Exploring the Path Series – Foundation for Spiritual Awakening


There are important practices that we can engage in right at the beginning of our Buddhist path to create the favourable conditions for developing deep insights and transformative experiences. These conditions can be compared to the life-giving water, nutrients and light that nurture the healthy growth of a seed into a plant. In this half-day workshop we will look at different contemplations that invoke our ability of imagination and recollection to gather and develop these conditions as the foundation of our awakening.

All are welcome; no prerequisite required.

Each workshop consists of two sessions with a mixture of explanations, guided meditations and time for discussion or Q&A.

Meet the Teacher: Wai Cheong Kok

Wai Cheong Kok is from Singapore. He has been teaching meditation and Buddhism since 1996, with a special interest in making available the benefits of meditation to a wider audience. 

From 2006-2015 and starting from 2020, he has served as a senior teacher at Vajrayana Institute, a Tibetan Buddhist Centre affiliated to the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). 

After studying Dharma for several years, Wai Cheong set out to deepen his understanding of spiritual practice by completing the first 7-year Masters program in Advanced Buddhist Studies of Sutra and Tantra at Istituto Lama Tsong Khapa in Italy from 1998-2004. This was followed by a four month solitary retreat in New Zealand.