After years of dedicated effort, we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new website! Our website provides information about our teachers, history, practices, news, events, and much more. This past weekend, we had the honour of having it blessed by Khenpo la. We hope this platform will bring together our sangha near and far,…

At MBC, we have been maintaining a weekly SOOR practice for many years, where prayers and mantras are offered to the deceased. In Buddhism, prayers are offered for seven weeks after a person’s passing. This period is the time that a person’s consciousness may spend in the bhardo (intermediate state) before finding a new rebirth.…

Here are some photos from our recent Saga Dawa Düchen celebration with a 16 Arhat Puja at MBC. Everyone is invited to all of our weekly, monthly and special events, and our members will warmly welcome you and provide guidance if you wish to join us.

On May 9, representatives from Buddhist Council member organisations gathered with members of Parliament and interfaith colleagues to celebrate the Birth of the Buddha. This auspicious event marked the opening of this year’s Vesak and featured a diverse array of Buddhist groups from across the state. The celebration was hosted by Steve Kamper, the Minister…

We are very pleased to announce that MBC is now a registered charity. This is an exciting milestone in the development of our organisation. There are income tax, fringe benefit tax, and GST savings that come with this new status. However, the main benefit to MBC is an extra layer of governance and protection, as…

Tony Prince, the generous benefactor who bequeathed Swanhaven Retreat House to MBC, has offered another gift to us. He has just completed an annotated translation of the climactic chapter of the story of Sudhana’s pilgrimage, in which he meets the bodhisattva Maitreya and completes his quest for Enlightenment. He has titled it “The Tower of…

In the early years of our group’s formation, the seeds of Manjushri Buddhist Centre were sown with the generous support of Lama Choedak Rinpoche and the Tibetan Buddhist Society of Canberra. Lama Choedak Rinpoche, a guiding light in Tibetan Buddhism, responded to our requests and began regular visits, offering teachings that became a source of…