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All meditators are warmly invited to join us in 4 special Saturday afternoon silent meditation sessions in honour of Saga Dawa – the lunar month of May 12 to June 10 during which the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana occurred (called Vesak in other traditions.). The sessions will be from 2.30 – 3.30pm on Saturday… Continue reading SPECIAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON MEDITATION SESSIONS AT THE AMITABHA FOUNDATION, WAITARA, FOR SAGA DAWA/VESAK MONTH
with Venerable Dekyi Saturday 12th June – Monday 14th June 2021 Register Now! Find out more
4-week course by Zen Low | 7-8 pm Wednesdays 26 May to 16 Jun At Metta Centre in-person or Zoom Cost: by donation In this busy and fast paced city life, we are bombarded with stress:stimuli, technology, work pressures, anger, frustration and other negative mind states. In this 4-week interactive workshop facilitated by Zen Low,… Continue reading Stress relief using Breath meditation
Saka Dawa is the most important Tibetan Buddhist festival day, celebrating Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana. Buddhists around the world engage in many auspicious and merit-making activities such as sponsoring or engaging in beneficial pujas, practices, and prayers; and making extensive offerings to teachers, holy objects, and auspicious charitable activities. This year we will be celebrating with… Continue reading Saka Dawa Puja with Geshe Samten
In the Buddhist teachings, our tendency to grasp at an independent, unchanging self is identified as the source of our suffering. Deluded by our grasping at such a self, our thoughts, feelings and reactions spiral around such a self-image and form a tunnel that greatly limits our perspective and choices. In this workshop we will… Continue reading Deepening Meditation Workshop: Stepping out of the Tunnel Vision of Self Centredness with Wai Cheong Kok
International Buddhist Cham Shan Temple of Australia 16 & 19 May 2021 The biggest event of the Buddhist calendar is upon us. Join our fellow Dhamma friends at Cham Shan Temple for Vesak! There will be an opportunity to participate in the Bathing Buddha ceremony and hear about the Buddha’s life story in the afternoon.… Continue reading Vesak Festival 2021 Bathing Buddha Ceremony
Schedule (Visitors may come for part or full progamme): 9:00am Monastery Opens 10:30am Dana Meal Offering 12:00pm Dhamma Talk from Chaokhun Keng (English) 3:30pm Sitting Meditation Evening Programme (Streamed online through Zoom monastery regular chanting) 6:30pm Evening Chanting 7:00pm Dhamma Talk with Chaokhun Keng 8:00pm Finish Programme Chaokhun Keng has been walking from Melbourne and is passing by through Bodhisaddha… Continue reading MOTHER’S DAY DHAMMA PRACTICE WITH CHAOKHUN KENG
Join our school community as we celebrate the prosperous Vesak occasion this year with Dhamma talks, the Buddha’s relic, Puja, Dana and almsgiving. Our program features a morning ceremony and spiritual practices including the presence of the Buddha’s relic, Dhamma talks centralising around the Sigālovāda Sutta, Dana and the opportunity to give alms to monastics. … Continue reading Pal Buddhist School Vesak Day
…hear about their sorrows and their deepest despair, their joys and triumphs, and their attainment of full liberation. ** The Therīgāthā Festival is an international celebration of the Poems of the Elder Nuns, the world’s oldest collection of literature composed by women. These poems are a testament to women’s empowerment and a celebration of their… Continue reading Therigatha Festival – Celebrate the Wisdom of the Ancient Bhikkhunis
With Ven Chao Khun Keng Join the Dhamma Talk 15 May 2021 Costs: Free | Registration essential Ven Chao Khun Keng, fellow monastics and lay practitioners are on an inspiring Tudong journey walking a thousand kms on foot from Geelong to Sydney, to promote the Buddha’s messages. Tudong was an austere practiced by the Buddha and his followers,… Continue reading Dhamma Talk: The Dhamma Road – Tudong journey from Geelong to Sydney
