Diamond Way Buddhism Australia centres are working to towards the goal of Buddhahood and providing people access to the powerful methods of the Karma Kagyu Tradition, all the while remaining modern, flexible and working together as idealistic friends.
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Tuesday, Jul. 20th, 2010 Lama Ole Nydahl is Now on Twitter
To keep up with where Lama Ole Nydahl is on his constant teaching schedule and what he’s been doing, you can now follow Lama Ole on twitter.com. The Twitter account description says:
“Lama Ole Nydahl is probably the best known western Buddhist teacher. This account tweets for & about him, his travels & his teachings.”
Other related Twitter accounts include a general one for Diamond Way Buddhism and one for the Europe Center.
Sunday, May. 9th, 2010 Australian Centres Recite 1,000,000 Mantras
At the request of H.H. the 17th Karmapa Trinlay Thaye Dorje, Diamond Way Buddhist centres around Australia have started reciting the mantra of compassion – om mani peme hung.
In a letter to all Kagyu students, H.H. asked that every dharma centre in the world recite the mantra of Loving Eyes (Chenrezig), the Buddha of compassion (shown at left), one million times, and dedicate the merit to the recent victims of natural disasters, and for the benefit of all beings.
Sunday, Apr. 25th, 2010 Perth Centre moves to Melville
The Diamond Way Buddhist Association of Western Australia (DWBAWA) would like to announce that it has relocated to 31 McCoy St Melville. The new premises functions as a live in centre and will keep the current program of Meditations on Monday and Wednesday nights at 8pm.
Thursday, Mar. 18th, 2010 International Teacher Burkhard Scherer coming to Perth
Burkhard Scherer, an international Diamond Way travel teacher will be visiting Perth and details of the public lecture and the Easter course are below:
PUBLIC LECTURE @ Austin Lecture Theatre, UWA Nedlands
7pm Wednesday 31 March - Belief/Experience: Buddhism and the Religions of the World
COURSE at Diamond Way Buddhist Centre, Top Floor 78 High St, Fremantle
8pm Friday 2nd April - Diamond Way Buddhism - an Introduction
3pm Saturday 3rd April - Wisdom and Disturbing Emotions
8pm Saturday 3rd April - Karma - Cause and Effect
Wednesday, Mar. 17th, 2010 Meditation Cushion Fundraiser
To raise money to fund travel teachers coming to Cairns, the Diamond Way Group Cairns is selling meditation cushions.
All Meditation Cushions are individually hand made by volunteers and filled with Australian Organically grown buckwheat husk.
Sunday, Mar. 14th, 2010 "What is Mind?" Event a Big Success!
In the early evening of Thursday, 11th March, almost 400 people gathered in Sydney University’s Great Hall to hear a group of highly respected professors and one of the most accomplished Western teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, Lama Ole Nydahl, explore the age-old question... What Is Mind?
Tuesday, Feb. 2nd, 2010 Perth Summer Newsletter
The Diamond Way Buddhist Association of Western Australia is happy to announce the Summer edition Newsletter is now available.
Full of great info please feel free to download it by clicking on the link below:
Sunday, Dec. 27th, 2009 End of Year dinner and shut down
Christmas and the end of the year was marked with an Indonesian feast at Mahamudra House on December 19. The Canberra sangha celebrated the year together and the centre will now be closed until Monday January 11 when our regular weeknight meditation sessions will begin again.
Monday, Dec. 7th, 2009 Perth Diamond Way fundraiser at the East Fremantle Festival
December 6th 2009, Diamond Way Buddhism Perth members had another enjoyable day out together with the crowds at a funky, very Freo style festival.
Monday, Nov. 30th, 2009 South Coast Retreat
Members of the Canberra and Sydney centre gathered at 'The Pines' at Tuross Heads on the south coast for a weekend retreat on November 27 to 29. Chris and Alisa organised a great weekend with lots of meditation sessions, teachings and group cooking sessions - all still with plenty of time to enjoy the beach. This was the first retreat we've done at Tuross Heads and everyone enjoyed so much we're going to do it again next year.
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