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...
Visit our special new festival website here 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 methods...
Commemoration and Manjushri prayers – Online This year’s commemoration sessions on Monday 24 August (7.30pm), Sunday 30 August (4pm) and Thursday 3 September (7.30pm) mark nine years since the passing of our precious founder, teacher and spiritual guide, the most Venerable Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden. Everyone is welcome to join...
Click here to join Path to Enlightenment class or view previous 2020 online introduction and Path sessions. If you would like to make a donation for the classes, you can click here. More information about the sessions below. New introduction series commences at 1.30pm on Sunday 31 January 2021 For...
Please read here about the next steps the Tibetan Buddhist Society has introduced to help minimise the spread of COVID-19. We recognise what a challenging time this is, and it may help to recall the precious Buddhist teaching on impermanence, and that this time too will pass. Cancellation of classes...
Introduction Visiting the centre Personal hygiene Food preparation, serving and consumption Communication of incidents 1. Introduction The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is causing worldwide concern with increasing numbers of cases now occurring in many countries, including Australia. It is a challenging time, with the situation changing on a daily basis. The...
Read more here The mind of calm abiding is an especially settled meditative concentration that can focus effortlessly on its object. The retreat, Cultivating the Joyous Mind of Calm Abiding, will be led by Michael Joseph, who is a regular teacher at the centre and a long-time student of the...