Winter newsletter of Buddhist Contemplative Care Tasmania

UN Vesak Day Celebrating 2647 at Phuoc Hue Temple, New South Wales, Australia (6/5/2023)

In September 2010, I decided to go on a pilgrimage in India with a group of devotees from the Van-Hanh Pagoda in Nantes. It took me two months to get everything I needed: airplane tickets, passport and visas. International law requires that your passport must be valid at least 3 months after leaving the country you are visiting. I was very happy waiting for the day of departure.

Ngày 7 tháng 11 năm 2022 vừa qua, Bệnh viện Himalayan Sherpa tọa lạc tại thị trấn miền núi Everest, Lukla, phía đông bắc của Nepal. Đây là 1 bệnh viện nhỏ với 15 giường bệnh nhằm cung cấp dịch vụ chăm sóc sức khỏe cho người dân địa phương và khách du lịch. Công trình xây dựng bệnh viện này được tài trợ của các tổ chức bên ngoài Nepal, đặc biệt trong đó có phái đoàn hành hương Tu Viện Quảng Đức (đi Bhutan tháng 11 năm 2019), đã hùn phước đóng góp $16,000 Úc Kim để góp phần xây dựng bệnh viện này, xin mời quý vị xem hình ảnh đính kèm

Program Tuesday 10 March ASA AGM and Conference ​ TBC Nan Tien Community Group Practice 7.00am Breakfast 7.30am Registration 8.00am Introduction and Welcomes 8.15am Mental Health Session 9.00am Morning tea 9.30am ASA AGM 11.00am Lunch 1.00pm Conflict Resolution Session 2.00pm Afternoon tea 2.30pm Discussion groups 1 Stream A: Advanced Care Plan update Stream B: Conflict Resolution 3.10pm Discussion groups 2 Stream A: Advanced Care Plan update Stream B: Mental Health 3.50pm Closing Ceremony 4.00pm Conclusion ​ There will also be a short video presentation by Chaplains of the Australian Defence Forces. --- An optional meeting to discuss the future strategy and activities of the ASA will take place on Monday 09 March from 6.30 to 8.00 pm.

Happy Lunar New Year 2020 at Quang Duc Monastery

A yellow-colored Buddhist temple adorned with flags and golden dragons on its pointed roofs in a quiet town outside Tokyo presents a stark contrast to the typically somber-looking Buddhist places of worship usually found in rural Japan. But the steady stream of out-of-town weekend visitors and their nationality also set it apart, for the temple was built by and serves members of the large Vietnamese community in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Buddhism was introduced to the U.S.A. by the Asian immigrants in the 19th century. There is no reliable data on the number of Buddhists in the United States but today it is estimated to be a few millions. 1.25% of the total U.S. population is identified as Buddhist followers. Prof.Dana Eck of the Harvard University talks about the presence of three types of Buddhists such as , Buddhists, Nightstand Buddhists and Strongly influenced Buddhists and they amount to be around thirty millions. Thus Buddhism of all traditions becomes the third largest religion in the U.S., just behind Christianity and Judaism. In 2006, there was a census showing 6-8 million Buddhists in the USA. Since then, there hasn't been another serious census taken. It is, therefore, very difficult to count the immigrant-group figures but, without any doubt, the immigrant-

Victorian United Nations Day of Vesak 2643 (2019) Commemorating the Lord Buddha's Birth,Enlightenment and Passing Saturday: May 4, 2019 in the City of Melbourne Vesak Celebrations Program * Sangha Dana Lunch Offering: 10am, St Peters Eastern Hill Anglican Church Hall, 15 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne. * Vesak Procession & Friendship Walk In the Heart of Melbourne with Traditional Drummers, Buddha Floats, Flags, Lanterns, the colours of Victoria’s Buddhist Community. Starts at 1pm - Parliament Gardens Reserve (assemble from 12.15pm) Corner of Nicholson Street Extension (diagonally opposite The Princess Theatre) & Albert Streets, East Melbourne. Procession proceeds along Spring Street and Collins Street to the Melbourne Town Hall. Corner of Swanston & Collins. Public and metro car parking nearby.