TARA INSTITUTE
Centre for Buddhist Study and Meditation
HIS HOLINESS DALAI LAMA
WELCOME TO TARA INSTITUTE
Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre in Brighton, Melbourne Australia
Welcome to everyone who aspires to gain happiness and inner peace, through the study,
meditation and practice of Mahayana Buddhism.
Our programmes suit beginners and more advanced students in the quest for a more meaningful life.
BUDDHIST TEACHINGS & PROGRAMMES
The Healing Group
With Kathi Melnic, William Liew, Kerry Whitlock
Held fortnightly on Thursdays, from 11am to 12.30pm
7 & 21 August 2025
Sourcing both ancient and contemporary approaches to health and well-
being, the Healing Group incorporates guided meditations, explanatory
talks and discussions in each session.
School Program
Introduction to Meditation for Students
This session is available for students to experience an Introduction to Buddhism meditation class at Tara Institute, or at your school if that is your preference. The session can follow a secular presentation of mindfulness and meditation if that is more suitable.
UPCOMING EVENTS
12th August, 2025 | Brighton East
Advice to Students: 10.30am - 11.30am
Green Tara Jenang: 3 pm - 5pm
His Eminence Ling Rinpoche @ Tara Institute
Advice to Students teaching and Green Tara Jenang
It is with great joy and devotion that we announce an incredibly auspicious event: His Eminence Ling Rinpoche will kindly offer Advice to Students at 10:30 AM and Green Tara Jenang at 3:00PM at Tara Institute.
This rare opportunity to receive direct guidance from a highly realized teacher in the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama is a precious condition for deepening one’s Dharma practice and cultivating wisdom and compassion on the path. Students are warmly encouraged to attend with a sincere mind and an open heart, ready to absorb the blessings of the teachings.
May this precious encounter plant the seeds of liberation and enlightenment in all who attend.
Sunday, 24th August | 9am - 5pm | Brighton East
2025 Study Group Workshop
The Three Mental Non-Virtues and Purification Practices
We warmly invite you to this year’s Annual Study Group Seminar, to be held on Sunday, 24th August.
The theme for this year's seminar is: “The Three Mental Non-Virtues and Purification Practices”
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Covetousness
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Harmful Intent
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Wrong View
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Purification Practices
These core topics have recently been the subject of strong emphasis in our Tuesday night teachings by our esteemed teacher, Venerable Geshe Doga, offering us a valuable opportunity to go deeper into these areas of study and practice.
The seminar will be divided into four sessions, each focusing on one of the topics above. Participants are encouraged to reflect on which theme resonates most and enroll in the corresponding group. Team leaders for each group will be announced soon.
As preparation, we recommend using Geshe Doga’s teaching transcripts and The Lamrim Chenmo as excellent starting points for reflection and discussion.
There is a $15 lunch, please click accordingly in the registration form if you want to have lunch.
We look forward to a day of learning, insight, and Dharma connection together.
For further information please email spc@tarainstitute.org.au
(There are 2 commitments for Students in the Geshe Doga's Tuesday night Study group - to attend the Annual Study Group Seminar and the Cleaning Bee of the Gompa / Meditation Hall at Tara Institute)
Sunday 31st August 2025 ~ 9am - 5pm | Brighton East
How to use Vajrasattva Practice to Purify Negativities
2025 August One Day Course
Purifying negative karma makes it much easier to attain liberation and actualize the path to enlightenment. It also decreases our suffering and any obstacles that might arise. Purifying negative karma with the four powers means that we won’t have to experience the many eons of suffering in the lower realms that result from not purifying even one negative karma, and we won’t have to experience again and again without end the four suffering results that arise from each unpurified negative karma.
Self-Practice Programme
White Tara Practice
At the completion of the 3000 recitations of the Golden Light Sutra in May 2025, the students at Tara Institute requested His Holiness the Dalai Lama to advise what practice to do for the long life and good health of both His Holiness the Dalai Lama
and Venerable Geshe Doga.
Rejoice, students of Geshe Doga can now practice the following:
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White Tara Long Life Sadhana at home or group practice days-
o The White Tara Sadhana group practice dates will be announced regularly throughout 2025 and will continue to be shared each year through 2028
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White Tara Mantra –
o Goal is 10 million mantras by July 2028
CENTRE UPDATES
Tibetan Community Prayers
for the Tibet Earthquake
Organised by Geshe Lobsang on behalf of the Tibetan Community of Victoria and Tara Institute, a prayer session was held at Tara Institute on Sunday 12 January for over 200 Tibetans from our local community. This was for the recent earthquake that struck Eastern Tibet, particularly in the Tringri region, which has claimed the lives of at least 126 Tibetans, with 337 more injured so far. This devastating event brought immense sorrow to the Tibetan community.
The prayer session honored the memory of our Tibetan brothers and sisters who lost their lives and to send collective prayers for the speedy recovery of those who are injured.
Retreat Room Available
Tara Institute now have a dedicated room available for personal retreats.
If you would like to explore this fabulous opportunity, please contact the office on 03 9596 8900 or admin@tarainstitute.org.au
Shopping at the
TI Bookshop
The TI Bookshop stocks a range books on Buddhism, from introductory to advanced, including children’s books and books by the Dalai Lama, Lama Yeshe, Lama Zopa, Geshe Doga, and our Monday night teachers. It also stocks gift items like incense, malas, singing bowls, cushions, Tibetan rugs and more. TI members enjoy a 10% discount on all purchases. End-of-year specials include Meditation for Modern Minds, Vol 3, an introduction to meditation and Buddhism by our Monday night teachers.
NOTE: Thank-you to all our wonderful hardworking bookshop volunteers!
Café Bliss: Great Coffee, Delicious Food on TI’s Doorstep
Next door to TI, Café Bliss is a great spot for a coffee, chai latte, or vegetarian meal or snack with friends. It’s open for eat-in (or take-away) breakfast, brunch, lunch and snacks. The Bliss menu is available for delivery through Uber Eats or online take-away. Bliss also offers a dinner service prior to teachings on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30pm to 8:00pm, served in the TI dining room – available to all, no booking required.
For more information, visit.
Tara Institute is now a donation partner in the Victorian Container Deposit Scheme!
You can now exchange eligible drink containers for 10 cents.
Together we can make a positive difference to our community and our environment.
All eligible drink containers are worth a 10 cent refund that you can either keep, or donate to a community donation partner. If you would like to donate the refund to Tara Institute, you can use this barcode or Donation Partner ID at the refund point when you deposit your containers.
To find your nearest donation point, go to https://www.returnit.com.au/vic/recycling-locations-return-it-vic/
MEMBERSHIP & SUPPORT
This enables the Tara Institute community to support the dharma and allow us all to receive precious teachings from Venerable Geshe Doga and Geshe Lobsang
Lama Zopa said: My point here is for you to understand what we are doing and what you are helping with. This is so that you can rejoice. It really is unbelievable, incredible, what you are helping with, and this creates so much benefit for the world and for sentient beings. This actually creates the cause to liberate so many beings. This is an incredible opportunity for you to rejoice, and if you rejoice and then dedicate the merits, it is amazing.
Tara Institute is a Buddhist centre located in Melbourne, Australia. Tara Institute is a non-profit incorporated association that is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a group of over 150 meditation centres worldwide.