GESHE TENZIN ZOPA joins us OCTOBER 1,2,3, 2026 ~ Annual FPMT Australia Teaching Tour ~ SAVE THE DATES EVERYONE WARMLY WELCOME
Thursday & Friday, Oct 1-2 Commentary of the Purification Practice of Vajrasattva & Three Principal Aspects of the Path - Lamrim presentation
Saturday, Oct 3 In-person only Solitary Vajrasattva Initiation / jenag
- Registration Required: Limited spaces apply OPEN NOW
Would you like to help support everyone wishing to attend this Retreat?
Become a Special Vajrasattva Retreat Sponsor HERE
Local accommodation recommended HERE for residential participation
Full Course & Schedule details please read on here : ~ Hybrid Event 10 am - 5 pm daily ~
A most precious opportunity to receive teachings and heart touching guidance with Geshe Tenzin Zopa as we embark on this most important practice of Vajrasattva ~ leading to many students beginning the 2nd Preliminary Practice of 100,000 Vajrasattva - supported by Geshe la over a 5 year program - incorporating the first 4 uncommon or inner preliminary practices of Refuge, Purification, Mandala Offering, Guru Yoga plus Preparation for Tantric Initiation and Practice.
The 3-day intensive retreat on October 123 will have a daily program 10 am - 5 pm AEST
Day 1-2 will be offered online and in person. Day 3 will be in person only
Thursday October 1 - Commentary of the Purification Practice of Vajrasattva - a Sadhana composed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Friday October 2 - Lam Rim presentation - Three Principal Aspects of the Path - preparation for receiving the permission to practice
Saturday October 3 - Solitary Vajrasattva Initiation/permission to practice
Recommended Resources for your interest :
- A short meditation on Vajrasattva utilizing the 4 opponent powers
- Commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche all about Vajrasattva
Daily nourishing vegetarian lunches will be offered plus refreshments throughout each day in a venue adjacent to the Gompa
Daily shuttle service will be offered to the CTCT Gompa from the Beachfront carpark, Beach Rd, Snug, for those with accommodation at The Snug Beach Tourist Park or an Airbnb in the area.
Parking onsite at the Gompa is not available
This retreat is suitable for newly interested and established students - everyone is warmly welcomed
Course resources and relevant materials will be available to all registered participants
There is no course fee to participate. Become a Special Sponsor HERE
An Interview with Geshe Tenzin Zopa: ALL ABOUT THE TEACHER
Personal consultations with Geshe Zopa will be considered upon request - time permitting.
The Benefits of Vajrasattva Practice
If you want others to love you, you must first love others. If you benefit others, naturally they will benefit you. The cause and effect of karma is as simple as this. The Vajrasattva purification practice, which is more powerful than negative karma, can prevent you from experiencing the problems that negative karma would otherwise bring you. Thus, the practice of purification is one of the most important solutions to our problems and is extremely necessary, even for people who believe that we have only one life. If you don’t want relationship problems, business failures, illnesses such as cancer or AIDS, notoriety, or the criticism of others, the practice of Vajrasattva is extremely important – both for those who accept the existence of reincarnation and karma, and for those who do not.
Read teaching in full HERE
“The purpose of doing preliminary practices is to purify obstacles to achieving realizations of the path to enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings—defilements, negative karmas, and downfalls—and collect extensive merit.”
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
[Pledge of commencement of 100,000 Vajrasattva Ngöndro - Preliminary Practice ]
