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The Annual Robe Offering Ceremony 2025

The Annual Robe Offering Ceremony The biggest merit event of the year Every year, this significant offering is eagerly anticipated by lay Buddhists. The Kathina Robe was traditionally offered alone on this day, but it is now well recognised as … Continue reading

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Nearly a Thousand Gather in Canberra for the 25th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebration

Canberra, Australia – Almost a thousand Buddhists from Sydney, Melbourne, and across Australia travelled to Canberra to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations Day of Vesak. Buses and private vehicles brought laypeople and Sangha members together for a … Continue reading

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Shepparton’s Queen’s Gardens Illuminate with Peace and Reflection on Vesak Day 2024

SHEPPARTON, VIC – The serene Queen’s Gardens in Shepparton transformed into a beacon of peace and spiritual reflection as the local and neighboring communities gathered to celebrate Vesak Day on Saturday, May 18, 2024. From 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, … Continue reading

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7th Anniversary

When people get away from big cities like Sydney and Melbourne, they always try to explore something different from what they always see in the cities like beaches, water fall and historic places. But on Sunday 19th November 2017 some … Continue reading

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A journey to buddhism

For a long time I’ve wanted to learn more about Buddhist practices. Then about seven years ago after getting married and falling pregnant with my first child I decided to take the first step. I was really unsure where to … Continue reading

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What the Buddha taught about wash away your sins?

One Morning Phra Ananda, the Buddha’s attendant went for an alms round in Savatee City and saw a Brahmin named Sangarava who believed that to be pure from all sins one had to wash oneself three times a day in … Continue reading

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Wrong livelihood for lay followers

Right Livelihood (samma ajivo) is the fifth of the eight path factors in the Noble Eightfold Path, and belongs to the virtue division of the path. For lay people who have to do work in order to gain income for … Continue reading

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Right speech according to the guide line laid by the Lord Buddha

Besides training ourselves to say only the truth, we should be able to choose what we should or should not say. If that truth is not useful to anyone, it should be left unsaid. The Lord Buddha put the good … Continue reading

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