The 8th International Symposium, to be held online at Nan Tien Institute (NTI) in Australia, is the first International Symposium on Humanistic Buddhism held outside of Taiwan, since its inception. Unlike traditional academic conferences, the intention of the symposium is to encourage interdisciplinary dialogues, stimulate creativity, and show how humanistic values can be applied within […]
Jumping back to Melbourne, cohealth has opened a pop-up vaccination clinic at the Quang Minh Buddhist temple in Braybrook, in the city’s west. It will operate from 10:30am to 4:30pm until October 8 and has the capacity to deliver about 500 vaccines per day. The temple’s abbot, Thich Phuoc Tan, said they wanted to get […]
By Annalise Hunt – taken from Examiner Newspapers 21 Sep 2021 An Australian Buddhist Monk, who was ordained and now resides at the Monastery in Kelmscott, will be going into silent retreat as part of his practises to try slow down thoughts and move into deeper meditation practices. Buddhist Monk Venerable Kassapa first became a […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Laurence Mills, the former Phra Khantipalo. He was a well known teacher in the Theravadan tradition and was also well known to Tibetan Buddhist practitioners. He is considered one of the seminal figures of Buddhist teaching in Australia. He died on Monday 5 July […]
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