Tharpa Choeling - Wellington Buddhist Centre

Compassionate Listening
Wise Attention and Forgiveness

Compassionate Listening, Wise Attention and Forgiveness is a secular workshop for working with difficult interpersonal relationships. Based on the teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this course is easy to understand and apply to daily life.

Transforming Problems
with
The Four Immesurable Thoughts

A self-reflection workshop by
Venerable Thubten Tenzin

How to and Why Meditate

A six stage program that covers all types of meditation found in
Tibetan Buddhism.
It includes a guided meditation C.D., a detailed booklet on meditation techniques, a journal to keep a record of your experiences and some inspirational goodies.

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to sign up.

Stress Free Mindful Living
A four part course.

The first step is to live in the moment and be free of stress by not living in the past or future. Instead, in the present moment, we complete activities with concentration.

Do you want to know more about Buddhism but don't know where to start?

Understanding Buddhism is our Eleven Unit introductory correspondence course on the fundamentals of the Buddhist Path. It has been developed by Venerable Thubten Tenzin to be an approachable study of Buddhist teachings, concepts and philosophy with a strong emphasis on how to apply these teachings in our everyday lives.

Each unit comes with an audio C.D. of a teaching by Venerable Tenzin, written material by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other learned Buddhist teachers and an easy essay and questionnaire.

The Eleven Units

One - Introduction - The Authentic Lineage of Buddha Shakyamuni

Two - Mind and Meditation

Three - Understanding Our Impermanent Nature

Four - The Universal Law of Cause and Effect

Five - The Teacher

Six - The Three Principal Aspects of the Path

Seven - Becoming a Warrior Saint

Eight - Mind Transformation

Nine - Making Our Lives Meaningful

Ten - Everyday Tantra

Eleven - Completion (review)

Understanding Buddhism