Join our guided meditation sessions to try out meditation for yourself. These by donation sessions are open to everyone at all levels of experience.
The essence of meditation is to simply let our minds be, natural and at ease. Many people try it once or twice and think they can't do it because the flow of thoughts seems unstoppable. In fact, anyone can do it. Meditation isn't about stopping or suppressing thoughts, but learning to watch the flow of thoughts with compassion, spaciousness and without judgement.
There is no need to book; you are invited to join whenever you can either online or in person at 158 Australia St, Newtown.
In-person
Saturday Mornings, 9:00am to 10:00am (from 3 Feb 2024)
In-person at 158 Australia St, Newtown
Online only
Daily meditation for 20 minutes
Everyday 8:00am to 8:20am AEST,
plus Monday & Wednesday 6pm to 6:20pm AEST
Online only - Register here
Details
- led by an experienced meditator
- multiple short sessions of meditation
- some gentle guidance
- some sessions include a brief video teaching from a Buddhist teacher to help support meditation
- by donation
- please join the online session about 5 minutes before the session starts
- no need to book - just join online or in person (Please do not come to the centre if you are feeling unwell, if you are waiting on results from a COVID-19 test, or if you have recently been in close contact with someone with flu-like symptoms or a positive COVID-19 test.)
Drop in meditation and public calendar timetable here
In meditation, you keep your eyes open, not closed. Instead of shutting out life, you remain open and at peace with everything. You leave all your senses—hearing, seeing, feeling—just open, naturally, as they are, without grasping - Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
The ultimate purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the sky-like nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are, our unchanging pure awareness which underlies the whole of life and death.Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
