Welcome to SIBA Retreat Centre
The Yoga Temple
The Golden House
A spring morning
The shrine in the Gonpa
Bush cabins
Sounding the start of another meditation session
The atmosphere in the Gonpa during teachings
Lama Choedak Rinpoche
The motel room are well built and heated
Motel room
Most of the accommodation is ensuite
Big Bertha is a large wood fired boiler that heats our hot water and hydronic heating
Dining Room is in a geodesic dome
The large and modern commercial kitchen
The geodesic dining room at SIBA seat 70 people comfortably. The Garden Room has capacity for another 100
Jamchen Buddhist Centre in Melbourne conduct their 4-day Calm Abiding Meditation retreat at SIBA every year.
Golden House
Waiting for His Holiness Sakya Trizin to arrive for one week of teachings and empowerments in June 2009
Lama Choedak Rinpoche respectfully greeting His Holiness Sakya Trizin
The Golden House comfortably seated the 200 people that came to see His Holiness
His Holiness Sakya Trizin with Zimog Rinpoche, Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe, Lama Choedak Rinpoche, entourage of monks and nuns as well as many delighted retreatants
His Holiness Sakya Trizin
SIBA has 70 rescued lambs that were blessed by His Holiness
Prayer flag raising ceremony
His Holiness blessing the prayer flags
His Holiness Sakya Trizin with Lama Choedak Rinpoche in front of the Golden House
The beautiful hexgonal yoga Temple
Each year the Tai Chi Academy of Canberra host their retreat at SIBA which includes teachings on meditation by Lama Choedak Rinpoche
Annually at Easter there is a "Health and Wellness" retreat which includes a broad spectrum of disciplines and therapies
At the end of 2007 His Eminence Gyana Vajra Rinpoche, son of His Holiness Sakya Trizin presided of a Vajrasattva Drubchoe and fire puja ritual that marked the conclusion of a one-month Vajrasattva group retreat
Lama Choedak Rinpoche conducting a Refuge Ceremony
Urgyen Sonam is our resident silk applique thangka master
Silk applique thangka made by Urgyen Sonam at SIBA
The Ten-day Calm Abiding Meditation retreat group October 2008
Gabriel Gate came to SIBA in Nov '09 for a weekend of good living with interesting menus and meditation
There is a one acre organic veggie garden at SIBA which provide much ingredients for the delicious meals
Every year SIBA conducts a Family Retreat
The young people performing at the Family Retreat
Calm Abiding meditation is one of the main practices promoted at SIBA's retreats
SIBA is set 108 acres of beautiful Snowy River Country of East Gippsland
His Eminence Zimwock Tulku Rinpoche of Jamchen Buddhist Centre, Melbourne and Jamie Lee, Lama Choedak Rinpoche's son.
His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche officially opened SIBA in September 2006
