Avalokitesvara Yuan Tong Monastery in Derrimut, Victoria, Australia | Religious organisation

Avalokitesvara Yuan Tong Monastery

Locality: Derrimut, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 421 138 338

Address: Unit 18/22 Makland Drive 3030 Derrimut, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.aytm.org.au/

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23.01.2022 3000 Buddha Repentance or commonly known as the 3000 Buddha Names Sutra is divided into 3 main scrolls: Origins of the sutra, Past 1000 Buddha Names Sutra; Present 1000 Buddha Names Sutra; Future 1000 Buddha Names Sutra;... [Origins of the Sutra] (summary) Shakyamuni Buddha in one of his many past lives learnt of names of 53 original buddhas, in which he lead 3000 of his disciples to chant, pay respect & prostrate to these 53 buddhas. As the story goes, these 3000 disciples (including Shakyamuni Buddha) due to the merits from prostrating to these 53 buddhas, themselves were able to surpass the cycle of rebirth and in turn become buddhas. Out of the 3000 buddhas, one thousand were known as the Past 1000 Buddha; Present 1000 Buddhas & Future 1000 Buddhas [Benefits of Prostrating to 3000 Buddhas] Buddha said (paraphrased): Prostrating to 3000 buddhas surpasses the merits from the treasures & jewels donated from countless lands in the 10 directions spanning over hundreds of thousand of lifetimes. Wherever you are born, you will always be near or in an environment surrounded by the triple gem, 6 limbs all intact and not affected by the 8 afflictions. In summary, prostrating to 3000 buddhas not only are you able to eradicate your negative karma, you are able to improve your prosperity, longevity and wisdom. And ultimately lead to enlightenment! So dont miss out this rare opportunity. We will be having the dharma function on the 25th, 26th, 27th of January starting at 9:30am. Every day we will be prostrating to 1000 buddhas, please remember to bring a small towel, as it will likely be quite a refreshing workout. :) Please remember to 'like' or 'subscribe' to our page to ensure you get the latest updates from AYTM :) : 1. () - 2. () - 3. () - []() 53883553535353: """""" []() (-): : , , ! , , "", :)

22.01.2022 The ten types of kindnesses bestowed by the mother on the child - The Sutra of Filial Piety. 3. THE KINDNESS OF FORGETTING ALL THE PAIN ONCE THE CHILD HAS BEEN BORN... On the day the compassionate mothers bears the child, Her five organs all open wide, Leaving her totally exhausted in body and mind. The blood flows as from a slaughtered lamb; Yet, upon hearing that the child is healthy, She is overcome with redoubling joy, But after the joy, the grief returns, And the agony wrenches her very insides. 4. THE KINDNESS OF EATING THE BITTER HERSELF AND SAVING THE SWEET FOR THE CHILD The kindness of both parents is profound and deep, Their care and devotion never cease. Never resting, the mother saves the sweet for the child, And without complain she swallows the bitter herself. Her love is weighty and her emotion difficult to bear; Her kindness is deep and so is her compassion. Only wanting the child to get its fill, The compassionate mother doesn't speak of her own hunger. -

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20.01.2022 (Chinese) https://youtu.be/gBep5mkQV6E

19.01.2022 [NOTICE UPDATE] Dear devotees of AYTM: Hope you all are well and staying safe during this lockdown period. ... Our yearly Ullambana Filial piety Dharma Function - Compassion Samadhi Water Repentance is on tomorrow Sunday, 30th Aug 2020 at 9.30AM. *Live chanting session available for those who wish to participate. Please contact us via PM so we can organise you to be add into private chanting group. **Sutra and repentance text available and will be published on Facebook group prior. Omitofo.

19.01.2022 AYTM wishing every mother an auspicious and happy mother’s day!

19.01.2022 Dharma lecture on the Original Vow Sutra of the Ksitigharba Bodhisattva by Ven. Wu Hui, Abbott of Fa Hua Ci Yun Temple. (Chinese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9geC7VTEkgM

18.01.2022 30 August 2020

18.01.2022 Dear devotees and followers of AYTM, In the best interest of every temple member's health and wellbeing, as well as adhering to the government's temporary ban on places of worship. AYTM Temple activities will be temporarily postponed until otherwise advised by the government.... The moment the ban is lifted, we will reconvene all temple activities again. Look forward to your full support again after we get through this difficult time. Please take care of yourself and those around you. Stay safe and healthy. Omituofo

17.01.2022 AYTM is proud to support the PRELAUNCH of 'DI ZANG THE MUSICAL' [] on: Friday 6th March @ 7pm (Western Suburbs) Quang Minh Temple (Main Hall), 18 Burke St, Braybrook; ... And Saturday 7th March @ 1pm (Eastern Suburbs) Wheelers Hill Library (Meeting Room), 860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill Please drop by any of the prelaunch venues above at the specified time to find out more about the musical. Please see the following link for the Musical Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHlZaXtMDis ***************** There will be a total of 4 shows in Melbourne! [Western Suburbs] 3 Shows @ Bowery Theatre. 33 Princes St, St Albans 23 May @ 7pm, 24 May @ 2pm & 7pm [Eastern Suburbs] 1 Show @ Alexander Theatre, Monash University, 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton Tickets on Sale very Soon. Watch this space! DiZang - The Musical is a work by Yang Wei Han, following the success of his highly-acclaimed musical, XuanZang: Journey to the West. The musical is based on the "Sutra of the Great Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva" and the Bodhisattvas spirit as it relates to the perplexities of modern life. As Filial Piety and the Law of Cause & Effect are scorned and shunned, mankind faces increasing social unrest and panic. The musical examines good and evil, right and wrong, the exasperating cycle of life and death, the toxic afflictions of greed, hatred and ignorance; and through an in-depth presentation of sights and sounds, it appraises the meaning of life. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas renowned great vow: "Until Hell is emptied, a Buddha I shall not be." Its not just the evacuation of Hell, but the elimination of defilement in sentient beings! In truth, Heaven or Hell is but a notion away.

17.01.2022 NOTICE UPDATE: In line with the government's easing of restrictions recommendations. AYTM will be reopening its doors for our weekly Saturday chanting session from tomorrow onwards @9:30am Sat 6 June 2020 (which also happens to be the 15th day of the 4th () lunar month). For those who wish to join us, as per the government restriction, we will be restricting attendees to 20 ppl (in addition to the people required to run the dharma functions).... Social distancing measures would be adhered to and phone numbers for those who are new attendees will be taken. (Also a govt requirement for tracing). Please Keep safe and keep healthy. 2006-06-2020 4159.30 1.5

15.01.2022 Avalokitesvara Yuan Tong Monastery | www.aytm.org.au

15.01.2022 AYTM Dharma Function Updates: For those who are interested in knowing our June/July dharma functions, please see the schedule below. Hope to see you back again soon, as we all work together towards a better and brighter future ahead.... Keep safe and healthy Amituofo

15.01.2022 No bathing the Buddha this year ? No worry !!! AYTM have developed a little program for our fellow devotees to bathe the holy body of Buddha digitally. Please click the link below to start... http://www.aytm.org.au/BathingTheBuddha.html Note: Please allow few seconds for the program to load.Then click on the Start button to begin. Omitofo

15.01.2022 The ten types of kindnesses bestowed by the mother on the child - The Sutra of Filial Piety. 9. THE KINDNESS OF DEEP CARE AND DEVOTION... How heavy is parental kindness and emotional concern! Their kindness is deep and difficult to repay. Willingly they undergo suffering on their child's behalf. If the child toils, the parents are uncomfortable. If they hear that he has traveled far, They worry that at night he will have to lie in the cold. Even a moment's pain suffered by their sons and daughters. Will cause the parents sustained distress. 10. THE KINDNESS OF ULTIMATE COMPASSION AND SYMPATHY The kindness of parents is profound and important. Their tender concern never cease. From the moment they awake each day, their thoughts are with their children. Whether the children are near or far away, the parents think of them often. Even if a mother lives for a hundred years, She will constantly worry about her eighty year old child. Do you wish to know when such kindness and love ends? It doesn't even begin to dissipate until her life is over! -

13.01.2022 Happy New Year's Eve everyone! Don't forget, evening chanting starts at 6pm, followed by reunion dinner at temple at 7.30pm and our New Year's Eve chanting (88 Buddha Repentance) at 9.30pm to welcome the Year of Rat. We warmly welcome everyone to join us to usher in the new year. ... 679

13.01.2022 AYTM wishing every mother an auspicious and happy mothers day!

13.01.2022 Happy new year everyone. May this year bring happiness, health and cultivation success Please be reminded that we have 3000 buddha repentance commencing today at 9:30am for the next 3 days.... See you there. @ 270 Hampshire road, sunshine : () @ 270 Hampshire road, sunshine

13.01.2022 : 10,. 1011: , 11-12: .... . , , . . . 1. . 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Starting From October onwards, AYTM will be conducting Monthly Repentance Dharma Functions, in addition to the weekly Sutra reading dharma services. Oct 11: Diamond Repentance. Nov-Dec: Medicine Buddha Repentance & Liang Huang Repentance In addition to the transfer of merits from the Monthly Repentance Dharma functions, all longevity names and deceased names registered every month will be sent to our Taiwan’s main temple branch for further transfer of merits during their monthly Repentance & Yan Kou (‘Inferno Mouth’) Dharma functions, performed by a large number of venerables and head monks. Our Monthly Repentance Dharma Functions as well as our weekly sutra reading dharma services will be streamed live on Facebook in one of our private groups. Please message us privately for us to add you into our dharma service group. Participation in the repentance and sutra reading dharma function has many benefits and is one of the many ways to minimise and eventually eradicate our karmic debtors (some may refer to it as negative or bad karma) Registration is by donation as one pleases.

12.01.2022 The ten types of kindnesses bestowed by the mother on the child - The Sutra of Filial Piety. 1. THE KINDNESS OF PROVIDING PROTECTION AND CARE WHILE THE CHILD IS IN THE WOMB... The causes and conditions from accumulated kalpas grows heavy, Until in this life the child ends up in its Mother's womb. As the months pass, the five vital organs develop; Within seven weeks the six sense organs start to grow. The mother's body becomes as heavy as a mountain; The stillness and movements of the fetus are like a kalpic wind disaster. The mother's fine clothes no longer hang properly, And so her mirror gathers dust. 2. THE KINDNESS OF BEARING SUFFERING DURING BIRTH The pregnancy lasts for ten lunar months And culminates in difficult labour at the approach of the birth. Meanwhile, each morning the mother is seriously ill And during each day drowsy and sluggish. Her fear and agitation are difficult to describe; Grieving and tears fill her breast. She painfully tells her family That she is only afraid that death will overtake her. -

11.01.2022 AYTM 2020 Dharma Function Updates: For those who are interested in knowing our Sept dharma functions, please see the schedule below. *Live chanting session available for those who wish to participate. Please contact us via PM so we can organise you to be add into private chanting group.... **Sutra and repentance text available and will be published on the Facebook group prior. Hope to see you back again soon, as we all work together towards a better and brighter future ahead. Keep safe and healthy Amituofo

10.01.2022 AYTM - Yuan Xiao Festival Celebrations cinematic video is up now on youtube. Youtube https://youtu.be/e2E15N30zag... Please help to share and subscribe our channel for more videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKZ8-mNwvJHrgTcnKUh3vlA #Buddha, #Buddhist, #MelbourneBuddhist, #MelbourneBuddhistTemple #buddhisttemplemelbourne #buddhisttemple #westmelbournebuddhist #westmelbournebuddhisttemple #buddhistmonastery #buddhaday #buddhism #melbournetemple #chinesetemple #melbournechinesetemple # #temple #monasterymelbourne #chinesetemplemelbourne

08.01.2022 Happy Lunar New Year to all devotees and AYTM followers! Scroll 1 of 3000 Buddha Repentance service finally completed for the day. We are bleessed with the presence of Venerable leading the service on this Auspicious time of the year. ... Don't forget that the service will continue throughout Australia Day weekend from 9.30AM to 3.30PM. See you all there. Omitofo!

08.01.2022 The ten types of kindnesses bestowed by the mother on the child - The Sutra of Filial Piety. 5. THE KINDNESS OF MOVING THE CHILD TO A DRY PLACE AND LYING IN THE WET HERSELF... The mother is willing to be wet So that the child can be dry. With her two breasts she satisfies its hunger and thirst; Covering it with her sleeve, she protects it from the wind and cold. In kindness, her head rarely rests on the pillow, And yet she does this happily, So long as the child is comfortable, The kind mother seeks no solace for herself. 6. THE KINDNESS OF SUCKLING THE CHILD AT HER BREAST, NOURISHING AND BRINGING UP THE CHILD The kind mother is like the great earth. The stern father is like the encompassing heaven: One covers from above; the other supports from below. The kindness of parents is such that They know no hatred or anger toward their offspring, And are not displeased, even if the child is born crippled. After the mother carries the child in her womb and gives birth to it, The parents care for and protect it together until the end of their days. 7. THE KINDNESS OF WASHING AWAY THE UNCLEAN Originally, she had a pretty face and a beautiful body, Her spirit was strong and vibrant. Her eyebrows were like fresh green willows, And her complexion would have put a red rose to shame. But her kindness is so deep she will forgo a beautiful face. Although washing away the filth injures her constitution, The kind mother acts solely for the sake of her sons and daughters, And willingly allows her beauty to fade. 8. THE KINDNESS OF ALWAYS THINKING OF THE CHILD WHEN IT HAS TRAVELLED FAR The death of loved ones is difficult to endure. But separation is also painful. When the child travels afar, The mother worries in her village. From morning until night, her heart is with her child, And a thousand tears fall from her eyes. Like the monkey weeping silently in love for her child, Bit by bit her heart is broken. -

08.01.2022 The Lantern Festival or also know as Yuan Xiao Festival () is a Chinese festival celebrated on the 15th day of the 1st month in the lunar calendar. This year the festival falls on the 8th February 2020 (in the Gregorian calendar), which marks the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations Traditionally this day holds special significance in chinese tradition as yuan xiao or tang yuan (a chinese glutinous rice ball delicacy) is eaten during this time to ...signify family togetherness. Hence there is generally a family reunion meal on this day, as it is believed that eating the yuan xiao or tang yuan would bring family harmony, happiness and luck in the new year. AYTM will be reciting the filial piety sutra from 9:30am to transfer the merits to our parents and family during this festive time, and will be serving up tang yuan during lunch time (before 12noon). We have also organised a Lion dance performance starting at 12:30 pm noon to kick start the New Year with a bang. Please bring the family and kids to enjoy this free event.

07.01.2022 2020, & . . Completion of AYTM 2020 Ullambana Dharma Function - Ksithigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra & Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance. May everyone stay safe & healthy

05.01.2022 : 11 14,15: .,(Stage 4 ) facebook live stream/. ,,. ... 1. . 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. To all our respected Dharma Protectors and Members: On the 14th & 15th November 2020, AYTM will be reciting the Medicine Buddha Sutra & Medicine Buddha Repentance Respectively as part of our monthly repentance Dharma Service as well as in celebration of Medicine Buddha's Birthday . We encourage all to participate in person (provided Stage 4 restrictions have been lifted) or via our Facebook Live Stream (Please contact us via private mail for us to add you into the live stream group) In addition to the transfer of merits from the Monthly Repentance Dharma functions, all longevity names and deceased names registered every month will be sent to our Taiwan’s main temple branch for further transfer of merits during their monthly Repentance & Yan Kou (‘Inferno Mouth’) Dharma functions, performed by a large number of venerables and head monks. Participation in the repentance and sutra reading dharma function has many benefits and is one of the many ways to minimise and eventually eradicate our karmic debtors (some may refer to it as negative or bad karma) Registration for longevity/deceased name list is by donation as one pleases. Participation is free for all.

04.01.2022 Dharma Talk by Venerable Master Wu Hui @ 1pm 14 March 2020 (Mandarin): - Topic: The Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra Location: 270 Hampshire Road, Sunshine VIC 3020

04.01.2022 AYTM 2020 Dharma Function Updates: For those who are interested in knowing our October dharma functions, please see the schedule below. *Live chanting session available for those who wish to participate. Please contact us via PM so we can organise you to be add into private chanting group.

04.01.2022 Hello all devotees and followers of AYTM! Reminder that our yearly Guang Ming Deng (yearly light offering) Medicine Buddha Repentance is on today at 9.30AM to 3.30PM. We hope to see you all there.... Stay safe! Omitofo!

03.01.2022 AYTM will be conducting a 1 day Amitabha Buddha Chanting retreat this Sunday 9th Feb @ 9:30am to 4pm. Hope to see you @ 270 Hampshire road, Sunshine VIC 3020. For those who are new to this Dharma Function, there are many benefits in Chanting Amitabha Buddhas name, the 3 main ones being: 1. Eradication or Lessening of Negative Karma (or energy);... 2. Easing of the mind; and 3. Avoidance of calamities Amitabha!

03.01.2022 It's almost the end of the year! Hope everyone is doing well despite of the pandemic. Keep healthy & stay safe AYTM 2020 Dharma Function Updates: For those who are interested in our November dharma functions, please see the schedule below. ... **Live chanting session available for those who wish to participate. Please contact us via PM so we can organise you to be added into private chanting group.

03.01.2022 As part of the Chinese New Year Celebration Dharma Functions and the Yearly Longevity Light Offering (). On the 1st of Feb, 2020. AYTM will be conducting a Medicine Buddha Repentance to help you eradicate negative karma, as well as cure (or reduce the severity) of any karmic diseases or illnesses. Make sure you 'like' or 'subscribe' to our page to get the latest feeds from AYTM!

03.01.2022 Dear devotees and followers of AYTM! Today 8/4 (lunar calander) marks the birthday of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Shakyamuni Buddha. Although we are unable to visit and gather at the temple to bathe his holy body like every other year. ... Let's all do good deeds, chanting at home and go vegetarian for a day to commemorate the birth of the Buddha. May you and your family stay healthy and safe. Omitofo!

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