From July 26th onwards, our office will now be open Thursdays from 11am - 2pm and by appointment at other times. Email office@buddhistcouncil.org or click here to Contact Us.

The new board of ditrectors elected at the Annual General Meeting on 10 July includes Brian White (President), Steve Benton (VP External), Tissa Mohotti (Treasurer), Molly Lim, Ranmal Samarawickrama (Secretary), and Lawrence Ong.

The next training for hospital and prison chaplains is planned to run over two weekends (5 days)  from 31st July (Sat) , 1st Aug (Sun) and 6th Aug to 8th Aug,2010 (Fri to Sun), 9.00am - 4.30pm at our office in Crows Nest.  Email chaplaincy@buddhistcouncil.org.  Download application form.

If you are interested in the next workshop for school teachers at our premises on Sunday 30 May, please email education@buddhistcouncil.org.

The first Buddhist Festival Month has attracted a lot of attention.  The Mitra conference had 449 paying delegates and 51 guests/sangha and 88% of those surveyed said it was good value.  The Buddhism Expo attracted over 1000 visitors and 95% of those surveyed said the content was good or very good..  The Schools Day on 3 May was attended by 360 high school students and their teachers.  The Buddhist Film Festival sold nearly 600 tickets. 

Our prayers go out to all who are suffering in the recent earthquake.  Click here to find out how to help or to participate in prayer ceremonies.

You can now make a donation to support Buddhist Festival Month (bank: St George, account name: Buddhist Council BFM Fund, BSB 112-879 and a/c: 491 405 028 ). 

Our last day in 2009 will be Saturday 12 December. We will open again at 2pm on Saturday 30 January 2010. If something is urgent, please email office@buddhistcouncil.org for official matters or admin@buddhistcouncil.org for general questions, or leave a message on 9966-8893

The Buddhist Council is pleased to host a talk by Rev. Heng Sure on Saturday 12 December on the topic of "Spreading the Dharma in the 3rd Millenium". For more details, please click here.

Due to increased activity across the Buddhist Council of NSW we are now seeking applicants for a new part-time, paid position of Assistant to President.  If you are interested please click here for more details.