Tuesday 24th September 2024 Kathryn Choules joins the Armadale Meditation Group again for part three in her four part series, on-line live for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating togethe…

Every year, the monastic community (Monks and nuns) go on a three month retreat called the “Rains Retreat” from mid July to mid October. During this period, they do not visit our centres for teachings as it’s a time for deepening their own practice. While the monks and nuns are away, we will have some interesting guest speakers coming in to give th…

Venerable Chokyi is resident teacher at Hayagriva Buddhist Centre. Ordained in 2006 by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, she has held several senior posts at FPMT centres in Australia and international positions within the FPMT. Before coming to Perth, Venerable Chokyi was Spiritual Program Coordinator at the FPMT Centre in Sydney, Vajrayana Institute, fo…

Kathryn Choules joins the Armadale Meditation Group again for part two in her four part series, on-line live for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking question…

A talk given at Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand on behalf of New Zealand Bhikkhuni Sangha Trust on 20 June 2024. Bhikkhuni Ayya Kārunikā is currently the senior resident monastic at Santi Forest Monastery, NSW, Australia and the spiritual director for New Zealand Bhikkhuni Sangha Trust, Hamilton. She has been in monastic life for over 14 …

Brigid Lowry has been a Buddhist for over forty years. She spent six years at Wat Buddha Dharma as part of the lay community, helping to run retreats for many teachers, including Ayya Khema, Phra Khantipalo and Joseph Goldstein. She has been a Zen student for many years and is also a Vipassana practitioner. Brigid has an MA in Creative Writing and …

Tuesday 10th September 2024 Kathryn Choules joins the Armadale Meditation Group for part one of her four part series, on-line live for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, follo…

Dr Brian Walker has practised medicine for many years in many different countries, before finally settling into practice as a GP in Serpentine Medical Centre. He has front-line experience treating patients in hospitals, emergency departments and general practice. If you are familiar with the book Dying to be Be, which detailed the near death expeir…

Tuesday 03rd September 2024 Viveka joins the Armadale Meditation Group again, on-line live for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking questions and finally if t…

Talks about how to prepare yourself to deal with the enemies or hindrances to your spiritual path but also explains how this preparation can also help in your day to day enemies in life. This talk was given by Ayya Karunika Theri on the 16th of Jun 2024, at Santi Forest (NSW). Bhikkhuni Ayya Kārunikā is currently the senior resident monastic at San…

Tuesday 27th August 2024 Brigid Lowry joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live. This is Part 2 of Brigid's AMG session for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed …

Explains the differences four brahmaviharas metta (lovingkindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathetic joy) and upekkha (equanimity) and how to develop them. Describes the benefits of practicing such meditations and also explains what is the difference between how Buddha taught to practice metta and how it is practiced by others. This talk wa…

Tuesday 20th August 2024 Viveka joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking questions and finally if time remain…

Dennis Sheppard has been involved with the Buddhist community since 1976, joining the Buddhist Society of Western Australia in 1978 as a young man interested in meditation and spiritual practice. He went on to serve multiple terms as president, as well as serving in several other capacities including designing several buildings for both monastics a…

Tuesday 13th August 2024 Sandra Henville joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking questions and finally if ti…

Monday 05th August 2024 Monday Night Meditation at the Cambodian Society of WA (CBSWA) with Venerable Patipada. These weekly teachings give an introduction into meditation and some guidance and basics into the practice of the Buddhist Path. They usually consist of a short talk, thirty minute meditation and then questions & answers. The BSWA is now …

Offers few helpful Buddhist practices to face difficulties in life and to develop mental immunity. This talk was given by Ayya Karunika Theri on the 1st of Jun 2024, at Santi Forest (NSW). Bhikkhuni Ayya Kārunikā is currently the senior resident monastic at Santi Forest Monastery, NSW, Australia and the spiritual director for New Zealand Bhikkhuni …

Tuesday 06th August 2024 Helen Gardner joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking questions and finally if time…

Explains why it is so important to let go of guilt and remorse in your life. This talk was given by Ayya Karunika Theri on the 17th of May 2024, at Santi Forest (NSW). Bhikkhuni Ayya Kārunikā is currently the senior resident monastic at Santi Forest Monastery, NSW, Australia and the spiritual director for New Zealand Bhikkhuni Sangha Trust, Hamilto…

Monks on Mars’, following from last years ‘Dhamma and the Dinosaurs’ talk that looked into the deep past, Drew now looks into the future of the universe with a Buddhist perspective. Drew Bellamy is a former President of the Buddhist Society, serving on the Executive Committee for 3 years up until 2018. Drew was instrumental in overseeing many impor…

Tuesday 30th July 2024 Brigid Lowry joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live. This is the first AMG session for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking q…

Monday 22nd July 2024 Monday Night Meditation at the Cambodian Society of WA (CBSWA) with Venerable Patipada. These weekly teachings give an introduction into meditation and some guidance and basics into the practice of the Buddhist Path. They usually consist of a short talk, thirty minute meditation and then questions & answers. The BSWA is now us…

A follow up talk from last week relating the association of people and how these lead to good or bad results and how all of our problems come down to or bad associations. Reads of a sutta on who to associate and who not to associate (AN3.27) and also explain the conditional arising of delusion and how putting in the right conditions lead to freedom…

Tuesday 23rd July 2024 Sky Dawson joins the Armadale Meditation Group on-line live. This is the first AMG session for Rains 2024. Armadale Meditation Group (AMG) is designed to teach you about meditation. The classes generally begin with chanting the Metta Sutta, then receiving meditation instructions and meditating together, followed by asking que…

Monday 15th July 2024 Monday Night Meditation at the Cambodian Society of WA (CBSWA) with Venerable Patipada. These weekly teachings give an introduction into meditation and some guidance and basics into the practice of the Buddhist Path. They usually consist of a short talk, thirty minute meditation and then questions & answers. The BSWA is now us…