The Wisdom Age Newsletter of Drogmi Buddhist Institute A Tibetan Buddhist Centre in the Sakya Tradition Issue 48 August 2019 Dear Dharma friends, If you live in the electorate of Bega, it would be great if you could lend your support for Drogmi Buddhist Institute to stage a joyous and special festival at our Kamalashila Centre at Tilba Tilba. For the Bega electorate there are a very high number of proposals so it could be decided who gets up by one or two votes – please help us by voting before Thursday 15 August. Details are below. Thank you! Yours in the dharma NEWS FROM DROGMI BUDDHIST INSTITUTE Triple Vision Festival – LAST CHANCE TO VOTE by 15 AUGUST! It's a little bit complicated but here’s how to make your vote. Go to the grant page at https://mycommunityproject.service.nsw.gov.au Select the electorate “Bega” Scroll down to the “Triple Vision Festival” and click “Shortlist me” You’ll need to log in to your MyServiceNSW account before you can shortlist the project (if you don’t have an account already, you’ll need to set it up which you can do online) Then to verify your identity, you need your Medicare card details – enter its colour, your number, expiry date, name and individual reference number Select your electorate again (enter your residential address) – choose Bega Pick two other projects to shortlist Then click on “My Shortlist” at the top of the page Make sure “Triple Vision Festival” is shortlisted and is your first preference Complete the privacy agreements Then submit your vote – thank you! With your help we can make this happen! This fantastic project in our local community could receive the funding it needs. Vote now – the projects with the most votes will get the funding! Voting closes 15 August . And please share with your friends especially if they live in the Bega electorate – thank you! UPCOMING COURSES & EVENTS TIBETAN DOCTOR AND ASTROLOGER – 24-29 AUGUST Drogmi Buddhist Institute, in partnership with Men-Tsee-Khang, Dharmasala (India), and the Tibet Information Office in Canberra, are hosting a visit to the far South Coast and Sydney, New South Wales with Tibetan physician, Dr Tsundu Dolma and Tibetan Astro Scientist, Ms Tenzin Tsundue, from August 24 to 29, 2019 . This visit is part of the Australian Outreach visit from Men-Tsee-Khang, the most prestigious Institute of Education, Research and Training in the fields of Tibetan Medicine and Tibetan Astrology. This truly is a rare opportunity to learn about genuine methods and treatments for our overall wellbeing. Read More ANNUAL SHAMATHA RETREAT – 4-12 OCTOBER Our Annual Shamatha retreat will be held at Kamalashila Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Tilba from Friday 4 to Saturday 12 October. The retreat will be conducted by Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe, a Tibetan meditation teacher who has been practising these techniques for more than 40 years. The retreat is perfect both for beginners and the more experienced, and will include a balance of meditation theory and practice. Read More RECENT EVENTS Kuching, Malaysia In Kuching, Malaysia, Venerable Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe has concluded his two weeks’ teaching programme which coincides with the auspicious Chökör Düchen month, during which the Buddha first turned the wheel of Dharma. Read More Annual Family Day Around 60 people attended the Annual Family Day at Kamalashila Tibetan Buddhist Centre. The day’s theme was all about Compassion, to oneself and others. This was a very special and unique day, where Khenpo la spent time with families, all sharing in how to have fun together and at the same time learning about Loving-Kindness and Compassion to oneself, family and others, reaching out to the wider community. Read More Khacho Yulo Ling Buddhist Centre, Cairns “We had a wonderful weekend of teachings with Khenpo la at Khacho Yulo Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre under Ani Rinchen la, Cairns QLD. Fortunately, as well on this weekend fell His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday celebrations.” Read More Saga Dawa Duchen Celebrating Saga Dawa Düchen at Tilba Tilba and at Croydon, Sydney – sangha members came together to celebrate the very special time of Saga Dawa, in particular Saga Dawa Düchen. Read More Lam dre Mandala Offering Both His Holiness the 41st and 42nd Sakya Trizins gave teachings on Lam Dre at the New York Centre in Walden this past June 2019. Some of our sangha members were fortunate enough to attend! Read More White Conch Group, Brisbane “The way Khenpo was able to simply and clearly explain this teaching was wonderful & appreciated. His emphasis on beginning with close one’s was very helpful as were his examples for post-meditation – gives us a greater chance for ‘actually doing it’. Thank you Khenpo.” Read More Mindfulness and Compassion Retreat Khenpo la commenced this retreat in a full day of teachings on Compassion. Participants came from as far away as Melbourne in the south and Richmond, NSW in the north, all sharing with each other in this beautiful place. Khenpo la taught on the real enemy for us is self-cherishing and the mind that does this is called ‘ignorant’. This is the base of our discrimination mind which causes us so many difficulties. Khenpo la stressed that when we really look at this type of mind, it is very insecure. Khenpo talked about compassion having two aspects: 1, a good heart and 2, wisdom. We need the good heart of loving kindness, and the wisdom to know actually know how to help others. A quote from Khenpo la “Wisdom makes meditation authentic”. 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