SAKYADHITA AUSTRALIA
Diary Dates
1) Webinar : ‘Get off your Cushion’ with Li-Anne Tang, mindfulness and meditation
teacher. Wednesday 17 th April 7pm AEST. Click here
2) Sakyadhita Australia Annual General Meeting. Guest speaker to be announced.
Sunday May 5 th at 5pm AEST
Enjoy our latest Webinar - ‘Making Friends with the
Dhamma’ with Ariya Baumann
Hear Ariya’s personal story including her years as an ordained nun and
teacher in Myanmar. She now gives meditation retreats around the
world. Hear about her charity ‘Metta in Action’ which supports nuns and
children in Myanmar….
listen here : https://youtu.be/q-uGh_fhq7c?si=vhIps_SlqkHNpxLA
Newsletter
Catch up on our latest newsletter -
Articles include:
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Weaving Meditation into Your Life
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Australian Nuns Report
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Stemming Family Violence
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The Mahapajapati Gotami statue
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Everyday Buddha
Catch up on the latest Sakyadhita International Newsletter, you can read about -
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Celebrating Buddhist Women’s Voices in the Tibetan Tradition
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The historic nuns ordination in Bhutan
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The extraordinary 20th-century scholar-practitioner Freda Bedi
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And much more ..
The Sakyadhita International Conference, Seoul, Korea.
"Living in a Precarious World"
June 23 – 27 2023
The 2023 Sakyadhita International Conference was an impressive event which a group from Sakyadhita Australia attended. After a packed Opening Ceremony, a reception was held which gave the chance to make or renew friendships with Buddhist friends and teachers from around the world. The event was held in a modern Conferencecentre and also an historic temple. At the latter thousands of meals were provided and meditation was held. It was a very appropriate blend of ancient and modern.
Over the next four days participants heard inspiring papers and attended workshops. There was so much to take in, so much to think about! A number of Australians gave workshops and Dr Diana Cousens gave a paper on domestic violence in Buddhist communities. Tenzin Lekzom, an Australian nun currently studying in Dharamsala received a Sakyadhita Australia scholarship to attend. Each night entertainment or dhamma talks were provided. The organisation of our Korean hosts was most impressive, the technology was amazing as were the hundreds of volunteers who helped in every way. After the Conference a large group embarked on a two day tour of temples in the Korean countryside where we were able to breathe in the fresh air of the fir forests, sit by raging rivers and at the temples appreciate Korea’s long practice of Buddhism.
The 19th Sakyadhita International
Conference on Buddhist Women
will be held in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia in June 2025. Details to be
announced.
Sakyadhita Australia Pilgrimage to Japan
After the Conference, a small group embarked on this pilgrimage, following the path of the venerated Japanese Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi. They visited the temple island of Shikoku and a dozen of the many temples there and continued on to Mt Koya where Kobo Daishi is buried. The group stayed in temples and experienced temple life with beautiful gardens, meditation sessions morning and night and enticing vegetarian food.
They went on to visit temples both Shinto and Buddhist in other parts of Japan, including Kyoto and Nara and saw the big Buddha at Kamakura. There was also a a visit to Hiroshima and it’s Memorial Peace Park.
Sakyadhita Australia YouTube Channel
Enjoy our recent Webinars, including :
Vanessa Sasson : The Gathering - a Story of the First Buddhist Women
Bhante Sujato : The Voice : A Buddhist Approach
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo : Reflections on an Extraordinary Life
Ven Robina Courtin : Bringing the Dharma into the Modern World
Brigid Lowry : A Year of Loving Kindness to Myself
Shaila Catherine : Beyond Distraction
Ven Karma Lekshe Tsomo : The future for Bhikkhunis and Nuns
Ayya Suvira : Walking in the Sunshine of the Bhikkhunis
Bhante Sujato : Believing Women'
Emma Slade : From High Finance to Buddhism
Jill Jameson : The Crisis in Myanmar
View these Webinars here
and also some transcripts here
ABOUT US
Sakyadhita International was formed in 1987 in Bodhgaya India under the patronage of HH the Dalai Lama. It seeks to build community to benefit Buddhist women and nuns, to reduce gender injustice and awaken women to their potential.
Every two years Sakyadhita International organises a conference where Buddhists- Sangha and laypeople - come together to share issues affecting Buddhist women and the wider society. Because pf Covid 19 the 2020 Conference was delayed and will now be held digitally Dec 26-28th 2021.
The Australian branch was formed after the Indonesian Conference in 2015. It has national representation and is affiliated with Sakyadhita International.
