The steady centre: finding peace in a chaotic world

An evening Dharma talk with Suzie Brown. Open to anyone.

7.15pm Friday 30 April 2027

The topic of this talk is EcoDharma – the Buddha’s radical teachings that can help us face the eco-crises, respond with wisdom and even find happiness in the process!

The talk will focus particularly on equanimity, the ability to stay steady, grounded and open in the midst of change. Equanimity is a core attitude or approach to life and practice in both the secular mindfulness and Buddhist approaches to meditation. It is one of the 4 ‘heart qualities’ often called the ‘boundless ‘or ‘immeasureable’ qualities which we can develop in our practice.

This Dharma talk opens our weekend retreat; however, it is open to anyone to attend. You do not have to be a retreat participant in order to attend the talk.

Weekend retreat participants are automatically included, there is no need to register separately for it.

Time: 7:15pm – 8:45pm

Join us at 7.15pm for a 20 minute opening meditation, followed by the Dharma talk and discussion. This will be followed by a short compassion meditation finishing at approx. 8.45pm.

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About Suzie

Suzie Brown is an Insight Dharma teacher who brings her life experiences as an environmental advocate, parent and community organiser to offer the Buddha Dharma teachings in a contemporary way relevant to the challenges we face.

Suzie completed Dharma Teacher Training in Australia with the Insight Meditation Institute and also with US Insight teacher, James Baraz (co-founder of Spirit Rock). She also previously trained as a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher and taught community mindfulness programs for many years.

Suzie co-founded Melbourne Insight Meditation (MIM) in 2009 where she led sitting groups for over a decade. She now also teaches with Sydney Insight Meditators and offers retreats around Australia and online. Suzie has been a mentor in Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Mentor Teacher Training Program (MMTCP) — she now teaches in their online meditation platform, Banyan.

Suzie has also worked as a climate and environmental activist for two decades, founding the group, Parents for Climate. She regularly teaches Eco-Dharma and mindful approaches to dealing with climate anxiety and grief.

Dharma talk fee

$15 (covers basic venue costs) + Dana

Additional Cost: Dana

In keeping with a 2,500 year old tradition no fee is charged for the teachings. The cost does not include any payment to the teachers.

At the end of the retreat you are invited to give a dana to express your appreciation and to support the teachers to continue their work. The teachings can be seen as a gift and dana can be seen as a reciprocal gift.

Reserve your spot for the evening dharma talk