Gender Equality paper by WA’s Ajahn Brahm banned at UN Day of Vesak in Vietnam

Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women is No. 3 on the list of eight declared United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals, and is strongly supported by the FABC. One of Australia’s senior monks, Ajahn Brahm, was invited to deliver a speech on Gender Equality at the UN Day of Vesak Convention in Vietnam in May […]

Buddhist Life Stories of Australia project

We are very excited to inform you about the Buddhist Life Stories of Australia project, which hopes to document and preserve the oral history of Buddhism in Australia.

Vesak Day Observation at Nollamara

This Buddhist Society of Western Australia’s event was open to the public on Sunday 18 May 2014 at their  centre at Nollamara. The programme for the day at Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre at 18-20 Nanson Way , Nollamara 6061  Western Australia was as follows:

Vesak at Kenwick – Sri Lankan Vihara Celebrations

17 May Atasil Programme Sri Lanka Buddhist Vihara Perth       78 Austin Avenue Kenwick, WA 6107, Australia 4:30pm Atavisi Buddha Puja 5:30pm Opening of the kuduwa 7:00pm Dansela by the Dhamma School

Vesak Message from Hon Dr Mike Nahan MLA

Hon Mike Nahan MLA Treasurer; Minister for Energy; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests MESSAGE FROM HON DR MIKE NAHAN MLA MINISTER FOR CITIZENSHIP AND MULTICULTURAL INTERESTS It gives me great pleasure to extend my very best wishes to the Buddhist Council of Western Australia and the wider Buddhist community on the occasion ofVesak2014. The celebration of […]

Vesak Message from the Prime Minister

MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER VESAK 2014 I am pleased to provide this message on the occasion of Vesak. Each year, millions of people around the world unite in observance of the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha. It is an important time for the Buddhist community to come together to celebrate, reflect and renew […]