SCHEDULe of events

Pristine Awareness: Foundation for Buddhist Practice offers workshops, seminars, short retreats and courses in meditation, mindfulness and the heart teachings of Buddhism live online, face to face and in recorded courses you can complete "at your own pace". The workshops and courses offered live online and face to face are listed below. The workshops and courses offered at your own pace (pre-recorded videos and audio) are listed HERE.

For full details of talks, classes and workshops continue scrolling or download the 2024 Schedule

The time zone for all live events is Australian Eastern Standard (BRISBANE). To check the time in your location use the Time Zone Converter.

We open all of our events by reciting our Opening and Closing prayers, which can be downloaded HERE.

We have a network of Dharma Groups on the east coast of Australia contact us to find out more.  

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We rely on Dana (generosity or giving to the Dharma) in order to run our publicprograms. Use the button below to support us:

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Online DharmaTalks and Seminars

We hold a number of Dharma talks and seminars each year. These events are held in our Digital Temple online using Zoom. In 2025 all talks and seminars will be given by Lama Pema Düddul. We require registration for these events. To register click the orange "Register" button below and send us a message. You can join our mailing list for news and updates by contacting us.

Join us to celebrate the release of Lama Pema's latest book, Natural Presence: Concise Advice on Buddhist Practice, and to receive a teaching based on the contents. The topic of the teaching will be Going Beyond Words: How to Taste the Dharma Directly. The event will be live via Zoom in our Digital Temple. Click the orange ATTEND button below to join.

Live Online: 6pm - 8pm Friday December 6

About the Book: Natural Presence: Concise Advice on Buddhist Practice is a collection of concise teachings on Buddhist practice composed at the request of practitioners and students over a period of a decade or so. The book distils essential Buddhist teachings into practical, heartfelt guidance for both beginners and more experienced meditators. With clarity and warmth, Pema explores how to awaken to the natural state of presence within, offering tools to navigate the complexities of life through meditation, compassion, and wisdom. With a focus on simplicity and directness, Pema Duddul draws on decades of practice to provide accessible and concise advice on a range of topics relevant to Buddhist practice, ranging from the fundamentals to Dzogchen. Rooted in the ancient pith instruction tradition, yet deeply relevant for today’s world, this book serves as a companion for anyone seeking to live with greater awareness, peace, and connection to their true nature.

Please note the time zone for this event is Brisbane, QLD.

Although these Dharma events are offered without a set fee, donations are welcome and can be made below.

Online Retreat ~ 2025

Dakini Voices: Timeless Wisdom from Dzogchen’s Women Masters

DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED
Live on Zoom

The retreat will focus on pith instructions from four revered female Dzogchen masters: Metsongma Parani (650 CE), Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal (750 CE), Sera Khandro (1892–1940), and Ayu Khandro (1839 – 1953). The pith instructions focus on Dzogchen meditation techniques such as darkness meditation, sky-gazing and resting body, speech and mind in the natural state.

As well as instruction on these practices, transmission will be given for each of the pith teachings as well as the Single AH practice, the Heart Essence of the Lama practice, and Resting Body, Speech and Mind in the Natural State.

A retreat guide will be provided to assist you to hold the retreat in your own home or other location of your choosing. 

The retreat will be led by Lama Pema Düddul (PhD). 

Download the retreat flyers to share :

Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal

Register by clicking on the gold button below:

2025 RETREAT

$ 70.00 AUD
Full Details will be emailed after registration.

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Luminous Awareness - Online Bardo Practice Program

This Bardo Practice program focuses on Dream Yoga, Rainbow Yoga (Illusory Form) and practices for the Bardo of Dying. This is a self-guided program supported by a workbook. The program is wholly online and asynchronous, meaning you do the program at your own pace. The program is designed to be completed in a minimum of 12 and maximum of 16 months. You can start the program at any time.

The program involves applying the teachings in Lama Pema Düddul's book Luminous Awareness: A Guidebook to Natural Awakening in Life and in Death (volume two). The program can be done as part of The Path of Joy and Ease, our five year practice program, or as a stand-alone program.

If you wish to join this program Contact Us.

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Although this program is offered without a set fee, donations are welcome and can be made below.

“I am confident readers will find this book, Luminous Awareness: A Guidebook to Natural Awakening in Life and in Death, interesting and useful in understanding the way it explains the Buddhist approach to the end of life.” ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

The Path of Joy and Ease - Online Five Year Practice Program

Our long-term practice program is for registered participants. The five-year practice program is focused on recognizing and abiding in the natural state, which is spacious awareness alive with Bodhichitta. The program is based on the Dzogchen pith instructions of Kyabje Togden Amtrin and on the Dzogchen Semde Four Yogas. The program relies on the profound concept of natural unfolding – that by engaging in simple, essential practices all the realizations of the “higher” teachings such as Mahamudra and Dzogchen evolve naturally and effortlessly. The program has two streams:

  1. The Stream of Immeasurable Joy – for those drawn to the practice of joy, love and compassion
  2. The Stream of Devotion – for those drawn to devotion and Guru Yoga

New participants can join at any time. Levels One and Two of the program are wholly online and asynchronous, meaning you do the program at your own pace. Levels Three and up involve live online sessions four times each year. For more information click the button below.

The suggested donation for this program is $15 AUD per month. If you are experiencing financial hardship and need a scholarship for the fees we have a number of sponsored places. Contact us if you would like to apply for one of these scholarships. No-one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

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