To celebrate and thank Ajahn Brahm for thirty years of teaching the Dhamma in Perth, the Buddhist Society of WA (Inc). is organising a Fundraising Gala Dinner at the Pan Pacific Hotel on 22nd June 2013. This event is also to raise funds for Dhammasara Buddhist Nunnery. Read more »
As Leader of the State Parliamentary Labor Party, I extend my very best wishes for peace and good health to all West Australian Buddhists for Vesak celebrations this year.
There are now more than half-a-million Buddhists in Australia and strong Buddhist communities, with cultural groups from all over the world, In Western Australia. The goal of peace and harmony, within each individual and within our community, is important to all West Australians and the Buddhist example in an inspiration. Read more »
Message from the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon Tony Abbott MHR
FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIAN BUDDHIST COUNCILS
Vesak
I am pleased to offer my best wishes to the Australian Buddhist community as you celebrate Vesak this year. Read more »
Vesak, the most sacred of Buddhist festiaval commemorating the birth, enlightenment and death (called Parinirvana) of the Lord Buddha is held on the full moon day in Mat and on the following day. Read more »
The Buddhist Society of Western Australia (BSWA) will get together to celebrate Vesak Day under the full moon on Sunday 26th May 2013. Vesak day is very significant for Buddhists everywhere as this day marks the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the day of his Enlightenment when he became the Buddha, or the Awakened One, and the passing away of the Buddha after 45 years of teaching the Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path. Read more »
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