Welcome to the Sydney Buddhist Centre

The Sydney Buddhist Centre in Newtown offers courses in Buddhism and Meditation in a friendly, supportive environment. Our teachers are practising Buddhists who strive to incorporate the ideals and pracice of Buddhism into daily life. Our meditation techniques can be used by anyone regardless of religious beliefs.

Our Newtown Centre is part of a worldwide movement - the Triratna Buddhist Community (formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order or FWBO) which was founded in 1967 by the Venerable Sangharakshita.

The Triratna Buddhist Community draws upon the entire Buddhist tradition and expresses itself in a fresh and dynamic way.

The Sydney Buddhist Centre has run activities in various locations since 1981. Join us for classes and retreats and meet people with similar interests.

NEW: Buddhist Meditation in Coogee @ Coogee Croquet Club. Weekly Thursdays @ 7pm Contact Dharmalata 0425 201 209 or dharmalata@hotmail.com for more information Bardon Park, Bream St. Opposite the Eastern Suburbs Tennis Clubrooms.

Why Learn to Meditate?

Why Learn about Buddhism?

Meditation is a means of transforming the mind. Buddhist meditation practices are techniques that encourage and develop concentration, clarity, and emotional positivity.

By engaging with a particular meditation practice one learns the patterns and habits of the mind, and the practice offers a means to cultivate new, more positive ways of being.

With discipline and patience these calm and focused states of mind can deepen into profoundly tranquil and energised states of mind. Such experiences can have a transformative effect and can lead to a new understanding of life.

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Buddhism is a path of practice and spiritual development leading to Insight into the true nature of life. Buddhist practices, such as meditation, are means of changing oneself in order to develop the qualities of awareness, kindness, and wisdom.

The experience developed within the Buddhist tradition over thousands of years has created an incomparable resource for all those who wish to follow a path — a path which ultimately culminates in Enlightenment or Buddhahood.

Buddhism teaches practical methods (such as meditation) which enable people to realise and utilise its teachings in order to transform their experience, to be fully responsible for their lives and to develop the qualities of Wisdom and Compassion.

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	Next introductory Buddhism course starts Tues 28 May 2013, 7pm-9:15pm
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	Next introductory meditation course starts Weds 18 June 2013, 10am-12pm
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	Next introductory meditation retreat "Calm, Clear and Spacious" at Vijayaloka Retreat Centre 1-2 June 2013 Learn to meditate in the conducive conditions of a retreat centre, one hour drive from Sydney
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	Introductory drop-in meditation by donation 24 Enmore Rd, Newtown
	Get a no-obligation taste of meditation every Tuesday lunchtime at 12:30 (finish by 1:30) Saturday morning at 10:20 (finish by 11:30) No need to pre-book these drop-in classes. Just dress comfortably and come along for a guided practice.