The Buddhist Society of the Northern Territory -Darwin Australia

In this Vesak Day, we wish you and your families, peace, unity and joy on your holy day. As Buddha said, “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.”

Please join us to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Buddhist Society of the Northern Territory.

වස් කාලයේ පවත්වනු ලබන පළමු ධර්ම දේශනය 15 වන සිකුරාදා රාත්‍රී 7.00ට 🙏🙏🙏

10 MORE DAYS TO GO 🍲 🥘 🍱 🥤

INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR-2022

INTERNATIONAL FOOD FAIR-2022

Dear Members,

Buddhist Society of the NT Inc. (BSNT) would like to invite all members and the interested public to attend the annual general meeting which will be held on 19/09/2021 (Sunday) at 2 Pm at Leanyer Buddhist Temple.

The AGM agenda and all supporting documents are attached to this email.

Those who wish to apply for a new committee, need to send their nomination forms to the Public Officer (Kasun 0413247672 ) on or before 15.09.2021.

Please note that the Financial Statements will be sent out as soon as ready.

Thank you

With Metta (Loving Kindness)

Malaka Prasanna
Secretary
Buddhist Society of the Northern Territory Inc
37, Parkside Crescent,
Leanyer, NT, 0812.
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Census night is tomorrow, Tuesday 10th and everyone must participate in Census!
What is the Census? Get help in your language | 2021 Census (abs.gov.au)

You must fill your Census form out in English but Census officers are here to help! (see table) or see this map for our locations. www.census.abs.gov.au/findus
Please bring your Census letter along on the day.

We can also help you with:

Answering other tricky questions about Census

Helping you get online to do you Census

Providing a paper Census form if you prefer to do you Census on paper

For more help Call 1800 512 441 (in-language support available on 131 450 )
You will have received a letter at your home with instructions to complete your Census online.
Lost your letter or didn't get one? go to https://www.census.abs.gov.au/ and 'get a census number'!

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Dear Devotees and Friends in Dhamma

Please be advised that due to the current situation in NT - Top End. The usual activities and events in the Darwin international buddhist centre are cancelled for the next 48h from 01:00pm today.

If you need more information about the lockdown and restrictions, please follow the link: https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au

Stay safe and follow good practise

Coronavirus (COVID-19) The Chief Health Officer has declared Greater Metropolitan Sydney and the City of Blue Mountains and the City of Wollongong Local Government Areas as COVID-19 Hotspots for the purposes of travel to the Northern Territory from 6pm on 23 June 2021.

As a part of Darwin International Buddhist Centre Vesak Festival deeds, we are pleased to extend an invitation to participate for,

Dhamma Sermon & Meditation – Facilitate in English

For whom : Anyone who is interested – Open for all communities
Facilitation : Rev. Bhanthe Pannaloka Thero visits from Melbourne
When :Saturday 22 May 2021 from 6:00pm– 7:30pm

As a part of Darwin International Buddhist Centre Vesak Festival deeds, we are pleased to extend an invitation to participate for,

Observe Sil and Practice Meditation – Facilitates in English

For whom : Dhamma School Students and Youth – Open for all communities
Facilitation : Rev. Bhanthe Pannaloka Thero visits from Melbourne
When :Sunday 23 May 2021 from 8:30am – 2:00pm

BSNT had the Opening Ceremony of New Dwellings and Offering Them to Sanga on 20 March 2021.
Thanking to devotees and friends in Dhama for the genorous support extended toward this very especial development.

More from International Food Fair 😊😊😊

Our event (Fundraising International Food Fair) was a very successful and we would like to thank everyone for all your support. 😊😊😊😊

Hello everyone!
The international food fair will be on Sunday 29 November. A TV advert mistakenly has mentioned that it’s on 24 November and please ignore the news. Hope to see you all on 29 Nov at Food Fair.

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Treat your taste buds to tantalizing foods from Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Burma, India, and Thailand and more. 😋😋😋😋😋🤩🤩🤩🤩

Do you wanna try "Kottu Roti" ? 😋😋🤩🤩

Explore Unique Food Cultures 🍛🍝🍢🍜🍱🤩🤩🤩🤩

Your favorite food fair is not far away 🤩🤩🤩🤩

Buddhist Society NT needs your support in order to secure parcel of land next to the Leanyer Buddhist Temple.
The BSNT committee has been made aware that a community organisation has put in an application for the parcel of land next to the Leanyer Buddhist Temple.

We kindly request you to submit your objection into the proposed grant of land as a BSNT community member by sending an email or post to the Senior Director, Crown Land Estate, Department Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics. Email: [email protected] | Post box address: GPO Box 1680, Darwin NT 0801. Kindly BCC your emails to [email protected] for our track records. You ONLY HAVE 10 MORE DAYS to do this.

BSNT has had a great interest in this parcel of the land for a long period of time and has been actively attempting to submit an application to grant this land for BSNT service expansion.
We are great friends of Chinese Australian Friendship Association and support their wishes to create a community centre and outdoor entertainment centre development for use of their members. We do, however, believe there are many other suitable land options for this venture that don’t hinder the ability for the expansion of BSNT’s services for the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic community we serve.
Leanyer Buddhist Centre has provided it's harmonious and spiritual services to the broader community living in Darwin. It is an inclusive and welcoming place where people can come and learn more about Buddhism, meditation, spirituality or participate in community events. In this way, the Buddhist Centre fosters connections between the various cultural and community groups who make up it’s members and the broader Darwin community promoting cross-cultural understanding and multi-faith dialogue.
Further, we strongly believe that the said parcel of land is not suitable for a community centre and outdoor entertainment centre due to the following reasons. The activities of the proposed community centre and outdoor entertainment centre;
• will interrupt the local residents in the area with noise, traffic congestion and alcohol consumption
• will interrupt the Buddhist centre activities such as meditation and chanting and language teaching with noise, traffic congestion and alcohol consumption
• will hinder the further development and expansion of the services continued over the last 40 years by BSNT as this is the only available crown land for developments in the vicinity of the Buddhist Centre.
• will reduce the available parking space for BSNT's larger community events, where parking for 100-200 vehicles is generally needed. At the moment this amount of parking is achievable for us due to the vacant block, however if this were no longer available there would be far more vehicles parked through the surrounding roads during these events which could disturb the residents and their peace of mind. (Note: BSNT’s proposed plans to develop the vacant block include plans for parking).
• will change the community landscape of Leanyer, especially the peacefulness and harmony added by the Buddhist Centre to the Leanyer neighbourhood.
We hope you will consider these concerns views of BSNT, the neighbourhood of Leanyer with regards to said grant of land next to the Buddhist temple.
We hope you will extend your fullest support in this time and thank you in advance.