His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrives in Toulouse, France

It is generally accepted that the Vietnamese print media started in 1979 in Australia when the first issue of the Bell of Saigon / Chuông Saigon was on sale in Sydney. Initially, it was published fortnightly then became a weekly. Over the past four decades, the media in Vietnamese have gone through a developmental pattern which is not dissimilar to those in other culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD) in that it has grown in number and strength along with the Vietnamese speaking community.

Thousands of Tasmanians who travelled from all corners of the State rallied in Hobart for climate action in the lead up to this week’s Climate Summit in Paris. This should be a wake up call for the Hodgman government which has ripped up Tasmania’s ClimateSmart strategy and continues to subsidise the emissions-intensive native forest logging industry. The science tells us that protecting the vast stores of carbon in Tasmania’s forests must be part of our response to climate disruption. Tasmania is uniquely placed to be a world leader in responding to global warming, but the state government seems happy to keep its head in the sand and ignore the enormous opportunities that exist to create jobs and prosperity in low carbon industries. Every responsible government has a climate plan. Even war-torn South Sudan has acknowledged its civil responsibility and prepared a comprehensive climate plan.

Thiền tập .b ở trường Trung học Phật giáo Pal, Sydney The Mindfulness in Schools được biết đến rộng rãi trên thế giới có tên gọi .b (dot bee), và theo khảo nghiệm của đại học Cambridge và Oxford thì .b mang đến những tác động tích cực cho các em học sinh luyện tập đúng cách. Trinh Nguyễn tìm hiểu chương trình này trong cuộc phỏng vấn với Giáo viên hướng dẫn Bodhidasa Caldwell của trường Pal, và phiên dịch viên Thu Vân. Muốn tìm hiểu thêm về hoạt động 'Mindfulness in Schools', chương trình 'Teach 4 Peace', và buổi dạ tiệc gây quỹ 'Little Buddha', liên lạc với trường Trung học Phật giáo Pal Phone: +612 9755 7778 Email: info@pal.nsw.edu.au Web: http://pal.nsw.edu.au/

Thank you to a very dedicated Buddhist scholar Dion Peoples, our paper with the Most Venerable Thich-Nguyen-Sieu and Dr. Bureau on The Art of Living according to Spiritual Leaders was published on the Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Universities JIABU, Volume V, 2015: 90-94. To read the whole journal, please click here. Here are the words of the editor, Dr. Dion Peoples about our article.

Mindfulness Practice for Youths

Infinities Video Launch on Wednesday 23 September 2015

This is a letter from the young Vietnamese man I met when another member of Buddhist Contemplative Care Tasmania I were going out to Pontville in 2013. We have written to each other for over two years now. I have encouraged him in his practice and to remain calm and strong. He has and look how well he is doing. He has practised strong determination, what the Buddha called Adhiṭṭhāna which is one of the Paramis. Already he is practising to be a Buddha.

Tôi sửng sốt khi nhận được giấy mời từ văn phòng Liên hiệp quốc tại Geneva, Thụy Sỹ - Invitation for releasing “T. T. Weapon book at UN Geneve”. Tôi giật thót mình và sợ rằng bị bom thư hay bị bọn khủng bố gửi gì đó vì thấy có từ weapon, tức là vũ khí. Tôi không mở 2 file đi kèm vì tin rằng loại thư này đến hòm thư của mỗi chúng ta rất nhiều mỗi ngày.