BUDDHIST EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN AUSTRALIA.

Video by The Path of the Gautama Buddha

Victorian Government policy allows for 30 minutes per week of voluntary religious instruction in primary school council and parents agree to this.

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“In the Dead of Night..."Ajahn Chah -

Don't follow your moods. Train yourself. The practice involves putting your very life at stake. You must have cried at least two or three times. That's right, that's the practice. If you're sleepy and want to lie down then don't let it sleep. Make the sleepiness go away before you lie down. But look at you all, you don't know how to practice.

The building of California Vipassana Centre

To: California, From: Myanmar on Jack Creek

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PEACE is the acronym for great attitudes in universal wellness of one and all

Equanimity-tranquility

- Placidity leads to composure
- Empathy leads to understanding
- Amity leads to friendliness
- Compassion leads to benevolence
- Equanimity leads to tranquility

What a wonderful world that would be!

Can Burma Save Buddhism From the Politicians?

By Christian Caryl, Foreign Policy, October 30, 2015 An unholy alliance between the government and extremist Buddhist monks is threatening to derail the transition to democracy. Yangon, Myanmar - There’s a specter haunting Burma. It’s the specter of politicized religion. On Nov 8, Burmese voters will head to the polls to choose members of a new parliament. It will be the country’s first national election since it started opening up four years ago, and the first relatively democratic one in 25 years. Preparations for the poll have been rocky. Election monitors are already warning about cases of intimidation, sporadic violence, flawed voter lists, and a whole host of other concerns. And even if the authorities get those kinks straightened out, there’s a broader problem: the entire process is taking place in an environment that has been skewed against the opposition.

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China at a Tipping Point: Ecological and Spiritual Awakening

Zilong Wang, a pilgrim

Posted: 11/23/2015 

There is the China we hear about in the news: largest economy 

in the world; lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty and into 

urban areas; largest CO2 emitter; entrenched corruption; toxic 

air; poisoned food and water; growing disparity; political uncertainties; global expansion and entanglement...

Yes, that's perhaps all true. But, on my recent 4-week trip across
the country, I saw a different China - different from my impression just a year ago, and different from what I thought I knew. Yet 
deep down, it felt strangely familiar.

I sensed an ecological and spiritual awakening in the country, at 
a tipping point. I saw countless people and groups doing their 
small and inspiring parts. Many of them do not know each other. 
But they are essentially doing the "same work": being the change they want to see in the world.

Below are some snapshots of the emerging landscape of change.