While COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 mean we cannot offer our usual Sunday lunches and weekly snacks for the after-school study group in Broadmeadows, we are partnering with Banskia Gardens Community Services to provide fortnightly packages of fresh foods, groceries and necessities of life for vulnerable families and frail and elderly community...
The pandemic continues to be a difficult time for many people. We are fortunate to have access to tools that we can use to help ourselves and others. We can refer to Venerable Geshe Thubten Loden’s remarkable books for guidance and inspiration. Geshe-la would remind us that his books are...
Geshe-la encouraged his students to also record their main acts of generosity and to sometimes reflect on and rejoice in them. He showed us that as well as creating positive actions, rejoicing in those positive actions is a simple but profound way to be deeply happy. In Buddhism rejoicing is...
The coronavirus has upended the lives of human beings everywhere in our world – taking the lives of more than one million people, causing millions more to experience illness and affecting the employment, livelihood, education and freedom of movement of almost everyone on the planet. In an article in Time...
Announcing launch of a special new festival website Exploring Kindness and Resilience – Timeless Gems for Our Modern World We are delighted to offer the Buddhist Spring Festival 2020 as a virtual event. The virtual festival will bring together a variety of rich spiritual practices for healing the heart and...