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Our Dharma Programme

We offer a variety of courses, sessions and programmes, both online and in person, for those who are new to Buddhism as well as for long-term practitioners.

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Our Dharma programme is organised into five categories, based on the five stages of study and practice in Rigpa.

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Where do you see yourself? It might be in more than one. Click each section to explore what’s currently on offer.

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Exploring core practices of Buddhism: meditation, Loving Kindness, compassion practice, contemplation (reflection on Impermanence, interdependence) and more.

If you’re curious about meditation, Buddhism, or your own mind these events are for you. 

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Taking a deeper look into the crucial teachings, understandings and practices that define and underpin the Mahayana Buddhist path.

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The ngöndro, or ‘preliminary’, practices of the Tibetan Buddhist path have been carefully designed to offer powerful and comprehensive meditative tools for personal transformation and actualizing the truth of the Buddhist view.

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Sadhana brings together specific meditation methods of visualisation, mantra, and resting the mind, to work directly with our perception and our mind.

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Sometimes translated as ‘Great Completeness’, dzogchen is treasured in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as a uniquely direct and powerful way to connect with the essence of mind, our ‘Buddha Nature’.

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Rigpa South Downs Lewes is part of Rigpa UK, a registered charity in the UK. You can find their website here

©2026 by RIGPA SOUTH DOWNS

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