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SUMMARY:Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony 2025
DESCRIPTION:The BSV committee invites everyone to join the Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony – a ceremony to offer robes and other requisites to the Sangha as an expression of our gratitude. This year’s event will be held at the Newbury Buddhist Monastery (107 Beaches Lane\, Newbury).Date: Sunday\, 26 October 2025Time: 09:30 am – 03:00 pm (AEDT)  \nPlease arrive by 9.00 am to enable the event to commence at 9.30 am sharp. \nIn the morning there will be a Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Nissarano followed by Rice Pindapatha and offering lunch dana to the Monastics. Communal lunch will be at 11.30am. If you wish\, please bring a dish to share with the monastics and the lay community. Please bring ready-to-eat food. No food preparation and reheating available.  The Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony will begin at 12:30 pm. \nAttending in personYou are encouraged to check the weather at Newbury before leaving home and bring suitable clothes (e.g. jacket\, hat/beanie) including an umbrella. The weather at Newbury is usually 5 degrees cooler than in Melbourne. It is highly recommended to wear sturdy walking shoes as the terrain is uneven and can be muddy.  For those who suffer from hay fever or asthma\, please take appropriate precautions as the pollen count is high during spring season in Newbury \nBus to NewburyPlease click HERE to reserve your seat. When reserving your ticket\, you will be given the option to pay online or at the BSV Office. If you want to pay for your ticket at the Office\, select “Cash” as your payment method during the checkout process. You will need to pay for it within 7 days of purchase or your ticket will be released back into the pool. \nLast day to secure a seat is Sunday\, 19th October 2025\, 5pm (subject to availability).  The bus will depart from the BSV Buddhaloka Centre (71 Darling Road\, Malvern East) by 7 am SHARP. Please plan to be at the Centre by 6.45am. The bus will leave NBM at 3.30pm to return to the Buddhaloka Centre. \n  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Kathina Ceremony Program: \n\n\n\n09.30\nPresident’s welcome message\n\n\n09.35\nTaking of Refuges and 5 Precepts\, and chanting with Ajahn Nissaraṇo (in English)\n\n\n09.45\nMessage by the Mayor of Hepburn Shire\, Don Henderson\n\n\n09:50\nReflections about the 2025 Rains Retreat from Ayya Sankappa & Ajahn Nissaraṇo\n\n\n10:00\nDhamma Talk by Ajahn Nissarano\n\n\n10.25\nShort Blessing by Monastics\n\n\n10.30\nRice Pindapata & offering lunch dana to monastics\n\n\n11.00\nCommunal lunch\n\n\n12.30 \nProcession followed by the Formal Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony\n\n\n13.35 \nLay community make offerings of robes and other requisites to NBM monastics.\n\n\n14:00\nOpen Day Walking Tours of Retreat Centre\, Monks’ and Nuns’ areas\n\n\n14:45\nThe Robe Offering Celebration Event concludes\n\n\n15:15\nBoarding Bus for 15:30 Departure from NBM to Buddhaloka Centre\n\n\n\n  \nMorning Session : 9.30 – 10.30am \n \n  \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\nDana/Gift Offering for the Ceremony\nDevotees and lay people are invited to offer any of the four requisites (robes\, food\, medicine\, shelter) to the BSV-NBM Bhikkhu and Bhikkhuni Sangha as a practical way of expressing their gratitude and support. \nRequisites available for offering at the Kathina Robe Offering Ceremony: \n\nGift wrapped robes\, robes and bowl sets will be available at the NBM for offering:\nFull Set of Robes with Alms Bowl – $70\nFull Set of Robes Only – $40\nTowels Set – $30\nTowel Only – $10\n\n \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Robes & Other Requisites \nThe offering is symbolic. Your donation will go towards supporting NBM Sangha.This donation is not tax deductible. \n				Donate Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				NBM Building Fund \nMake a donation towards the NBM Retreat Centre Project Stage 2a.\nThis donation is tax deductible.\n				Donate Now\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					\n					\n						\n						Dana/Gift Offering for the Ceremony\n						\n						A giver of food is a giver of strength.\nA giver of clothes is a giver of beauty.\nA giver of vehicle is a giver of ease.\nA giver of lamp is a giver of vision.\nAnd the one who is a giver of residence is a giver of everything.\nBut the one who teaches the Dhamma is a giver of the deathless.\nThe Buddha explains to a deva the true value of various kinds of gifts. \n(SN 1.42)
URL:https://www.bsv.net.au/events/kathina-robe-offering-ceremony-2025/
LOCATION:Sanctuary of Stillness\, 107 Beaches Lane\, Newbury\, Victoria\, 3458\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dhamma Teaching Programs,NBM,Online,Special Event,Upcoming,Weekly
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251031T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251031T210000
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SUMMARY:Special Dhamma Talk | Most Ven Ariyananda Maha Thero
DESCRIPTION:Special Dhamma Talk by The Most Ven Ariyananda Maha Thero\nDate: Friday 31st October 2025\nTime: 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm\nVenue: BSV Buddhaloka Centre\n71 Darling Road\, Malvern East VIC 3145 \nAll are very welcome.  Registration not required. \nAbout The Teacher\nThe Most Ven Ariyananda Maha Thero is the present Abbot of Na Uyana Forest Monastery\, where he is Chief Meditation Teacher\, Administrator and Chief Advisor. After his higher ordination in 1993\, he spent a year in Myanmar\, where he mastered the Pa-Auk meditation method.\n \nIn 1997 he came to Na Uyana Monastery along with 10 other monks to initiate a project to build a Meditation Centre. The Monastery is now the largest monastery in the Galduwa tradition and is also one of the main international monasteries in Sri Lanka. \nThe Most Ven Ariyananda Maha Thero is a committed teacher\, who focuses on encouraging his students\, particularly monks and nuns\, in virtue\, concentration and wisdom. He also dedicates his time and effort travelling overseas to make accessible the core teachings of Buddhism for international practitioners. \nParking\nThere is a car park at the back of Buddhaloka Centre which can be accessed via Terminus lane. Please be PARTICULARLY mindful when parking on the streets around the Centre to ensure that you do not obstruct driveways in any way. \n \n 
URL:https://www.bsv.net.au/events/special-dhamma-talk-venerable-ariyananda/
LOCATION:Buddhaloka Centre\, 71 Darling Road\, Malvern East\, VIC\, 3145\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dhamma Teaching Programs,Online,Special Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251221T190000
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SUMMARY:Special Dhamma Talk | Most Respected Venerable Udairiyagama Dhammajiva Maha Thero
DESCRIPTION:Special Dhamma Talk by the Most Respected Venerable Udairiyagama Dhammajiva Maha Thero\nDate: Sunday 21st December 2025\nTime: 7 – 8.30pm\nVenue: BSV Buddhaloka Centre\n71 Darling Road\, Malvern East VIC 3145 \nAll are very welcome.  Registration not required. \nParking\nThere is a car park at the back of Buddhaloka Centre which can be accessed via Terminus lane. Please be PARTICULARLY mindful when parking on the streets around the Centre to ensure that you do not obstruct driveways in any way. \n \n 
URL:https://www.bsv.net.au/events/special-dhamma-talk-venerable-dhammajiva-maha-thero/
LOCATION:Buddhaloka Centre\, 71 Darling Road\, Malvern East\, VIC\, 3145\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dhamma Teaching Programs,Online,Special Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20251231T210000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260101T003000
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SUMMARY:Growing Together in 2026
DESCRIPTION:A warm invitation to Welcome 2026 at the BSV Buddhaloka Centre\nThe theme for this year is “Growing Together in 2026.” Of course\, it’s growing together as we walk the Noble Eightfold Path together with Spiritual Friends (Kalyānamittas). It creates a sense of community\, which can give us support and strength as we practice. Just like a tree that grows on its own can be more easily blown over by the wind and rain than a tree that is part of a forest\, which has much more support and protection. It is also important how we walk the Path together. We need to embrace the four Divine Abidings (Brahmavihāras) – Friendliness (Mettā)\, Caring (Karunā)\, Joy for other’s good qualities (Muditā)\, and Equanimity (Upekkha). \nMay we walk the Path joyfully together into 2026! \nDate: Wednesday\, 31st December 2025\nVenue: BSV Buddhaloka Centre\, 71 Darling Road\, Malvern East \nThose who wish to bring offerings of lights (tealights only)\, flowers and incense may offer these at the Buddha statue in the front garden before the program begins. Please bring finger food for a shared supper. \nProgram:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 9:00 PM\n  Welcome address\n\n\n 9:05 PM\n  Group Activity\n\n\n 9:40 PM\n  Guided Metta Meditation led by Ajahn Nissarano\n\n\n 10:00 PM\n  Break for light refreshments\n\n\n 10:25 PM\n  Water Blessing\n\n\n 10:30 PM\n  Chanting\n\n\n 10:45 PM\n  Dhamma Quiz\n\n\n 11:30 PM\n  Reflecting with Gratitude (Guided)\n\n\n 11:55 PM\n  Count Down to Midnight\n\n\n 12:00 AM\n  Dedication of Merit & Blessing\n\n\n 12:15 AM\n  Thank you & end of event\n\n\n\n  \nThe BSV Buddhaloka Centre will be open from 9am – 3pm on New Year’s Day (Thursday\, 1st January). \n11 am: Offering lunch dana to the monastics\, followed by communal lunch\nYou are very welcome to participate. Please bring a plate of food to share with the monastics and lay community. We kindly request those who wish to make an offering\, to deliver their contribution to the Vihara kitchen no later than 10:30am. This will greatly assist with lunch preparation. \n1pm – 2pm: A short Dhamma talk\, guided meditation and a Q & A session in the Hall
URL:https://www.bsv.net.au/events/growing-together-in-2026/
LOCATION:Buddhaloka Centre\, 71 Darling Road\, Malvern East\, VIC\, 3145\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Online,Special Event,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260130T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260130T210000
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SUMMARY:Special Dhamma Talk | Venerable Santacitto Thero
DESCRIPTION:Special Dhamma Talk by Venerable Santacitto Thero\nDate: Friday 30th January 2026\nTime: 7.30 – 9.00pm\nVenue: BSV Buddhaloka Centre\n71 Darling Road\, Malvern East VIC 3145 \nAll are very welcome.  Registration not required. \nAbout the teacher:\nBhikkhu Santacitto\, originally from Banjarnegara\, Central Java\, is a Theravada Buddhist monk under the Saṅgha Theravāda Indonesia. He pursued his studies in Pali and Buddhist Studies at the University of Kelaniya\, Sri Lanka\, completing his PhD in 2013. From 2009 to 2012\, he served as a guest lecturer for international students at the same university. \nFrom 2015 to 2019\, he was the Head of the Buddhist Religious Education Program at Kertarajasa Buddhist College (STAB) Batu. Since 2019\, he has been serving as the Chairperson of STAB Kertarajasa. \nHe is active in academics and monastic duties\, including teaching young monks under the Sangha Theravada Indonesia. He also frequently leads meditation retreats across Indonesia for both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. \nParking\nThere is a car park at the back of Buddhaloka Centre which can be accessed via Terminus lane. Please be PARTICULARLY mindful when parking on the streets around the Centre to ensure that you do not obstruct driveways in any way. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bsv.net.au/events/special-dhamma-talk-venerable-santacitto-thero/
LOCATION:Buddhaloka Centre\, 71 Darling Road\, Malvern East\, VIC\, 3145\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Dhamma Teaching Programs,Online,Special Event,Upcoming
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