About Event:

“Normally, people think that Medicine Buddha is for healing, but it’s not only that! You can use the Medicine Buddha practice for ANY purpose, ANY problem, ANYTHING. The Medicine Buddha practice is so precious.”
— Lama Zopa Rinpoche

This three-day Medicine Buddha Retreat is the perfect opportunity to spend time developing a relationship with the Medicine Buddha deities and cultivating their enlightened qualities within ourselves.

The retreat will include teachings and meditations on:

• Awareness of suffering and its causes

• How to develop compassion for ourselves and others

• Visualising healing energy

The main part of the retreat consists of the Medicine Buddha sadhana with mantra recitation sessions, visualising healing and positive outcomes for ourselves, others, and the environment.

Benefits of the Medicine Buddha Practice

Our Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, explains:

“Any living being who hears the name of Medicine Buddha never gets reborn in the lower realms – that’s the benefit of just hearing the name, the mantra of Medicine Buddha. This is due to the great compassion of the Medicine Buddhas.”

The Medicine Buddha practice is:

• Very powerful for purification, including purifying broken vows or precepts

• Very powerful for healing sickness

• Very powerful for creating the causes for success and the fulfilment of positive aspirations

There is no need to have received a lung or initiation to participate.

Everyone is warmly welcome to join. 

About our Retreat Leader:

Ven. Tony first made contact with the Buddha-dharma in Nepal and India in 1976. Following this, he trained and worked for four years as a psychiatric nurse, and then in the 1980s was based at Chenrezig Institute during which time he served at different times as the cook, office worker, and gardener. 

Following ordination as a monk in 1991, he lived for seventeen years at two different FPMT monasteries, at Nalanda Monastery in France and at Thubten Shedrup Ling monastery in Bendigo, where he served as director. He has led retreats and courses at various FPMT centres throughout the world, as well as teaching in prisons and schools.

Registration and Donations

The suggested donation for this retreat is $150. A donation of $150 covers our costs and helps sustain the Centre so we can continue offering teachings to the wider community.

• However – you are welcome to offer whatever amount you feel comfortable with.

• Your donation helps keep the Centre open and running. It supports operational costs, facilities, and the ability to offer teachings.

• A donation of $108 makes a meaningful contribution toward maintaining our space.

• A donation of $75 helps us cover our most basic costs.

Please note: all donations are non-refundable and go directly to supporting the ongoing operations of the Centre.

Sangha are always able to attend our retreats free of charge. Please contact spc@chenrezig.com.aufor the discount code to register.

This retreat will be held in the Gompa and is in-person only.

Please book your accommodation and meals separately.

If there are any issues booking food or accommodation, please email info@chenrezig.com.au