Visits: 92

Tara Institute up to 2000

• Gautama Buddha — India
• Jetsun Tsong Khapa — Tibet
• Lama Yeshe / Lama Zopa Rinpoche — Nepal
  • Kopan, Nepal — One Month Meditation Course
    • 1973 March
      • Maggie Feldmann
      • Max Feldmann
      • Peter Guiliano
      • Peter Langham (Stripes)
      • Gil Richards
      • Dugald Sinclair
      • Keith Tudor
      • Gabe Wallace
    • 1974 March
      • Adrian Feldmann (Ven Thubten Gyatso)
      • Chrissie Foulkes
      • Peter Guiliano
      • Adele Hulse
      • Ali Ribush
      • Dorian Ribush
    • 1979
      • Alan Molloy
      • Dugald Sinclair
      • Alys Andrews
      • David Andrews
  • 1974 August Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa first visit to Australia
    • Several public talks in Melbourne
    • Diamond Valley, Queensland: One Month Course with both Lamas
      • Lama Yeshe circulates petition to invite His Holiness to Australia
    • Lama Yeshe surprise visit to Gabe Wallace at her home (20th October 1974?)
  • 1975 Lama Yeshe returns to Melbourne
    • teaches at Latrobe University, Assembly Hall, Dromana: 5 day course, Melbourne University, Prince Phillip Theatre: 3 nights
    • ??Weekly meditation evenings at Inta McKimm’s home in Fitzroy
  • 1976 Lama Yeshe weekend course at Olinda
    • Tara House starts in Palmerston Street Carlton
  • 1977 Lama Yeshe public talk Kew Town Hall (over 300 people)
    • Tara House rents 12 Miller Grove, Kew. 1st Centre Director appointed: Ven Konchog Donma (Bonnie Rothenberg)
  • 1978 Tara House starts retreat centre at Noojee (“Tara Institute”)
  • 1979 Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa, Melbourne
    • Lama Zopa: Eight Point Thought Transformation; Anglesea August 30 – September 9
    • Lama Yeshe: public talk Malvern Town Hall (500 people)
    • Lama Zopa: 10-day LamRim Course; Noojee (45 people)
    • Lama Yeshe: Chittamani Tara Initiation; Noojee (30 people)
    • Both Lamas consecrated our Buddha statue in all night ceremony at Marianne Baillieu’s Realities gallery in Toorak
  • 1980 Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Melbourne
    • Public Talk (Archive #074) August 29, 1980
    • Refuge (Archive #384) September 1, 1980
    • Bodhicitta / Emptiness (Archive #437) September 1, 1980
    • Lam Rim (Archive #076) September 1, 1980
    • First Vietnamese monks brought to Australia, Most Venerable Thich Tac Phuoc and Venerable Thich Huyen Ton live and teach at Miller Grove for several months
    • Geshe Thubten Dawa (TI’s first resident geshe arrives at Miller Grove, end of 1980)
  • 1981 Lama Yeshe, Melbourne
    • Lama Yeshe: Nagarjuna’s Letter to a King (Dallas Brookes Hall)
    • Lama Yeshe: Mahamudra, Bendigo (approves Atisha Centre and picks site for Great Stupa)
    • Lama Yeshe: Nightclub Party, Collins Street
    • Lama chairs HHDL first-visit meeting at Miller Grove
    • Tara House rents a second house for Geshela and translator, Ven Kelsang Tsering: Annexe, High St Kew (1981 – 82)
  • 1982
    • Tara Institute buys 3 Crimea Street, St Kilda, December ($125,000?)
    • Geshe Dharghyey teaches 3 nights
    • HHDL First Tour: TI played key role
  • 1983
    • Lama Zopa: 5 evenings at Prahran High School Hall
    • Lama Zopa: weekend course at TI
    • Prof Jeffrey Hopkins: Weekend Seminar at Melbourne Uni
    • Prof Jeffrey Hopkins: 3 nights teachings and meditation at TI
    • Ven. Geshe Thubten Dawa (left October 1984) | Kelsang Tsering (left May 12)
  • 1984
    • Lama Yeshe died March 3
    • Geshe Lobsang Doga (appointed TI’s second resident Geshe October)
    • Jonathan Landaw (October 16, 17, 18)
    • Ven Roger Mier (taught November while Geshe Doga was in Adelaide)
    • Sandup Tsering: translator (arrived August 21)
  • 1985
    • Geshe Ngawang Dharghyey
      • April Weekend Course/TI; 3 nights/Dallas Brookes Hall; 2 Initiations/TI; LL puja HHDL
    • Gomo Tulku in Melbourne (August)
  • 1986
    • Geshe Sonam Rinchen (15 March) Heart Sutra, Crimea St church hall
    • Geshe Sopa (June 11 – 18)
    • Panchen Lama with Geshe Doga: Melbourne (June)
  • 1987
    • Lama Osel inauguration, 28 February, Kopan
    • Dr Alexander Berzin (28 May)
    • 3 Mavis Avenue, East Brighton Bought for $1.2 million (March). We moved in July
    • Crimea Street, St Kilda sold for $470k (May 14th —2 months after Mavis Av purchase)
    • Lama Zopa, Lama Osel, August
    • Lama Zopa Rinpoche
      • Yamantaka Self-Initiation August 12, 1987
      • Heruka Body Mandala Initiation (2) August 13, 1987
      • Heruka Body Mandala Commentary August 16, 1987
      • Vajrayogini Self Initiation August 19, 1987
      • Public Talk August 24, 1987
      • Chod Puja August 24, 1987
      • Heruka Initiation August 4, 1987
      • Heruka Body Mandala Initiation August 4, 1987
  • 1988
    • Lama Zopa, Lam Rim (May 14, 15)
    • HH Sakya Trizin, June 1-5 FPMT-A tour, no teaching at TI
      • TI booked Melbourne University lecture hall for public talk
    • Khensur Urgyen Tseten: TI (October)
  • 1990
    • Lama Zopa Rinpoche Public Talk (November 17)
  • 1991
    • Lama Zopa Healing Course (August)
    • Thubten Dhonyu (Assistant Translator) arrives but he thinks he arrived June 1990
    • CPMT — hosted at TI attended and led by Lama Zopa Rinpoche (June)
      • 7 Point Thought Training (June 16)
      • Cittamani Tara Initiation Commentary (June 20)
      • Healing Course June 30, 1991
  • 1992
    • Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche, (November)
    • HHDL Second Tour (TI hosted the Tour Office)
      • Geshe Dawo and Geshe Dhargyey stayed at TI
  • 1993
    • Kensur Urgyen Tseten (February 6,7)
  • 1994
    • Gyuto Monks at TI (March)
    • Ribur Rinpoche at TI (April)
  • 1995
  • 1996
    • HHDL Visit for Kalachakra (Third Tour) Sydney
    • Lama Zopa, October 3 -5
      • Public Talk
  • 1997
    • Geshe Conference (April) Khensur Rinpoche, Geshe Doga, Geshe Enge, Geshe Dawa, Geshe Pal Tsering
    • Thubten Dhonyu leaves end of year
    • HH Sakya Trizin (June)
    • Geshe Lama Konchog visits Geshe Doga
  • 1998
  • 1999
    • Geshe Michael Roach at Melbourne Uni and Deakin (April)
  • 2000
    • Lama Zopa: Heart Sutra (March)