Rigpa Buddhist Meditation Centre

Rigpa presents the Buddhist tradition of Tibet in a way that is both completely authentic and relevant to the lives and needs of modern people,Open to all schools and traditions of Buddhist wisdom, and with the guidance and gracious patronage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Rigpa offers those following the Buddhist teachings a complete path of study and practice, along with the environment they need to experience the teachings fully.

At the same time, Rigpa seeks to explore how the wisdom and compassion of the Buddha’s teachings can benefit many different areas of life in today’s world. Inspired by the meaning of the word rigpa, Sogyal Rinpoche gave this as the name for his work and to the vehicle he was developing to serve the Buddha’s teaching in the West. Today, Rigpa has more than 130 centres in 41 countries around the world.

Rigpa is an international network of Buddhist centres and groups, which offer meditation courses and Tibetan Buddhist studies. Rinpoche and Rigpa’s main focus is to make the Buddha’s teachings available as widely as possible, in a way that is authentic, accessible and beneficial for people of all ages, and from all walks of life. With this in mind, all Australian Rigpa centres offer a broad programme of courses, retreats, workshops and meditation evenings as well as a range of projects that aim to show how the teachings can be applied in different areas of society.

For those who are new to Buddhism, there is the introductory What Meditation Really Is course, which explains how to meditate and gives a general introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. Rigpa’s education programme offers a complete and graduated training in the Buddhist teachings and practice, with further courses designed to suit students of all levels.

Rinpoche regularly invites visiting teachers from different Buddhist schools and traditions to visit and to teach at Rigpa centres in Australia and around the world.For students who do not have a centre near where they live, Rigpa Australia offers a distance learning programme, the Bush Telegraph. The Bush Telegraph connects students and provides instructor-led courses throughout regional Australia, New Zealand, Asia and beyond using web resources, online forums and conference calls.

Rigpa Australia offers a programme specifically tailored to meet the needs of children, teenagers, families and parents. Rigpé Yeshé is an association of parents and educators, who, inspired by Sogyal Rinpoche’s vision, are creating a culture where children, teenagers and families can experience a joyful and authentic spiritual path.