Tag Archives: Buddhist Temple Albury

The Annual Robe Offering Ceremony 2022

The Annual Robe Offering CeremonyThe Biggest merit event of the year. During the rain retreat this year, there are not enough monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya Albury to obtain the Kathina Robe. However, we could still hold a robe offering … Continue reading

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Join with us for daily practice on Zoom

Many have found themselves interested in Buddhism and start to research the practice, listen to dharma talks, read Buddhist books and so on. Some start to have questions on how to take themselves on the path. They may have been … Continue reading

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Proud to be one of the regional Buddhist temples

After the Buddhist ceremony to celebrate the 4th Anniversary of the Aroi Thai Restaurant in Shepparton on the 29th March 2016, the Buddhist community in Albury who participated in the celebration felt proud that their city had a Buddhist Temple.  … Continue reading

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Third Anniversary

Third Anniversary of Wat Albury, another milestone that Ajahn Satit and members of Wat Albury have reached. It has not been a rosy journey but they have managed to go through the hurdles and difficulties and turned crisis into opportunities. … Continue reading

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The mystery has not yet come to the end.

It has been more than a year since the Consumer Affair of Victoria (CAV) made public announcement  in Albury-Wodonga Newsweekly about the winding up and distributing of the properties of the deregistered association, Wat Phouthavongsayaram Lao Buddhist Association Inc. Apparently, the … Continue reading

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2nd Anniversary of Wat Albury

Despite the pending decision from the authority re the legal status of the place, Ajahn Satit and members of the temple announced the celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of the reopening of Wat Buddhvongsayaram, known to many as Wat Albury or … Continue reading

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Conquering greedy people with generosity

Late afternoon of April 7th, Ajahn Satit who has just arrived back from Sydney for the Sunday service in Albury has noticed that the CCTV at the front of the house was gone. He immediately contacted the police and waited … Continue reading

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Buddhism in the west

On Tuesday 20 March , Ajahn Satit went to Melbourne specifically to attent the Dhamma talk by Lama Ole Nydahl, one of the westerner Dhamma teachers of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu Buddhist tradition or  Diamond Way Buddhism as it is … Continue reading

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The six roads to ruin(Abai ya mook)

Abai ya mook (bad drive) means the entrance to destruction. All of us like to be successful in life but with lack of right understanding or lack of discipline some may walk their life in the wrong ways. The Dhamma … Continue reading

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Veyyavacca, one of the ten ways of making merit

Veyyavacca means helping others with their works or tasks, the useful and honest ones from the biggest of all to the very least ones. They may help with the washing, carrying water, farming or just giving advice. Veyyavacca indicates the … Continue reading

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