A Journey Through Shedra
A Journey Through Shedra The Venerable Traleg Rinpoche kindly offered to teach the Shedra to his younger students beginning in 2010. Shedra (the Tibetan word for ‘place of learning’) is…
Book Review by Em Renfrey – The Dalai Lama’s Cat by David Michie
I am a sucker for a good novel and will binge on a good book. I have a stack of Dharma books on my bedside table that is my ‘to…
Love and Fear in the Time of Coronavirus: A Conversation
Lena As a human in the time of coronavirus, I feel frazzled. The sand constantly shifting beneath my feet– which as a practitioner I recognise as impermanence – is made…
The Four Contemplations
His Holiness Sakya Trizin Ordinary Mind Spring 2000 Born in 1945, His Holiness Sakya Trizin has been the head of the Sakya School in Tibetan Buddhism since he was seven.…
U35s Meditation Course
By Robert Taylor On a pleasantly warm Thursday evening, I rode my bike down to E-Vam for the first of the three evenings of Buddhist meditation teachings as part of…
Chenrezig
By Sharon Wells ‘Chenrezig arises radiating clear white light suffused with the five colours. His eyes gaze in compassion and his smile is loving…Chenrezig is within us because love and…
Losar 2020
It was a lovely evening to celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year of the Iron Rat, at E-Vam Institute on the 22nd of February 2020. We began the evening with approximately…
Interview with Venerable Hasapanna
By Annelise Roberts, 13 January 2020, Maitripa Centre I talked with Venerable Hasapanna, Abbott of Dhammasara Nun’s Monastery, at the 37th annual Buddhist Summer School at Maitripa Centre, Healesville. Fresh…
U35’s Urban Retreat
On Sunday 15th of February, an urban day retreat for under-35s was held at E-Vam Institute, Carlton. This was a combination of giving participants a taste of ‘retreat life’ as well…