For the Benefit of All Beings

"For the Benefit of All Beings” are sessions held one Sunday each month in Newtown, Sydney and presents teachings on the classic text the Bodhicharyavatara. His Holiness the Dalai Lama said: If I have any understanding of compassion and the bodhisattva path, it all comes from studying this text (the Bodhicharyavatara).

The main aim of these sessions is to help us discover the relevance of this classic text for our daily lives, to better understand ourselves and others, and identify and change some of our unhelpful patterns. The module will take a more experiential approach, rather than cover the entire text word for word in a traditional Tibetan shedra style.

The first three sessions of the module will explore some of the more general topics of the Bodhicharyavatara, as an introduction to the text, including: what is compassion, a bodhisattva, and the benefits of altruism.

These teachings are suitable for anyone who has some familiarity with meditation practice.