Ajahn Brahm visit Jan 2025

We are pleased to announce that Ajahn Brahm will be coming to Melbourne in mid January to help us celebrate the opening of the Sanctuary of Stillness Retreat Centre in Newbury. During Ajahn’s visit, we will be holding the following events at the Sanctuary of Stillness...

Kathina Robe Offering

The BSV will be holding the annual Robe Offering Ceremony to mark the end of the rain’s retreat. The event will take place on Sun 10 Nov from 9:30am – 3:00pm at Newbury Buddhist Monastery. For full details on the event including bus transport please click...

Monthly Lay Discussion Group

The Group meets on the first Sunday of every month. Sessions are held between 12.30 – 1.30 pm at the Buddhaloka Centre Library (71 Darling Road, East Malvern).     The sessions are led by Dr Jaya and Satish Wimalajeewa. It is an open forum to discuss topics...

NBM 10th Anniversary Celebrations

Let’s celebrate NBM’s 10th Anniversary together REGISTRATIONS CLOSED The BSV committee invites everyone to join the 10th anniversary Celebration. The event will be held at NBM. Please consider car pool with your friends. Date:      Saturday 7th September...

Invitation to a Community Dialogue Session

At the recent AGM, the committee was requested to hold regular dialogues with the broader BSV Community. The first of these will take place on Sun 7th July at 12:45pm at the Buddhaloka Centre. The purpose of this dialogue is to foster open discussions and gather the...

Community update on the Meditation Centre Project at Newbury

Dear Dhamma Friends,  In keeping with our commitment to inform our community of the NBM  Building Project Status, the following is a brief of the development since our last project update released in the 3rd week of January 2024  On 10th Jan’24, BSV issued a Notice of...