. Attending the Mindrolling Vajrasattva Empowerment on Friday 2nd November 2012 will fulfill the requirement of an Annutara Tantra Empowerment. Registration is essential.

Sunday 11^th November 2012 Heart Sutra Teachings

2 sessions: 10 am – 1pm , 2.30pm – 5.30 pm Cost: $75/$70 concession per day . Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au for further information and to register.

Monday 12^th November 2012  Riwo Sangchod

Cost: $60/$50 concession per day.Please write to info@lotusspeech.org.au for further information and to register.

Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd November 2012 Namchoe Amitabha Sadhana Practice

Venue at 8 Avis Court, Forest Hill 3131 starting at 7 pm. Cost: by donation

Friday 23rd November 2012 Rangjung Padma Nyingthik “Vajra Armour Destruction of Evildoers” (Dorje Drollo) Empowerment

Note: please continue to check the website for any last minute changes.