CITYZEN

Buddhist Wisdom, Friendship and Peace for Young Adults

What is CITYZEN?

CITYZEN is a young adult Buddhist community under the Buddhist Society of Victoria, engulfed in Dhamma Study, Kindness Practice, and A Network of People With Similar Interests.

Founded in

2016

Established in

Melbourne

Age

18-35

CITYZEN Activities

CITYZEN hosts at least two activities each month, offering a mix of online and in-person gatherings! Our events, held biweekly (typically on Saturday afternoons) encompass Dhamma, Social and Volunteering activities. Find out more about them below!

Dhamma

Dhamma activities are designed to introduce and develop your Buddhist wisdom. These activities can take place in the following forms:

Dhamma Discussion

Our in-person Dhamma discussions feature a variety of speakers, including monastics like Ajahn Brahm, ex-monastics, and other Buddhist young adults. If you can’t attend in person due to work or study, you can join our online discussions, which are usually led by a monastic and cover topics such as Sutta discussions, issues relevant to young adults, stories about the Buddha’s life, meditations, and insightful reflections on life.

Dhamma Days

Dhamma Days is an annual, short, relaxing weekend stay at the Newbury Buddhist Monastery (NBM). There are activities organized for you to learn about the Buddha’s teaching, practice mindfulness, and make friends with other like-minded young adults.

Silent Meditation Retreat

What’s a better way to spend your weekend than staying in a monastery and meditating together with other young adults. In this annual retreat, you will observe noble silence to deepen your meditation practice. This is suitable if you have not done any meditation retreat, but have understood how to meditate.

Social Activities

Learning the Buddha’s teaching can also be fun! This is where we organize the social activities, which are organized to be in-person. The activities can be in various forms of games, picnic, or Dhamma Days!

Game Day

We host Games Day to increase our knowledge about Buddhism while still having fun! Our Games Day can be in the form of an amazing race, an escape room type of activity, or even a treasure hunt.

Movie Night

We also host Movie Night where we watch a movie together and reflect on the message which is related to the Buddha’s teachings!

Picnic & Potluck

Register yourself for our picnic/potluck events to share your dish while being able to socialize with like-minded individuals.

Mindfulness Activities

Mindfulness can be practiced in different forms. To incorporate mindfulness into your daily lives, we organize activities such as mindful walking, mindful cooking and yoga.

Volunteering Activities

Volunteering has been a major part of CITYZEN activities since its formation! As a CITYZEN member, you will join many volunteering activities we have organized and participated in!

The BSV-NBM’s Big Events

CITYZEN has been actively involved in yearly big events held by our parent organization Buddhist Society of Victoria (BSV) as well as Newburry Buddhist Monastery (NBM) which includes Vesak Day, Kathina Day, and Foundation Commemoration.

Other Organizations Events

We also participate in events held by other organizations surrounding Melbourne such as International Vesak Celebration by UN, International Day of Peace, and Tree Planting by Tzu Chi.