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23.01.2022 The Buddha’s Day Ceremony this year will be celebrated online where all Tzu Chi volunteers around the world will connect live with Jing Si Hall in Hualien to pay our utmost respect to the Buddha. In a time when we cannot gather together at one location, our hope is to create togetherness online by sharing our traditions through live engagement. We sincerely invite you to join our online Buddha’s Day Ceremony to pray for Australia and the world. Date: 10th May 2020 (Sunday)... Time: 9:00am Online link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIqUplvSRWA See more

22.01.2022 This Wednesday night, Bhante Tejadhammo will be teaching at Sangha Lodge (20 Victoria Street, Lewisham) at 7.30 pm till 9 pm.Everyone welcome. Come along and find out what Bhante will be talking on. He tends to surprise us - and we are very very seldom disappointed. There will also be opportunity for a group meditation. Also for friends of the Association and Sangha Lodge, we will be having a simple puja for our dear friend Serge Bodlander who passed away about 49 days ago.

20.01.2022 What the Buddha said to Rahula: " Practice loving-kindness to get rid of ill will. Practice compassion to get rid of cruelty. Practice sympathy to get rid of apathy.... Practice equanimity to get rid of resentment. Practice contemplation of loathsomeness in the body to get rid of lust. Practice contemplation of impermanence to get rid of the conceit "I am." Practice mindfulness of breathing; for when that is maintained in being and well developed, it brings great fruit and many blessings." (Extracted from "The Life of the Buddha / Bhikkhu Nanamoli)

18.01.2022 On Wednesday night, at Sangha Lodge, Bhante Sujatto talked about the 5 powers- energy, faith, wisdom, mindfulness and samadhi. He took the group through a meditation on each of the 5 powers to discover them inside us. It was a very enlightening talk.

16.01.2022 You buy into an idea of yourself being a certain kind of person, and you dwell on it so much that it becomes a self-evident truth. Then one day in meditation, you see that it’s just a bubble. - Ajahn Jayasaro This Wednesday night, ie tomorrow night, will be our last night of teaching for 2019. Bhante Tejadhammo will be there with us. If you come, be prepared to stay back for a light supper and to mingle.... See you at Sangha Lodge, 20 Victoria Street, Lewisham at 7.30- 9.00 pm See more

14.01.2022 This Wednesday at Sangha Lodge (20 Victoria Street, Lewisham) Ven Thay Thong Phap will be teaching. Thay is from the Mahayana tradition and he will be looking at the teaching of Chinese cha'n master Huang Po on the nature of ch'an/zen/Thien/Soen. He will reflect on this teaching in relation to homelessness from the point of view of pastoral/Contemplative Care. There is no registration, just turn up for the teaching at 7.30 pm and also learn meditation Thay's way.

12.01.2022 In the current corona virus pandemic, our activities at Sangha Lodge (20 Victoria Street, Lewisham) will be suspended from this Monday 18 March until end of April. There will be NO Monday night sitting, NO Wednesday night teachings and NO Dana Day for April. We will review the situation towards end of April - so stay tuned. Meantime let us all use those 'freed' up time on our own contemplation and send our metta to all sentient beings that they may all be free from suffering and the cause of suffering.

12.01.2022 This Sunday, 2 Feb will be our first Dana Day for 2020. It will be at Sangha Lodge, 20 Victoria Street, Lewisham beginning at 10.30 am. Bhante Tejadhammo will be there to give a short teaching and meditation. Bring along a plate to offer as your Dana to Bhante and the community. There will be a shared lunch after the teaching. The morning should end about 1 pm. The photo shows a part of Vejjasala that is not affected by the bush fire.

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09.01.2022 "The feeling of awe and sense of wonder arises from the recognition of the deep mystery that surrounds us everywhere, and this feeling deepens as our knowledge grows." ~ Anagarika Govinda

08.01.2022 Our coming retreat over the Easter long weekend with Bhikkhu Akaliko. Registration is now open on our website: https://www.engagedbuddhists.org.au//contemplation-medita/ Sign up fast as places are limited.... Bhikkhu Akaliko is a great teacher - as many of you already know him. This retreat on "Contemplation as meditation" is going to be something not to miss out!

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08.01.2022 "The body is the bodhi tree The mind, a mirror bright Make sure to wipe it hour by hour So no dust can alight" - Shen-Hsiang... "There never was a bodhi tree Nor any mirror bright Since all there is, is emptiness Where could the dust alight?" - rebuttable by Dajian Huineng.

06.01.2022 We are sad to announce that our Easter Retreat with Bhikkhu Akaliko is cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thank you to all those who have registered your interest. You will be notified by email. When things have settled down, we hope to revive this retreat - so stay tuned.

05.01.2022 eVesak: Coming Together in Kindness for the Buddha’s Birthday Sunday 10 May 2020 from 4 PM (AEST). Follow them on https://www.facebook.com/events/224707378804688/ Against the challenging backdrop of COVID-19 Buddhist temples from around Australia have come together to produce an online Vesak celebration. I recommend tuning in for all or part of the program for blessings on the occasion of the Buddha’s Birthday Michael Wells (Chairperson of the Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils). Presented by the Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils, the Buddhist Council of New South Wales, the Buddhist Council of Victoria, the Buddhist Council of Western Australia, the Australian Sangha Association and Nan Tien Institute.

04.01.2022 This Wednesday, 26 Feb, Bhante Sujatto will be teaching at Sangha Lodge, 20 Victoria Street, Lewisham. He will be talking on The Five Strengths or powers in Buddhism are faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom. They are one of the seven sets of "qualities conducive to enlightenment." They are parallel facets of the five spiritual faculties." Five powers / five strengths in Buddhism can help beginners and advance practitioners alike. Bhante Sujatto is a well known and well liked figure who has deep understanding of the sutras. Come along and listen to him, from 7.30 - 9 pm. No registration needed.