Rigpa Fellowship Inc
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Mission Statement
The purpose of Rigpa is to provide an authentic Buddhist education for the modern world: to preserve, uphold, practise and transmit the Buddhist teachings – especially Tibet’s Ngagyur Nyingma lineage and in particular the teachings of Vajrayana and Dzogpachenpo – for those who choose to follow a complete, graduated spiritual path; and to work for greater well-being in society and demonstrate how this wisdom of Buddha, with its ancient roots, and its practices of meditation and compassion, can help and transform modern society through its impact on individuals.
About This Cause
Rigpa is an international network of centres and groups offering the Buddha’s teachings in a way that is based on an authentic tradition, yet also relevant and beneficial for people in the modern world. Rigpa offers courses and seminars in meditation and compassion, as well as a complete path of study and practice for every stage of the Buddha’s teachings. A unique feature of Rigpa’s event programme is that it regularly hosts teachers of all Tibetan Buddhist traditions who give teachings and empowerments, as well as Buddhist masters of other lineages, and teachers from different spiritual traditions. Our courses and programmes share simple meditation techniques and methods for training in compassion, which have been developed over centuries, yet help us deal with the challenges of everyday life. Meditation and compassion have been shown to be beneficial in many different ways, including bringing peace of mind, tackling stress, depression and other mental health problems. They can also help us to develop more kindness and warm-heartedness for ourselves, our families and those around us. We offer free meditation as drop in sessions, as well as guided half-days, days and weekends. These are open to the public and provide a secular, non-religious instruction in meditation. Also in a non-religious context, we provide groups or courses to learn how to develop compassion. They are also open to anyone, and we find attendees are from all walks of life. Most are online currently because of Covid19. Rigpa was founded in 1979 by Sogyal Rinpoche, a Buddhist teacher from Tibet, who was also the author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Rigpa has the gracious patronage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and each national Rigpa association has charitable and non-profit status. For those who wish to go deeper into studying and practising Buddhism, Rigpa also offers study and practice programs including courses in the Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist tradition of Tibet, a traditional study college (shedra) and short and long practice retreats (drupdra). In Australia we have city centres, national and local online programmes, talks by visiting Tibetan Buddhist teachers as well as city and residential retreats. Streaming of talks by international teachers are an important part of our programmes. Students are supported by trained and experienced instructors and benefit from the companionship of other students.