Welcome to Kyegu Buddhist Institute
We are a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre in Sydney, Australia in affiliation with the Kyegu monasteries and nunnery
in Tibet and India.
2026 PROGRAM UPDATE
His Holiness Sakya Trizin Gyana Vajra
The 43rd Throne Holder of the Sakya Order of the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition
Tuesday 7, Saturday 11, and Sunday 12 April, 2026
You are warmly invited to the joyous occasion of His Holiness Gyana Vajra Rinpoche’s teaching and events programme with KBI during his first official tour as Sakya Trizin in Australia. Overall this is the sixth time that KBI has hosted His Holiness, and we are grateful for the opportunity.
Please see full details below. We look forward to welcoming you to these events, and encourage you to arrive 30-60 minutes early.
Welcome Ceremony and Vajrakilaya Kago Blessing
1.00pm-3.00pm; Tuesday, 7 April
Location: Sutton Forest, Southern Highlands
Please join our teacher, His Eminence Aenpo Kyabgon Rinpoche, at his residence in the scenic Southern Highlands to welcome His Holiness Gyana Vajra Rinpoche. The visit will begin with a traditional Tibetan procession reception, followed by a mandala offering, tea ceremony and a Kago blessing, one of the most commonly sought blessings among Tibetans for spiritual support.
This ceremony will take place in a traditional Tibetan tent amid the rolling hills of Sutton Forest.
For further information, please contact David 0417 441 167 or Phuntsok 0468 967 399.
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Longevity Empowerment
1.00pm-3.00pm; Saturday, 11 April
Forestville Memorial Hall, 3 Starkey Street, Forestville NSW 2087
His Holiness will bestow Mahasiddha Thangtong Gyalpo’s Long Life Empowerment Tsewang Lo-gyama – Hundred Year Longevity Empowerment. Longevity is crucial for a Dharma practitioner, to maximise their time in this body in advancing along the path of Dharma.
Refreshments will be provided. This will be the main event hosted for the Northern Beaches area of Sydney.
Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/DJQQH
(Entry by donation, but booking essential.)
For any questions, please contact David 0417 441 167 or Phuntsok 0468 967 399.
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Rig Sum Gonpo - Lords of the Three Families Empowerment
10.00am-12.00pm; Sunday, 12 April
And
Public Talk & Q&A – ‘The Power of Compassion’
1.30pm-3.00pm; Sunday, 12 April
Balmain Town Hall, 370 Darling Street, Balmain NSW 2041
His Holiness will bestow the empowerment of the Rigsum Gonpo Bodhisattvas: Manjushri, Avalokitesvara and Vajrapani, symbolising wisdom, compassion and power.
His Holiness will also offer a Dharma talk on the topic of "The Power of Compassion". There will be a Q&A afterwards.
Refreshments will be provided at the event.
Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/DJQMY
(Entry by donation, but booking essential.)
For any questions, please contact David 0417 441 167 or Phuntsok 0468 967 399.
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Our gratitude to Khenpo Konchok of Sakya Choekhor Lhunpo in Melbourne for inviting His Holiness to Australia and coordinating the tour.
We look forward to meeting you on these blessed occasions.
His Eminence Ngorchen (Luding Khenchen) Tenpai Nyima, 75th Head of the Ngor subsect of Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, our beloved Root Guru, displayed the passing into mahaparinirvana on Wednesday morning of the 28th of December 2022.
Born in 1931 in Tibet, Ngorchen Tenpai Nyima became the 75th Ngor Throne Holder after completing his formal studies and training. After the situational change in Tibet in 1959, Rinpoche resided in India and travelled extensively worldwide, including Australia in 2004, sharing the teachings of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas with so much love and compassion.
Many Buddhist centre members in Australia, including Kyegu Buddhist Institute members, were incredibly fortunate to have met Rinpoche and received teachings.
Rinpoche may no longer be with us in his physical emanation form, but all the devotees and friends may reminisce about the opportunities you had seeing and hearing the Root Guru teach. Holding him in your heart with loving kindness and engaging in any Dharmic practice you are familiar with would be an exceptionally meritorious deed, and dedicate your merit and virtue for the benefit of all sentient beings. That includes yourself and all your loved ones.
Bodhicitta = Bodhi Mind = A Helping Mind
Disorderly is the play of our mind, filled with unceasing chatter between thoughts and emotions.
Appropriately, any time mind, the Bodhi mind is applicable in any order, anytime and anywhere.
Once you develop it, you may forget it, but bodhicitta will remember you.
My personal occasional reminders shared here are hopefully somewhat helpful with the rise, restoration
or strengthening of bodhicitta in the minds of many who experience adversity and distraction in their lives
and along the path.
by Aenpo Kyabgon (a wandering sentient)
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