TARA INSTITUTE
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Centre for Buddhist Study and Meditation
HIS HOLINESS DALAI LAMA
WELCOME TO TARA INSTITUTE
Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre in Brighton, Melbourne Australia
Welcome to everyone who aspires to gain happiness and inner peace, through the study,
meditation and practice of Mahayana Buddhism.
Our programmes suit beginners and more advanced students in the quest for a more meaningful life.
BUDDHIST TEACHINGS & PROGRAMMES
TI END-OF-YEAR & NEW YEAR PROGRAM
The Tara Institute Spiritual Program will finish after Wednesday 18 December 2024 and recommence on Monday 6 January 2025.
The Tara Institute Office will be closed from Monday 30 December 2024 and reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025.
TUESDAYS
Golden Light Sutra Recitation
with Jeremy Cohen
3, 10 & 17 December 2024 at 8:00pm
Geshe Doga advised to spend the December Study Group sessions reciting the Golden Light Sutra and, if we have time, to also discuss Lama Tsong Khapa’s ‘four keys’ technique for understanding the emptiness of self-existence.
The Healing Group
With Venerable Rigsal, Kathi Melnic and William Liew
And Guest Speaker Allys Andrews
Held fortnightly on Thursdays, from 11am to 12.30pm
12 December 2024
Sourcing both ancient and contemporary approaches to health and well-
being, the Healing Group incorporates guided meditations, explanatory
talks and discussions in each session.
School Program
Introduction to Meditation for Students
This session is available for students to experience an Introduction to Buddhism meditation class at Tara Institute, or at your school if that is your preference. The session can follow a secular presentation of mindfulness and meditation if that is more suitable.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wed 25th December 2024 8pm |
Brighton East
Lama Tsong Khapa Day
Celebrating Lama Tsong Khapa Day
Lama Tsong Khapa was considered an emanation of Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom, and single-handedly inspired an
entire religious renaissance. He founded the Gelugpa lineage which continues to this day. Tara Institute and the
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) exist as part of that lineage.
On this day, many thousands of Buddhists commemorate this anniversary by making offerings and prayers, and
dedicating the merit to the flourishing of the Buddha’s teachings.
Please join us at Tara Institute to share in this beautiful ceremony of chanting and meditation. Supporting the puja is an
opportunity to accumulate enormous merit, through making tsog, flower and light offerings, sangha offerings, and
participating in karma yoga to set up and clean up afterwards.
CENTER UPDATES
End-of-Year Shopping at the
TI Bookshop
The TI Bookshop stocks a range books on Buddhism, from introductory to advanced, including children’s books and books by the Dalai Lama, Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa, Geshe Doga, and our Monday night teachers. It also stocks gift items like incense, malas, singing bowls, cushions, Tibetan rugs and more. TI members enjoy a 10% discount on all purchases. End-of-year specials include Meditation for Modern Minds, Vol 3, an introduction to meditation and Buddhism by our Monday night teachers.
NOTE: Thank-you to all our wonderful hardworking bookshop volunteers!
Café Bliss: Great Coffee, Delicious Food on TI’s Doorstep
Next door to TI, Café Bliss is a great spot for a coffee, chai latte, or vegetarian meal or snack with friends. It’s open for eat-in (or take-away) breakfast, brunch, lunch and snacks. The Bliss menu is available for delivery through Uber Eats or online take-away. Bliss also offers a dinner service prior to teachings on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30pm to 8:00pm, served in the TI dining room – available to all, no booking required.
For more information, visit.
Evening Meal Service Closed for the Remainder of 2024
Our evening meal service will be closed from 25th November 2024 until January 2025.
Please stay tuned for further updates regarding our reopening in 2025.
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Thank you!
Tara Institute is now a donation partner in the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme!
You can now exchange eligible drink containers for 10 cents.
Together we can make a positive difference to our community and our environment.
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All eligible drink containers are worth a 10 cent refund that you can either keep, or donate to a community donation partner. If you would like to donate the refund to Tara Institute, you can use this barcode or Donation Partner ID at the refund point when you deposit your containers.
To find your nearest donation point, go to https://www.returnit.com.au/vic/recycling-locations-return-it-vic/
MEMBERSHIP & SUPPORT
This enables the Tara Institute community to support the dharma and allow us all to receive precious teachings from Venerable Geshe Doga and Geshe Lobsang
Lama Zopa said: My point here is for you to understand what we are doing and what you are helping with. This is so that you can rejoice. It really is unbelievable, incredible, what you are helping with, and this creates so much benefit for the world and for sentient beings. This actually creates the cause to liberate so many beings. This is an incredible opportunity for you to rejoice, and if you rejoice and then dedicate the merits, it is amazing.
Tara Institute is a Buddhist centre located in Melbourne, Australia. Tara Institute is a non-profit incorporated association that is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a group of over 150 meditation centres worldwide.