
Cultivating The Heart Of Compassion
Course Description: At the heart of Buddhism is the desire for all beings to be free from suffering. When this desire includes everyone without bias it is called Great Compassion. With compassion, we naturally do everything in our power to bring benefit to others. During this course we will learn about the different types of love, the Four Immeasurables and generating the two levels of Bodhicitta.
Who is this for
This course is for anyone who would like to live in harmony with the people in their lives. It helps learn to open our hearts to true Bodhicitta and strengthen our nature as a compassionate warrior to liberate all sentient beings.
What will you learn
You will learn about Bodhicitta, the heart of enlightenment.
Course Benefits
- Understand the benefits of helping others
- Creating a foundation for the Vajrayana path
- Bringing more meaning and harmony into our lives
Time
6 week series that meets once a week on Sundays.
Starts September 5
9:30 PM AEDT Melbourne
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Access to the Course in the Dzokden Learning Center
- All the videos will be accessable afterwards in the Dzokden learning center for you to review.

Required Course Materials
You will need a copy of the Unveiling Your Sacred Truth Book 2. For those in Australia and Asia, you can purchase it on the Rimé Institute Website at rimebuddhism.com. For those in the rest of the world please purchase it at store.dzokden.org
Dana and Course Offering
Donate at the amount you are able to offer. Please be mindful the sliding scale is specifically made to be inclusive to accommodate people in countries wealthy as well as less affluent countries. While the Dharma is free, we do have costs such as running a center. All of our teachers are volunteers. No one with genuine interest to practice is turned away for lack of funds. Please write to temple@rimebuddhism.com if you need additional help.
Teacher
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Julie O’Donnell
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At an early age, Julie searched for a deeper meaning to life until finally at the age of 22 found the precious Buddhist path of Dharma. She dedicated her life to the practice, living in temples and serving teachers from around the world practicing the Buddhist teachings and living according to its principles. Julie has spent the last 34 years practicing this ancient path and for the past twelve years has lived at the Tibetan Buddhist Rime Institute in Tecoma helping the resident teacher Khentrul Rinpoche.
Julie is now one of the senior teachers at the temple giving classes on meditation and basic Buddhist principals that can be applied to our everyday lives. Julie also manages the temple and arranges a program of courses, tours and fundraising activities to support the temple.