We invite you on a journey in the footsteps of the Buddha

This weekend retreat takes us to the heart of the Buddha's still revolutionary insight: life and death are in the mind and nowhere else. In Dzogchen, the most profound teachings in Buddhism, the mind is revealed as the most comprehensive basis of all experience: as the creator of happiness and suffering, the creator of samsara and nirvana.

Based on the Buddha's teachings and our own direct experience, we explore what is meant by the statement: The mind is the root of our entire reality. In this way, we can develop a deep certainty and confidence in the inherent essence of our mind, in the unchanging, pure awareness that ultimately underlies life and death.

Jan Van Der Breggen has been studying the Buddha Dharma since the mid-1990s and has received teachings and empowerments from many masters, especially Sogyal Rinpoche and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.

From 2006 to 2009, he participated in a three-year retreat in France under the guidance of Sogyal Rinpoche. He is currently participating in the Milinda Program, a ten-year training program for Buddhist teachers under the guidance of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Jan grew up in the Netherlands and has lived in Brisbane, Australia, since 1998, where he earned a postgraduate degree in information technology. He works as a data and analytics specialist for a large financial services company. Jan was instrumental in founding Rigpa Brisbane, Australia, in 1999 and has been a Dharma teacher there for over 20 years.