Online Courses/Activities
~members only~
Quick Overview of the Online Courses
Teachings on essential Buddhist topics. The various courses provide teaching videos, audios, guided meditations and written materials. For exact details, please refer to each course.
For your greatest benefit, it is strongly recommended that the teachings are received in the original English language of the teachers. Subtitles may be provided in some cases for those unable to understand the English language well enough, in Chinese-Cantonese, French, German, Italian and Spanish, but please note that translations cannot provide the accuracy of original teachings.
Teachings are given directly in English
When possible, audio recordings will be provided for those with low data allowance or weak internet transmission.
Courses/Activities in 2026
Commentary on Six Session Guru Yoga
By Khentrul Rinpoche
The practice of Six Session Guru Yoga is to be recited six times daily: three times in the morning and three times in the evening. This course will provide information, insights, and guidance on this essential practice, to help practitioners reach enlightenment more swiftly.
All students of Gen Namgyel-la’s Chö course are required to attend; all other members of V.N.O.S. who have received any highest yoga tantra empowerment/initiation (anuttarayoga) are strongly encouraged to attend.
Date:
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Sunday 18 January
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Sunday 25 January
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Sunday 1 February
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Sunday 8 February
Time: AEST (UTC+10): 16:30 - 18:30
Meaning of Life - Seven Medicine Buddhas Practice and Guru Puja
Live teaching session by Gen Namgyel-la
Date: Sunday 5 April
Time: AEST (UTC+10): 16:00 - 20:30
Special: 5th April is the birthday of our beloved teacher Gen Namgyel-la.
This course is suitable for all levels of practitioners.
Detailed information will be ready in January, please stay tuned and stay connected with our news.
The Essential Development of Bodhicitta
Live teaching session by Gen Namgyel-la
Date:
Sunday 12 April
Sunday 24 May
Sunday 21 June
Sunday 26 July
Sunday 23 August
Sunday 20 September
Sunday 18 October
Sunday 29 November
Time: AEST (UTC+10): 16:30 - 18:00
This course is suitable for all levels of practitioners.
Detailed information will be ready in January, please stay tuned and stay connected with our news.
V.N.O.S. Chö: Face your Demons
Live teaching session by Gen Namgyel-la
Date:
Sunday 26 April
Sunday 7 June
Sunday 5 July
Sunday 9 August
Sunday 6 September
Sunday 4 October
Sunday 15 November
Time: AEST (UTC+10): 16:30 - 18:00
Requirements:
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Successfully registered in the 2025 V.N.O.S. CHÖ Path of the Mind Warrior©️course and achieved a minimum of 90% attendance in the course.
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Registered the Commentary on Six Session Guru Yoga - by Khentrul Rinpoche
Detailed information will be ready in January, please stay tuned and stay connected with our news.
Past Teachings
37 Practices of a Bodhisattva -
new course in 2025
Thirty Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva is an important lojong text written in 14th century Tibet by Gyalsé Tokmé Zangpo. In thirty seven verses it gives instructions on how to follow the bodhisattva path.
Thirty-seven Practices clarifies the day-to-day behaviour of a bodhisattva (a practitioner on their way to attaining Buddhahood) and gives advice on how to practise this in your own life: a practical guide as you travel the path towards enlightenment.
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5 teaching videos & audios (average length: 1.5 hours)
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5 written materials
【Building A Beautiful Foundation】-
An Introduction to Buddhism, Lam Rim
This course is a teaching on the Lam Rim (Stages on the Path to Enlightenment) by Gen Namgyel-la. It covers many aspects of the philosophy & psychology of the Buddhist path, in profound depth yet with practical application emphasised throughout.
This course explains how anyone can walk the path to true happiness and, ultimately, enlightenment by overcoming negative emotions and wrong perceptions, and cultivating positive and altruistic states of mind.
Topics covered in the course:
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Precious Human Rebirth
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Death & Impermanence
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Karma
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The four noble truths
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Loving & kindness
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compassion
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Emptiness (Wisdom)
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Guru
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Upper and Lower Realms
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Six Perfections
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76 teaching videos & audios (average length: 1.5 hours)
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19 guided meditation audios (length: 15-30 minutes)
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3 integrated meditation audios (length: approx 3 hours)
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Written materials
Free teaching materials offered for non-members
Tranquility - Special Insight Meditation Online course
The more you understand yourself and the truth of samsara, and the happier your life is, the more freedom you will enjoy.
Meditation uncovers the mysteries by settling down your thoughts, and reveals the jewel within yourself. With inner perfections developed, you’ll no longer be controlled by your thoughts and emotions.
Gen Namgyel-la led regular morning meditations during 2021 and 2022. This guided meditation programme is now available as an online course to help you develop a more peaceful & focused mind, which is essential for your Dharma practice.
Course materials include:
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74 guided meditation audios (length: 30 minutes)
> Free learning materials offered for non-members
Premium Level Healing Disturbing Emotions Online Course
This course combined Gen Namgyel-la's prior teaching on "Healing Disturbing Emotions" with the 2025 teachings on "Healing Afflictive Emotions". In this course we will learn how we can work with our emotions, and learn how to respond and act in the world full of problems in a wise and compassionate way.
Course material include:
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20 teaching videos ( average length : 30mins / 90mins )
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Written materials
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Healing Disturbing Emotions & 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva Double Online Course
Gen Namgyel-la gives a commentary on "The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva'', along with teachings on healing disturbing emotions, guiding us on how to respond and act in a difficult world in wise and compassionate ways.
Course materials include:
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9 teaching videos/audios (average length: 1hour 40 minutes)
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14 guided meditation audios (average length: 30 minutes)
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Written materials
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Develop Boundless Love
Online Course
Gen Namgyel-la gives an extensive teaching on love through rich and practical commentaries on Thich Nhat Hanh's book, "How to Love".
Course materials include:
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8 teaching videos (average length: 1 hour 50 minutes)
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6 guided meditation audios (average length: 25 minutes)
"How to Meditate - even though you would rather swim in a shark infested ocean" Online Course
It's always nice to dream about doing meditation; however the reality is that we are swimming in a relentless pounding ocean, infested with sharks and what is worse, we kind of enjoy it!
Course materials include:
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8 teaching videos (average length: 1 hour 30 minutes)
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8 guided meditation audios (average length: 15 minutes)
Master Class: Buddhist Philosophy & Psychology- Lorig: Mind and Mental Factors
This course is a technical study of Buddhist philosophy and psychology, aiming to help us develop our compassion and wisdom, and thus lead us to enlightenment. This course is taught by Geshe Tenzin-la, who obtained his Lharampa Geshe degree from Sera Jey Monastic University.
Course materials include:
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19 teaching videos & audios (average length: 1hour 20 minutes)
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Course notes
