First Official Visit of His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin,
Ratna Vajra Rinpoche
to New Zealand and Australia
23 March 2019 - 12 May 2019
Chief host and Co-ordinator of the visit:
Sakya Losal Choe Dzong, Tibetan Buddhist Society of Canberra Inc.
Bookings and enquiries need to be made with the relevant centre where the teachings will be held (contact details are listed below).
Saturday, 23 March
Auckland, New Zealand
2:00pm - 4:00pm Buddha Shakyamuni Initiation (Host by Wang Bin)
4:30pm - 6:00pm Yellow Dzambala Initiation (Host by Wang Bin)
Sunday, 24th March
Palpung Centre Contact: inquiries@greatliberation.org
9:00am - 12:00pm Amitayus Logyama Long-Life Empowerment and Teachings on Parting From the Four Attachments
Tuesday, 26th March
Nyima Tashi Buddhist Centre
Contact: nyimatashi.nz@gmail.com
6.00pm - 6.30pm Welcoming Ceremony
6.30pm - 8.30pm Public Talk on the Trials and Tribulations of Spiritual Experience
Friday, 29 March
Phuntsok Choeling Hawkes Bay Tibetan Buddhist Centre, Napier, New Zealand
Contact:phuntsok.choeling@gmail.com
Website: www.phuntsokchoeling.co.nz
4.00pm Welcome Ceremony followed by 16 Arhat Puja at the centre
5.30pm Healing Medicine Buddha Empowerment
Saturday 30 March
9.00am - 5.00pm Day I: Teaching on the Clear Mirror of Cause and Effect
6.00pm Green Tara Empowerment
Sunday 31 March 2019
9.00am - 12.00pm Day II: Teaching on the Clear Mirror of Cause and Effect
Tuesday 2 April
Sakya Yigah Choeling, Whyalla, South Australia
Contact: Bruce Muhlhan ph: 0400 454 687
Email: rwa44722@bigpond.net.au
6.00pm Green Tara Empowerment
Wednesday 3 April
2:00pm Vajrayogini Blessing
(Must have received Chakrasamvara or Anuttarayoga Tantra empowerment to attend)
7:00pm Two-Armed Mahakala Empowerment
(Must have received a Major Empowerment)
Thursday 4 April
10:00am – 4.00pm Vajrayogini Sadhana Teachings - on the Middle Length Sadhana of Vajrayogini by Jamyang Khyentse Wangchuk
(Note: Must have received Chakrasamvara empowerment or any Anuttarayoga Tantra empowerment and Vajrayogini Blessing to attend these teachings).
Friday 5 April
Melbourne Sakya Centre, Melbourne, Victoria
Bookings: https://melbournesakya.eventbrite.com.au
Email: konchok1975@gmail.com (Lama Konchok)
Contact: Maria 0411 128 515 Vanessa 0411 102 818
6.30pm - 8.30pm Public Talk - Meditation and Rebirth
Port Melbourne Town Hall
333 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC 3207
Sunday 7 April
2.00pm - 5.00pm Chime Phagma Nyingtik (White Tara) Empowerment and Instructions
Port Melbourne Town Hall
333 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC 3207
Tuesday 9 April - Tuesday 16 April
SIBA, Tsarchen Choeling, East Gippsland, Victoria
Contact:siba@sakya.com.au
Phone: 03 5155 0329
Bookings: www.sakya.com.au
Lamdre Jochakma
(includes Bodhisattva Vows, Hevajra Cause and Path Empowerments and Teachings on Succinct Lamdre Jochakma)
Thursday 18 April - Monday 22 April
Virupa Retreat Centre, 179 Douglas Close, Carwoola NSW
Contact: mail@sakya.com.au
Phone: 02 6238 2088
Bookings: www.sakya.com.au
Vajrayogini Blessing and Teachings
18 & 19 April Chakrasamvara Empowerments
20 April Vajrayogini Blessing (Must have received Chakrasamvara or Anuttarayoga Tantra Empowerment to attend.)
21 - 22 April Vajrayogini Sadhana Teachings
Easter Saturday 20 April
5.30pm – 7.30pm Healing Medicine Buddha Empowerment at Airport International Motel, Queanbeyan
Wednesday 24 April - Friday 26 April
Drogmi Buddhist Institute, Tilba Tilba, NSW
Contact: info@drogmi.org
Bookings: www.drogmi.org
White Tara Six Dome Retreat
Friday 26 April
7.00pm Vajrakilaya Torma Empowerment
(Note: Must have received a major Vajrayana Empowerment)
Saturday 27 April
Manjushri Buddhist Centre, Milton, NSW
Contact: mbcmilton@gmail.com
10.00am Welcome Ceremony followed by Amitayus Empowerment
2.00pm - 3.30pm Teaching on Jewel Garland
4.00pm - 6.00pm Healing Medicine Buddha Empowerment
Sunday 28 April
10.00am – 12.00pm Orange Manjushri Empowerment
2.00pm – 5.30pm Parting from the Four Attachments: Sacred Teachings Manjushri gave to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
Monday 29 April
Khacho Yulo Ling, Cairns, QLD
Contact: Venerable Rinchen ph: 07 4041 5556
Email: info@yuloling.com
Bookings: www.yuloling.com
7.00pm Multifaith Blessing for Peace
Tue 30 April
9.00am - 5.00pm Day I: Teachings on the Clear Mirror of Cause and Effect
Wed 1 May
9.00am -5.00pm Day II: Teachings on the Clear Mirror of Cause and Effect
7.00pm Vajrasattva Empowerment
Friday 3 May - Saturday 11 May
Sakya Tharpa Ling, Sydney NSW
Contact: info@sakya.org.au
Phone: 0473 158 902
Website: www.sakya.org.au
Friday 3 May
7.30pm Vajrakilaya Empowerment
Saturday 4 May
2.00pm Vajrakilaya Empowerment
Sunday 5 May
9.30am - 5.30pm Teaching on Vajrakilaya
Monday 6 May
7.00pm The Beautiful World of Interdependence - public talk
Rigpa, 158 Australia St, Newton, NSW
Bookings: https://sydney.rigpa.org.au/events-home/hhst/
Tuesday 7 May
6.00pm - 8.00pm How to Be Happy in a World of Turmoil - public talk
Woolley Common Room, John Woolley Building, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW
Free admission
Thursday 9 May
9am - 2pm Green Tara Puja
Fri 10 May
6pm Fundraising Dinner and Talk: The Benefits of Tibetan Buddhism in Family Life
Sat 11 May
11am - 12 noon Children's Refuge Blessing
2.00pm - 5.00pm Vajrayogini Blessing (Participants must have received Vajrakilaya or another major empowerment to attend.)
Sunday 12 May
Sakya Dolma Choe Ling, Eastwood, NSW & Tibetan Buddhist Society of Canberra
Contact: mail@sakya.com.au
Bookings: www.sakya.com.au
9.00am - Shakyamuni Buddha Empowerment, Kensington NSW
10.30am - Manjushri Empowerment
2.00pm - 3.30pm Teachings: Immeasurables in Three Vehicles
4.30pm Kyegu Buddhist Institute with the Tibetan Community of NSW, Dee Why Contact: Lama Phuntsok ph: 0468 967 399