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Nominations CLOSED

10:02am Friday, 31st March 2023 personAdministrations Officer
Notices

Amended Announcement (1 April 2023, 2:30pm) Nominations for the BSWA Committee 2023-2024 is closed. Thank you to those who have submitted their nominations. Please look…

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BSWA Bookshop – Under Construction

12:28pm Tuesday, 28th March 2023 personAdministrations Officer
NoticesOnline

The BSWA Bookshop has been taken offline for the next week or so, while we work on creating two new BSWA bookshops.  Please check back…

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2023 AGM – Call for Nominations

4:41pm Friday, 10th March 2023 personAdministrations Officer placeDhammaloka City Centre
Notices

Annual General Meeting 2023 Call for Nominations   The BSWA Committee wishes to announce that the Nominations are now open for all Committee member positions for…

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BSWA banks do not accept foreign currency cheques, with immediate effect

9:22am Wednesday, 1st March 2023 personAdministrations Officer
Notices

Please note that with immediate effect, our banks do not accept foreign currency cheques. Hence any cheques with foreign currency will be returned to the…

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Online Relax & Grow New Year 2022/23 Meditation Days – 30 Dec 2022 to 01 Jan 2023

3:28am Tuesday, 27th December 2022 personBodhinyana placeBodhinyana Monastery placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre
MeditationRetreats

Online Relax & Grow New Year 2022/23 Meditation Days – 30 Dec 2022 to 01 Jan 2023 Rather than trying to become, just be, meeting…

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Important Retreat Booking Update for Jhana Grove Retreats

3:23pm Friday, 2nd December 2022 personAdministrations Officer placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre
Ajahn BrahmAjahn BrahmaliAjahn HasapannaAjahn SantutthiJhana GroveRetreats

Link: https://bswa.org/our-locations/about-jhana-grove/booking-retreat/ If you have questions, please email bookings@bswa.org

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Bodhinyana Kathina Ceremony – 16 October @ Jhana Grove

4:30pm Friday, 23rd September 2022 personAdministrations Officer placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre placeBodhinyana Monastery
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BSWA Kathina/End Of Rains Ceremonies

BSWA Kathina/End Of Rains Ceremonies

10:55am Friday, 23rd September 2022 personAdministrations Officer placeBodhinyana Great Southern placeBodhinyana Monastery placeDhammaloka City Centre placeDhammasara Monastery placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre placeKusala Hermitage
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Be Quiet Retreat with Ajahn Santutthi 2nd-4th Dec

3:14pm Wednesday, 31st August 2022 personAdministrations Officer placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre
Ajahn SantutthiBe Quiet 18-35 Young Meditators GroupJhana GroveKalyana MittaMeditationRetreats
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From 2023 – BSWA Retreats and waitlists only open to BSWA members

2:36pm Tuesday, 30th August 2022 personAdministrations Officer placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre
Jhana Grove

  Please be advised that from 2023 – BSWA Retreats and waitlists will only be open to BSWA members:    9 Day Retreats will continue…

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Sutta Retreat 2023 – Date Changed

3:07pm Friday, 29th July 2022 personLay Har Goh placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre
Ajahn Brahmali

Sutta Retreat 2023 by Ajahn Brahmali will be held from 23 June to 2 July. Kindly note the change in date due to the teacher’s…

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Ajahn Brahm’s 71st Birthday – 7 August 2022 @ Jhana Grove

10:26am Friday, 29th July 2022 personAdministrations Officer placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre
Ajahn Brahm

There will be no dana at Bodhinyana on this day. Dana will be at Jhana Grove instead, but with no pindapat alms round. Download Ajahn Brahm’s Birthday Stickers here! Livestreaming of this…

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Online Relax & Grow Easter 2022 Meditation Days – 15-17 Apr

6:04am Tuesday, 5th April 2022 personBodhinyana placeBodhinyana Monastery placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre
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Bhante Cunda (at Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery in Perth) and Bodhidhaja (at Newbury Buddhist Monastery in Melbourne) are offering another Relax & Grow Retreat online via…

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Jhana Grove – Covid Positive Case

10:41pm Thursday, 24th February 2022 personLay Har Goh placeJhana Grove Retreat Centre
Ajahn BrahmJhana GroveRetreats

A retreatant who was in Jhana Grove from 19 Feb to 21 Feb was later found to have tested positive to Covid. She had also…

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