Mettarama Vision Day

Mettarama Vision Day Speakers: Bhante Sujato and Ayya Suvira (Host: Tina Ng) Collaboration between Mettarama Nuns’ Monastery and Metta Centre Saturday 21 August 2021 | 9am-10:30am Via Zoom (link below) Cost: Free   An urban nuns residence called Therimettarama was born in September 2018 with the intention to support Buddhist nuns, founded by Bom Hyon […]

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Can Women be Monks too? The Long Road to Full Ordination for Theravada Women

Can Women be Monks too? The Long Road to Full Ordination for Theravada Women. Speakers: Ayya Dhammananda (Thailand) and Ayya Suvira (Australia)  Hosted by the Metta Centre Wed 18 and 25 August | 7pm-8:30pm AU EST Via Zoom (link below) Cost: Free   To celebrate and give some context around the Mettarama Vision Day on 21 August, […]

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Living Buddhism Course

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Our weekly Living Buddhism Course explores a topic chosen by the group, and the facilitator leads the group as a whole to understand, experience and reflect on how the Buddha’s teachings can be applied to understanding that topic and our lives, so as to make our spiritual practice relevant and integrated in our daily lives. […]

Buddhism & Eco-poetry Therapy for anxious times

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street, #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

This session we explore on Eco-poetry therapy for anxious times and how Buddhism can be applied to sooth our inner angst in uncertainty.Buddhism & Eco-poetry Therapy for anxious times Presenters: Kerryn Coombs-Valeontis & Ling Halbert 1 Sept | 7-8.30pm At Metta Centre in person or via Zoom Cost: By Donation Previously, Metta Centre invited Virginia […]

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Art of Life course

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street, #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Art of Life course Presenter: Ling Halbert 3 week course Wednesday nights: 8, 15, 22 Sept | 7-8.30pm  At Metta Centre in person or via Zoom Cost: By Donation   Join us for a free 3 week course as we discover Buddhism and the art of life through art of tea meditation, mindful cooking, and spiritual creativity […]

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How to Free yourself from your Self & be Happy

Metta Centre collaboration with the Association of Engaged Buddhists Presenter: David O’Rose & Tina Ng Thursdays 9, 16, 23 Sept 2021, 7.30pm-9pm  Via Zoom Cost: By Donation   Everybody wants to experience happiness and everything that we do is for the purpose of finding happiness in our life. However, not everybody knows that happiness is the very nature […]

Free

Art of Life course

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street, #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Art of Life course Presenter: Ling Halbert 3 week course Wednesday nights: 8, 15, 22 Sept | 7-8.30pm  At Metta Centre in person or via Zoom Cost: By Donation   Join us for a free 3 week course as we discover Buddhism and the art of life through art of tea meditation, mindful cooking, and spiritual creativity […]

Free

How to Free yourself from your Self & be Happy

Metta Centre collaboration with the Association of Engaged Buddhists Presenter: David O’Rose & Tina Ng Thursdays 9, 16, 23 Sept 2021, 7.30pm-9pm  Via Zoom Cost: By Donation   Everybody wants to experience happiness and everything that we do is for the purpose of finding happiness in our life. However, not everybody knows that happiness is the very nature […]

Free

Living Buddhism Course

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Our weekly Living Buddhism Course explores a topic chosen by the group, and the facilitator leads the group as a whole to understand, experience and reflect on how the Buddha’s teachings can be applied to understanding that topic and our lives, so as to make our spiritual practice relevant and integrated in our daily lives. […]

Art of Life course

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street, #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Art of Life course Presenter: Ling Halbert 3 week course Wednesday nights: 8, 15, 22 Sept | 7-8.30pm  At Metta Centre in person or via Zoom Cost: By Donation   Join us for a free 3 week course as we discover Buddhism and the art of life through art of tea meditation, mindful cooking, and spiritual creativity […]

Free

How to Free yourself from your Self & be Happy

Metta Centre collaboration with the Association of Engaged Buddhists Presenter: David O’Rose & Tina Ng Thursdays 9, 16, 23 Sept 2021, 7.30pm-9pm  Via Zoom Cost: By Donation   Everybody wants to experience happiness and everything that we do is for the purpose of finding happiness in our life. However, not everybody knows that happiness is the very nature […]

Free

How Mindfulness calms Challenging Behaviours

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street, #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

How Mindfulness calms Challenging Behaviours Presenter: Karen Gilles-Reid (Mindful Behaviour Consultant & Mindfulness Coach) Wednesday 29 Sept | 7-8pm At Metta Centre in person or via Zoom Cost: By Donation   In this one hour interactive workshop, Karen presents her Mindful Behaviour Management approach, which is grounded in mindfulness and non-violence, as a way to […]

Free

Living Buddhism Course

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Our weekly Living Buddhism Course explores a topic chosen by the group, and the facilitator leads the group as a whole to understand, experience and reflect on how the Buddha’s teachings can be applied to understanding that topic and our lives, so as to make our spiritual practice relevant and integrated in our daily lives. […]

Coming Home to Ourselves

Coming Home to Ourselves Metta Centre collaboration with the Association of Engaged Buddhists Presenter: David O’Rose & Tina Ng Thursdays 21 & 28 Oct, 4 Nov | 7.30-9pm Via Zoom Cost: By Donation   When we think of home, we think of where we belong, where we come from, where we feel safe and nurtured. […]

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Coming Home to Ourselves

Coming Home to Ourselves Metta Centre collaboration with the Association of Engaged Buddhists Presenter: David O’Rose & Tina Ng Thursdays 21 & 28 Oct, 4 Nov | 7.30-9pm Via Zoom Cost: By Donation   When we think of home, we think of where we belong, where we come from, where we feel safe and nurtured. […]

Free

Living Buddhism Course

Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, Australia

Our weekly Living Buddhism Course explores a topic chosen by the group, and the facilitator leads the group as a whole to understand, experience and reflect on how the Buddha’s teachings can be applied to understanding that topic and our lives, so as to make our spiritual practice relevant and integrated in our daily lives. […]