Samadhi Centre Contemplative Practices

09/10/2025

🚨 Last day for early bird tickets! 🚨

🎬 The Wisdom of Happiness — an uplifting new film sharing His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s timeless message of compassion, joy, and inner peace —

Coming to Empire Cinema, Bowral

Tuesday, 28 October at 7 pm.

🎟 Grab your Bowral tickets via this link: https://lotusheartsbuddhistinstitute.org/special-events

🎟️ Today is your final chance to secure your early bird ticket for $20 before prices rise after 10 October.

This special fundraiser screening supports the Tibet Council with Lotus Hearts Buddhist Institute & Initiatives Inc (Braemar, Southern Highlands) proudly standing in support.

✨ Learn more about the film on the offical website: https://www.wisdomofhappinessfilm.com/
Join us for a heart-opening evening of insight, laughter, and community 💛

🎟 Grab your Bowral tickets via this link: https://lotusheartsbuddhistinstitute.org/special-events





https://youtu.be/CYqZoGpw4SU?si=Wp2a2u6vSu7yPTZ3

A deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly 90 years old, offers practical advice for navigating the 21st cen...

24/09/2025

🕊️ Medicine Buddha Prayers This Friday at Lotus Hearts 💙

Join us for a peaceful evening of healing and reflection with Tibetan Buddhist nun, Geshe-ma Rinchen Pal.

🧘 Follow the traditional chanting or simply sit in stillness and relax.

📅 Date: Friday, 26th September
🕖 Time: 7pm – 9pm (includes a cuppa)
📍 Location: Lotus Hearts Buddhist Institute
66 Old Hume Hwy, Braemar (behind Highlands Vet Hospital)
💗 Cost: Suggested donation $20 – or pay what you can

Discover more about us:
🌐 lotusheartsbuddhistinstitute.org

23/09/2025

🌿 Something meaningful is unfolding...

After some quiet time behind the scenes, I'm gently re-opening the doors to Samadhi Centre Contemplative Practices.

This isn't a launch. It’s not a polished program.
It’s a beginning.

A slow, thoughtful process of shaping something that supports real people — in real life — with grounded tools for emotional wellbeing and inner peace.

✨ I’ve just uploaded a short video to reintroduce the heart behind it all.
It’s only a minute — but it carries the deeper why.

🎥 Watch the video
🪷 Explore the site
💛 And if it speaks to something in you... you're warmly welcome to stay close.

www.samadhicentre.com.au

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11/09/2025

🌸 NEW VIDEO PREMIERE 🌸

The Lotus Flame is now live on our YouTube channel!

Follow the journey of Jangchub Tsundu, a Bodhisattva warrior who faces anger, attachment, and self-doubt—and discovers that the light she was searching for was within her all along 🔥

This short story is a gentle reflection on courage, compassion, and becoming who we truly are.

🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/lckWcNiXSAY?si=lZl003mWMau4xpMk

📚 And don’t forget to check out our other videos for more wisdom, reflection, and support on your path.

🌸 The Lotus Flame – Embracing the Light Within to Illuminate the WorldNarrated by Yeshe Sonam GyatsoPresented by Samadhi Centre – Contemplative Practices in...

04/09/2025

🎬 Wisdom of Happiness – A Heart-to-Heart with the Dalai Lama

Join us in Bowral for a special cinematic experience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama — filmed as if you're sitting in the room with him.

🗓️ Tuesday 28 October | 7:00 PM
📍 Empire Cinema, Bowral
🎟️ $25 Early Bird (until 10 Oct) | 💙 $20 Concession

Proudly co-hosted by Lotus Hearts Buddhist Institute & Initiatives Inc, located in Braemar in the Southern Highlands.
It is the first centre in Australia — and among the first in the world — to welcome a fully qualified Geshe-ma as a resident teacher.

All proceeds support the Australia Tibet Council (ATC) — a grassroots organisation working to protect Tibetan culture, spiritual freedom, and human rights.

🎟️ Tickets + trailer: lotusheartsbuddhistinstitute.org/special-events

💛 Can’t make it on the night?
You can still support the cause by making a donation through the same link.

10/07/2025

Exciting news from Lotus Hearts Buddhist Institute & Initiatives Inc

We are honoured to host Geshe-ma Rinchen Pal in Australia from 3rd August to 30th October 2025.

A range of teachings, meditations, and community events will be offered both in-person and online.

📅 View the full schedule under the Services tab at www.lotusheartsbuddhistinstitute.org

👍 Like and follow us to stay up to date with schedule announcements and event updates.

10/06/2025

🌕✨ Today is Saka Dawa — the most sacred day in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, marking the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of Lord Buddha.

On this day, the power of karma is said to be multiplied 100 million times.

Let’s dedicate our thoughts, words, and actions to peace, compassion, and wisdom — for the benefit of all beings. 🕊️

🙏 May all merit be offered to the liberation of all sentient beings.

08/06/2025

🪷 Finding Joy & Compassion in Our Busy Lives

Join us for this month’s Dharma Talk with Geshe-ma Rinchen Pal — live at Lotus Hearts Buddhist Institute and available online via Zoom.

🗓️ Saturday 21st June
🕑 2:00–4:00 PM AEST
📍 In person (Braemar NSW) & Online
🎟️ Free event – donations welcome

Let’s pause together and reconnect with what truly matters.
✨ RSVP now via our website:
www.lotusheartsbuddhistinstitute.org

17/05/2025

Reflections on Compassion.
This afternoon at Lotus Hearts Buddhist Institute in collaboration Samadhi Centre, Geshe-ma Rinchen Pal and I spent time together in quiet reflection and meaningful conversation as we continue to nurture our Dharma projects.

Rooted in compassion, our shared vision is slowly unfolding — one step, one offering at a time.

We’re looking forward to welcoming you to our next session on Saturday 21st June, both in-person and online (via Zoom).

May the seeds of compassion continue to grow, in our own hearts and in the world around us.

05/05/2025

🌿 Meditation & A Cuppa – Every Wednesday 🌿

Join Lotus Hearts Buddhist Institute in gentle collaboration with Samadhi Centre for Contemplative Practices for a nourishing midweek pause.

🧘‍♀️ Come sit in stillness, sip tea in good company, and reconnect with peace.

📍 Braemar |
🗓️ Wednesdays, 10am–12pm
💗 Suggested donation: $10
🔗 Bookings essential:

www.lotusheartsbuddhistinstitute.org/ola/services/guided-meditation-sessions

Everyone is welcome. Whether you're new to meditation or seasoned in stillness, this is a space to breathe, be, and belong.

29/04/2025

🌿✨ Welcome to Southern Highlands Wellness Gatherings! ✨🌿

Join us for relaxed, picnic-style meetups at the peaceful Samadhi Centre in Braemar —
tea, coffee, light snacks, and genuine connection with kindred spirits. 🌼

Our gatherings are:

Free to attend (donations welcome to support Lotus Hearts Buddhist Institute)

Open to all — natural therapists, wellness businesses, holistic healers, and friends

Held monthly during school hours

Weather permitting, outdoors under the sky

🌿 This isn’t a cold, pitch-driven networking event.
It’s an invitation to step away from screens, noise, and sales pressure —
and reconnect with the real reasons we do what we do.
We gather not to sell or compete, but to share, listen, and rediscover our passion for healing, wellness, and community.
Here, human connection comes first, always.

🌸 Each month, we explore a new heart-centered theme:

Future Conversations — New Tools, New Opportunities

The Heart Behind the Work — Rediscovering Your Why

Planting Seeds — Growing Ideas and Possibilities

Nurturing the Journey — Resilience, Trust, and Steady Growth

🌿 Bookings are essential!
Reserve your free spot here:
👉 naturaltherapiesexpoandfestival.com.au/sh-wellness-gatherings

Gather. Share. Flourish.
We can't wait to meet you. 🌸

17/04/2025

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