About the Event: Dharma practice entails more than just calling yourself a Buddhist or making superficial changes in the way you live your life. It means totally integrating the teachings with your mind.
To integrate the teachings with your mind, you must first prepare yourself by cultivating spiritual stability—pure renunciation—within your stream of being. The Tibetan term for renunciation, nges-jung, implies that you must first realize that you are caught in the process of rebirth in samsara, a state of being characterized by a great many sufferings. Therefore, at the beginning of your practice you have to realize the true nature of samsara itself and how you exist in it; you must become acutely aware of the unsatisfactory nature of samsara, the condition in which you find yourself. This is very important.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama often comments that as Buddhists, our distinctive practice is non-violence, and our distinctive view is dependent origination. His Holiness’s comments echo a common strand in the Buddhist tradition: Lama Tsongkhapa claimed that there was no teaching of the Buddha more profound than dependent origination, and Nagarjuna began most of his works by praising the “one who taught dependent origination.”
The Buddha himself recounted that on the night of his enlightenment, he awoke to the profound nature of the twelve links of dependent origination, clearly seeing how beings trap themselves in an endless cycle of self-perpetuating confusion and misery. The Buddha went on to claim that nobody could understand his teaching without understanding the nature of these twelve links.
About our Teacher:
Geshe Phuntsok Tsultrim is immensely popular for the warm and approachable way in which he presents the Dharma and inspires our community. He became a monk in Tibet and did extensive study at Sera Je Monastery in India, where he was awarded his Geshe degree (the equivalent of a doctorate in Buddhist studies) in 2005. He began teaching at Chenrezig Institute in 2014 after being chosen for our community by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. He teaches in Tibetan with the help of an interpreter.
Geshe Tsultrim has a warm hearted, caring and practical approach to teaching Dharma. He has been the resident Geshe at Chenrezig Institute since 2014. Since then he has taught Dharma both in the Gompa and by the example he sets outside of the Gompa.
Schedule:
The general schedule for the weekend is below (this maybe subject to slight change):
Saturday 15th November
10:30am - 12:00pm Teaching with Geshela
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 2:30pm Discussion / Q+A with Geshela
2:30pm -3:00pm Afternoon Tea
3:00pm - 4:30pm Teaching with Geshela
5:00pm - 6:00pm Supper
6:00pm - 7:30pm Dharma Movie in the Gompa
Sunday 16th November
7:00am - 8:00am Breakfast
9:15am - 10:00am Morning Meditation
10:00am - 10:30am Break
10:30am - 12:00pm Teaching with Geshela
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm - 2:30pm Discussion / Q&A with Geshela
2:30pm - 3:00pm Break
3:00pm - 4:00pm Teaching with Geshela
Registration and Donations
The suggested donation for this two-day weekend course is $120. A donation of $120 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 $60 makes a meaningful contribution toward maintaining our space.
A donation of $45 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.
You are always welcome to attend our courses free of charge but we kindly ask that you register so we can provide you all the information about the course.
Sangha are always able to attend our courses free of charge but are encouraged to please register (using their coupon).
This special weekend will be available to attend in person and Online
Zoom and youtube link for this weekend will be sent via email to everyone that registers below
If you have any questions about this retreat or anything about the Spiritual Program, please email spc@chenrezig.com.au
Please book your accommodation and meals separately.
If there are any issues booking food or accommodation email info@chenrezig.com.au