Living Buddhism Course
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaOur weekly Living Buddhism Course explores a topic chosen by the group, and the facilitator leads the group as a whole to understand, experience and reflect on how the Buddha’s teachings can be applied to understanding that topic and our lives, so as to make our spiritual practice relevant and integrated in our daily lives. […]
Grief and Loss Led by Venerable Bom Hyon Sunim
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaThe dewdrop world is the dewdrop world, and yet ... and yet. - Haiku Master Issa (18C) All human beings face loss, moment by moment, not one thing can we possess forever. It is common to associate grief with the experience of loss of loved ones. But grief touches us in a variety of life […]
Thursday Evenings Qigong
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaHealing Breath Qigong is a practice that helps us maintain good health, live longer, aging painlessly, prevent illness, heal naturally, and lightening up our spirit. Our weekly Qigong classes are led by Sister Steadiness, bringing in a holistic wellbeing practice that incorporates mindfulness, meditation, slow flowing movements, deep rhythmic breathing, and developing a calm meditative […]
Healing Meditation Class Facilitated by Sister Emerald
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaThe Healing Breathing Sangha will host meditation sessions at the Metta Centre twice a month each 1st and 3rd Monday from 7pm to 8.30pm, with the first class commencing on Monday 12th March. The classes will explore different kinds of Buddhist practice, including guided meditation, walking meditation, sutra reading, touching the earth practice, lying down […]
Grief and Loss Led by Venerable Bom Hyon Sunim
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaThe dewdrop world is the dewdrop world, and yet ... and yet. - Haiku Master Issa (18C) All human beings face loss, moment by moment, not one thing can we possess forever. It is common to associate grief with the experience of loss of loved ones. But grief touches us in a variety of life […]
Thursday Evenings Qigong
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaHealing Breath Qigong is a practice that helps us maintain good health, live longer, aging painlessly, prevent illness, heal naturally, and lightening up our spirit. Our weekly Qigong classes are led by Sister Steadiness, bringing in a holistic wellbeing practice that incorporates mindfulness, meditation, slow flowing movements, deep rhythmic breathing, and developing a calm meditative […]
Urban Meditation Retreat with Venerable Dr. Vimokkha Medhino
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaVen. Vimokkha returns to the Metta Centre from Thailand again for a weekend urban retreat on “Intuitive Awareness”. This workshop-style retreat will have talks and meditation sessions to demonstrate a pragmatic approach to arouse pure intuitive awareness with clear knowing and seeing. In line with Venerable Vimokkha’s style of teaching, his simple technique is by […]
The Tiny Blue Dot
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaFrom space, our planet appears as a tiny blue dot in the vastness of space. Blue because 99% of all living space on Earth occurs in the Ocean. Tiny because of the enormity of the universe. Despite being tiny, we owe everything in our existence to this tiny blue dot and really every day should […]
Becoming Buddhist: an introduction to taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaJoin us in a practical three-week course with Robert Tomic to discover what it means to call oneself ‘Buddhist’. Going beyond the shroud of incense smoke, the glare of light offerings and the routine of ritual, we can discover the meaning of why we do the things we do in order to be Buddhist. By opening our […]
Thursday Evenings Qigong
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaHealing Breath Qigong is a practice that helps us maintain good health, live longer, aging painlessly, prevent illness, heal naturally, and lightening up our spirit. Our weekly Qigong classes are led by Sister Steadiness, bringing in a holistic wellbeing practice that incorporates mindfulness, meditation, slow flowing movements, deep rhythmic breathing, and developing a calm meditative […]
Zen and the Art of Pause by Venerable Bom Hyon Sunim
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaVenerable Bom Hyon Sunim is from the Korean Zen tradition and is resident at the Korean Jong Bop Sa Temple in Sydney. Sunim has recently relocated to Sydney, having lived in Victoria for the past 8 years, where she was the resident teacher of the Bodhi Ahm Buddhist Centre and founded the Healthcare Chaplaincy program […]
Living Buddhism Course
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaOur weekly Living Buddhism Course explores a topic chosen by the group, and the facilitator leads the group as a whole to understand, experience and reflect on how the Buddha’s teachings can be applied to understanding that topic and our lives, so as to make our spiritual practice relevant and integrated in our daily lives. […]
Becoming Buddhist: an introduction to taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaJoin us in a practical three-week course with Robert Tomic to discover what it means to call oneself ‘Buddhist’. Going beyond the shroud of incense smoke, the glare of light offerings and the routine of ritual, we can discover the meaning of why we do the things we do in order to be Buddhist. By opening our […]
Thursday Evenings Qigong
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaHealing Breath Qigong is a practice that helps us maintain good health, live longer, aging painlessly, prevent illness, heal naturally, and lightening up our spirit. Our weekly Qigong classes are led by Sister Steadiness, bringing in a holistic wellbeing practice that incorporates mindfulness, meditation, slow flowing movements, deep rhythmic breathing, and developing a calm meditative […]
Adult’s Half Day of Mindfulness Practice Facilitated by Sister Emerald and Sister Steadiness
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaBeing an adult is hard work. We have responsibilities, duties, obligations, endless to-do lists, and worries. With modern pressures to be efficient and effective, and a society that is driven on busyness, we forget the importance of being still and present to develop depth in our everyday experiences. Like the butterfly amongst the shrubs, we […]
Healing Meditation Class Facilitated by Sister Emerald
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaThe Healing Breathing Sangha will host meditation sessions at the Metta Centre twice a month each 1st and 3rd Monday from 7pm to 8.30pm, with the first class commencing on Monday 12th March. The classes will explore different kinds of Buddhist practice, including guided meditation, walking meditation, sutra reading, touching the earth practice, lying down […]
Becoming Buddhist: an introduction to taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaJoin us in a practical three-week course with Robert Tomic to discover what it means to call oneself ‘Buddhist’. Going beyond the shroud of incense smoke, the glare of light offerings and the routine of ritual, we can discover the meaning of why we do the things we do in order to be Buddhist. By opening our […]
Thursday Evenings Qigong
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaHealing Breath Qigong is a practice that helps us maintain good health, live longer, aging painlessly, prevent illness, heal naturally, and lightening up our spirit. Our weekly Qigong classes are led by Sister Steadiness, bringing in a holistic wellbeing practice that incorporates mindfulness, meditation, slow flowing movements, deep rhythmic breathing, and developing a calm meditative […]
Yoga with Shweta
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaOur breath-centred Hatha yoga session is led by Shweta Dhawan. Shweta has been practicing yoga since 2006. She did a 350 hour breath-centred Hatha yoga teacher training in the classical tradition of T. Krishnamacharya from the Yoga Institute in Cammeray. Shweta’s classes are a combination of playful sequencing for strength and flexibility, and breath-centred movements […]
Thursday Evenings Qigong
Metta Centre 7-9 Cross Street #2, Bankstown, NSW, AustraliaHealing Breath Qigong is a practice that helps us maintain good health, live longer, aging painlessly, prevent illness, heal naturally, and lightening up our spirit. Our weekly Qigong classes are led by Sister Steadiness, bringing in a holistic wellbeing practice that incorporates mindfulness, meditation, slow flowing movements, deep rhythmic breathing, and developing a calm meditative […]