Vesak 2017,  May 13th, Dhammatthala Vihara, Christies Beach With Venerable ViraPanya, Ayya Santacari and Anagarika Pasanna. May 14th, Crafers & Athelstone   May 21st Buckland Park Vietnamese Temple

Vesak Buddha Day Celebration : 11am–5pm, Saturday May 13th 2017 You are invited to our Vesak Festival!  Vesak is the most significant day in the Buddhist calendar, remembering the birth, awakening & passing away of the Buddha and is celebrated on or near the full moon in May every year. .  We will be incorporating activities Read the full article…

As you can see our new Kuti is almost complete. A big Anumodana [= rejoicing in your goodness] to everyone who donated time and money to this worthy endeavour. We still have a few little things to finish such as steps and inner painting and nice floor covering. Our new nun Anagarika Pasanna moved in Read the full article…

On New Year’s Eve we had a lovely ceremony which transformed the secretary  of  the Buddhist Society of South Australia [Michelle] into our new nun Anagarika Pasanna. We were honoured to have our local Sri Lankan Bhikkhu, Bhante Sumedha Thero present for this auspicious occasion. While I was shaving our aspirants locks, Bhante Sumedha was chanting Read the full article…

Anagarikā Ceremony for Michelle This New Years Eve will be the first for our community at Dakkhina Dhammatthala and we will be celebrating with two auspicious events. Monastic aspirant, Michelle, will be taking initial steps towards the life of renunciation with her anagarikā ceremony.  The Anagarikā stage is made available as a period of adjustment Read the full article…

From November 2016 through to March 2017, Ayya will be giving monthly Meditation and Dhamma in evenings at Crafers and in Adelaide city at the RAH chapel. The theme of these evenings is Reduce Suffering, Increase Happiness and Relax into loving kindness. The city sessions at the RAH chapel will be the third Thursday of the month at Read the full article…

So last Saturday our first Kathina at Dakkhina Dhammatthala Christies Beach was the largest gathering so far in this our first year. A friendly multicultural group of Dhamma friends gathered together to celebrate the opportunity to give Alms to the monastic Sangha. People from Australia, Sri Lanka, England, Vietnam, Malaysia, Ireland, Myanmar, Canada, Japan, came Read the full article…

Last Saturday we had a lovely meditation day. The weather was perfect and the energy was so peaceful and serene. It was the perfect way to celebrate Ayya’s ordination, the anniversary of the founding of the Bhikkhuni order, the Uposatha and spring. Ten of us was the perfect number for the size of the space. Read the full article…