Courses and events
Drogmi Buddhist Institute offers courses and events at Tilba and elsewhere. We also have advanced courses for experienced practitioners.
Most courses and events until September have been cancelled due to the challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic. For more information read the message from the DBI committee on the home page.
Find out more:
Online courses and events
Courses and events at Tilba
External courses
Advanced courses
Cancellation of bookings
Most courses and events until September have been cancelled due to the challenges posed by the Coronavirus pandemic. For more information read the message from the DBI committee on the home page.
Find out more:
Online courses and events
Courses and events at Tilba
External courses
Advanced courses
Cancellation of bookings
Online courses and events
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Shamatha practiceSundays, 10 to 31 May, 10-11am AEST
With recitations of healing and purification mantras.
Before each meditation session, Khenpo la will give a short teaching of instructions on the techniques of Shamatha Meditation. A time to learn, meditate and pray for peace, healing and happiness. Download the prayer text for the meditation below. 
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Seven point mind training - a five week teachingTuesdays, 12 May to 9 June, 7-8.30 pm AEST
Register here to join these training sessions. If you do not already have a Zoom account you will be asked to create one before you register. Once you complete the registration, you will be given a password. You need to keep this handy for when you go to sign in for the teachings. ` There is no charge for the teachings but you may wish to consider a donation, according to your individual circumstances and mindful of the difficult times we are all in. Thank you. To make a donation, go to this page on our website and scroll down to the Donations section. About the Seven Point Mind Training Lojong is a mind training practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on a set of truths or principles. It originated from the great Bengali meditation master Atiśa (982–1054 CE). The current form of Seven Point Mind Training was composed in Tibet in the 12th century by Geshe Chekawa Yeshe Dorje (1102-1176), a prolific Kadampa Buddhist meditation master. These teachings reveal how one can transform adverse conditions into the path to enlightenment, principally by developing our compassion. Before Chekawa Yeshe Dorje's root text, this special set of teachings, originally given by Buddha, were secret teachings only given to faithful disciples. The 59 or so slogans that form the root text of the mind training practice are designed as a set of antidotes to undesired mental habits that cause suffering. They contain methods to expand one's viewpoint towards absolute compassion and methods for relating to the world in a more constructive way with relative compassion, such as "Be grateful to everyone" and "When everything goes wrong, treat disaster as a way to wake up." Chekawa is claimed to have cured leprosy with mind training. In one account, he went to live with a colony of lepers and did the practice with them. Over time many of them were healed, more lepers came, and eventually people without leprosy also took an interest in the practice. Chekawa Yeshe Dorje's Training the Mind in Seven Points ends with this inspiring wisdom: Because of my many wishes, Having endured suffering and a bad reputation, I received the instructions for controlling self-grasping. Now, if I die, I have no regrets. |
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Saga Dawa23 May – 21 June 2020
Saga Dawa is the holiest month in the Tibetan calendar. Drogmi Buddhist Institute has a program of events to celebrate this most auspicious month. Event: Sixteen Arhat Puja When: Saga Dawa Düchen Friday 5 June, 10–11 am. This is the most important day of the year for Tibetan Buddhists, commemorating the Birth, Enlightenment, and Parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni. Where: TBC. If government directives permit at Kamalashila Tibetan Buddhist Centre, Tilba, and if not via our Facebook page. Event: Candle offerings Each day of Saga Dawa, the centre will offer 50 candles per day, except on the 10th and 15th days when 100 candles will be offered. Sponsors are welcome. When: Daily from 23 May to 21 June. Where: At KTBC Suggested sponsorship: $1 per day per candle, that is $30 for the month, or whatever other amount you wish. If you would like to make a donation on a specific day, such as one of the auspicious days, please send us an email about the day you'd like your donation to be made. The practice of Dana (giving) during Saga Dawa
Traditionally, the holy day of Saga Dawa Düchen is observed through practice, generosity, and the performance of meritorious deeds, such as the practice of Life Release. This is commonly performed by purchasing animals that are destined to be killed (as in lambs, fish, worms and/or crickets), and releasing them into their natural habitats with prayers and positive aspirations. One must be mindful though that this release does not cause them more suffering being in the wrong environment. It is an auspicious month to be vegetarian, to release these animals who otherwise would be eaten. The act of giving life in this way is believed to extend the practitioner or benefactor’s lifespan and create positive circumstances. You can also take an extended vow of vegetarianism, creating vast merit through your noble aspiration to reduce suffering. Behold, O monks, this is my last advice to you. All component things in the world are changeable. They are not lasting. Work hard to gain your own salvation. - The Buddha |
Courses and events at Tilba
Courses held at the Kamalashia Tibetan Buddhist Centre, 9000 Princes Highway, Tilba NSW
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Weekly meditation practiceWeekly meditation sessions at Kamalashila Buddhist Centre are cancelled until further notice, due to the Coronavirus restrictions.
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Annual Shamatha retreat
Friday 2 to Saturday 10 October
Mentor course
Monday 12 to Sunday 18 October
For information email Carole
For information email Carole
Three visions festival
Sunday 8 November
Family retreat
Friday 20 to Sunday 22 November
Annual General Meeting and Christmas Party
Saturday 5 December
External courses and events
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4th Uluru Buddhist retreatThe retreat has been rescheduled for May 2021. Details will be posted soon.
Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe will lead a retreat at Uluru for six nights, with regular visits to Uluru and Kata Tjuta. Khenpo la will give instructions and lead meditations on Compassion, Calm Abiding and Vajrasattva. The cost is $1800, and $1700 for members and friends of Drogmi. The price includes retreat teachings, six nights' luxury accommodation, all meals, hot drinks and all land travel at Uluru. Not included in the price are: flights to and from Uluru, park fees and cold drinks. If you are interested in taking part, email info@drogmi.org, or telephone 0403 377 099. |
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RegulaR meditation at Croydon, NSWThe regular meditation sessions at Croydon are cancelled until further notice, due to the Coronavirus restrictions
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Blue Mountains retreat led by Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe
Teachings in Croydon by Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe
Friday 17 September
For information email info@drogmi.org
For information email info@drogmi.org
Weekend teaching program in Toncurry, NSW
Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September
Marpa Buddhist Centre, Tuncurry, NSW
With Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe
For information email info@drogmi.org
Marpa Buddhist Centre, Tuncurry, NSW
With Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe
For information email info@drogmi.org
Teaching program in Christchurch, New Zealand
Weekend teaching program in Brisbane
Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November
White Conch, Brisbane
With Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe
For information email info@drogmi.org
White Conch, Brisbane
With Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe
For information email info@drogmi.org
Advanced courses
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The Complete PathThe International Buddhist Academy in Kathmandu, Nepal, has launched an international seven year training program that encompasses the Tibetan Buddhist path in its entirety. This unique course is for Dharma practitioners of all levels to study and experience training on the theory and practice of the Mahayana and Vajrayana path as transmitted by the founding masters of the Sakya school ofTibetan Buddhism.
Drogmi Buddhist Institute offered the first three years of the international training program. Kamalashila Buddhist Centre, Tilba, from 2017 to 2019. The final four years are offered at the International Buddhist Academy at Kathmandu. Read more |
Cancellation of bookings
A cancellation fee will be charged for bookings which are cancelled. The fee is 10 per cent of the total price, with a minimum of $10 and a maximum of $50.
