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Buddhism bonanza: Celebrations across Australia as religion maintains its popularity

By Samantha Turnbull, Justin Huntsdale and Anthony Scully, ABC North Coast, 7 Jul 2017

Sydney, Australia -- The 2016 census shows Australians are less religious than ever before, but one religion is maintaining its popularity, with diverse celebrations planned across the country this weekend.

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Buddhism scripture teachers struggling to keep up with demand from state schools

By Samantha Turnbull, ABC North Coast, Dec 15, 2016

New South Wales, Australia -- New South Wales public schools are struggling to keep up with demand for Buddhism scripture teachers.

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How violent poo-chucker turned Buddhist

by Erin Godwin, Chinchilla News, 15th Oct 2016

Brisbane, Australia -- ONE of Queensland's most violent prisoners, who threw urine and feces at correction officers, says Buddhism has saved him.

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Green light for 3-storey Buddhist temple for Adelaide’s north by Playford Council’s Development Assessment Panel

by Sarah Rohweder, Northern Messenger, July 26, 2016

Adelaide, Asutralia -- THE United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregation SA will no longer have to use a small house as a makeshift temple under a new plan to build a worship centre in the north.

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Tibetan Teacher visits Manjushri Buddhist Centre

Milton Ulladulla Times, June 16, 2016

Milton, Australia -- Tibetan Buddhist meditation master and respected teacher, Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe, will once more offer a weekend of teaching sessions at the Manjushri Buddhist Centre, Milton.

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Queensland's Buddhist numbers swell

Buddhist cremation and burial garden opens at Enfield Memorial Park in Adelaide

Meditation meets maths in Melbourne's first Buddhist school in Springvale

Adelaide’s first dedicated Buddhist burial site at Enfield Memorial Park

Buddhist primary school in Springvale South a first for Melbourne

Second woman missing from Sakya International Buddhist retreat found in Buchan bushland

Golden dome completes exterior of stunning Thai Buddhist pagoda in Lyneham

Finally, Buddhists to get their temple in Adelaide’s north

Large wooden Buddhist temple model goes on display in Wyong

Australia’s second-largest religion is being ‘ignored’

Buddhism, Australia’s second largest religion

Construction of RM1.1bil Buddhist retreat and kung fu school to start soon

Tony Abbott opens Nan Tien Buddhist Institute at Wollongong as leadership tensions continue

Nan Tien Institute to open $40 million campus on March 1

Phoney Buddhist monks scam Victorians and tourists

In search of a wandering Buddhist monk

Australia’s First Buddhist-run Institution Blooms

Circle of Wisdom: A Tibetan Buddhist Mandala

Plans move forward for Buddhist cafe in Brighton East despite two objections

Nicole, Keith and the incensed Buddhist

Walking Buddhist Monk surprises Northmead teacher

Head buddhist visits Whitsundays

Fake Buddhist monks scamming people in Melbourne, says Consumer Affairs

Community combines for Vesak Day celebrations

Tibetan Buddhist Society celebrates New Year with Yuroke festival

New hub for Canberra's burgeoning Buddhist community

NSW Fair Trading issues warning over bogus Buddhist monk scam

Bid to build 22m-high Buddhist temple on Salisbury Highway is in doubt

Buddhanet launches Buddhist eLibrary

Plans lodged for 22m high Buddhist temple on Salisbury Highway

Work begins on new Buddhist temple in Canberra

Investigators suspect arson at Buddhist temple

Local Buddhist community mark four years since the planting of the Bonnyrigg Bodhi Tree

Blessing ceremony to mark start of construction of Woods Bagot-designed Buddhist Campus in Wollongong

Lama Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche passes away in Australia

Meditation marathon in Brunswick

For Belgrave Buddhist monks, it's the rite way to celebrate

Christianity Steadily Declining in Australia, Buddhism, Hinduism Growing

Conference on "Buddhism & Australia"

Calming influence of Tibetan Buddhism

Buddhist retreats growth plans

Spreading Buddha: new temple boosts community

Vietnamese leader mourned

Why I'm imperfect, the Dalai tells

WHAT do you cook when the Dalai Lama comes to dinner?

Light shines on festival

Lama Choedak Rinpoche apologises

Plea for carpark for Springvale South temples

A Buddhist tradition takes root in Bendigo

Oz Buddhist leader complains of Christian biasness in Victorian schools

Prayers for peace and strength

Fairfield temple gets green light for worship

Buddhist temple has community blessing

Buddhist temple plans a step closer

Box Hill blessed by Buddhist spirits

Man who beat meditating Buddhist monk to death is jailed

Temple a super school 'detraction'

Buddhist Insights for a New World Economy

Buddhist uni to teach karma and commerce

Woman wants Buddha statues banned from Hope Valley nursing home

Buddhist temple in Nerang gets go-ahead under strict conditions

Australian elephant blessed by Buddhist monks

Monks bashed in monastery raid

Buddhists turn their minds to happiness

Man remanded over fatal bashing of monk

Buddhist monk bashed to death in carpark

Buddhists welcome visit from top Tibetan lama

Young people can change the world: Dalai Lama

Spirit of openness - tour Waitara’s Buddhist headquarters

Uninhibited Monastic Life for Nuns

A blessing on the animals

Please explain, Buddhist temple backers told

Tibetan Buddhist temple answers 5 million prayers

Monks offer insight into Buddhist lifestyle

Peace and happiness to all

Prophet of peace

Council rejects Buddhist retreat plan

Buddhist fest of enlightenment

Temple’s new shrine opens

Buddhism a spiritual awakening

Honu seeks help to feed homeless

Between Buddhism and the hard yards of police work

Paget’s road to true happiness

Hundreds at Buddhist retreat

Monks 'pulling teeth as they pass through town'

Bonnyrigg Temple prepares for the crowds

Buddhist monk enters hallowed halls of academe

Negotiations continue over Buddhist temple plan

Temple given major project status

Students to be taught there's no God

5th World Buddhist Sangha Youth General Conference in Hobart

From tannery dumping ground and glue factory, the Heavenly Queen rises

Mindfulness for mental health

Holy Relics on display in Melbourne

Marsupials stinking to high heaven

Buddhism central to Linda's daily life

The survivors of Qingzhou unearthed

Aussie school offers a Buddhist approach to learning

Sydney residents oppose Buddhist monastery development

Enlightening business

Buddhists promote good karma

Master of ceremonies for the happy day

No jail for dope-dealing monk

Dalai Lama wraps up Australia tour, heads to Jordan

Dalai Lama preaches message of compassion

Buddhist monk Jose sold drugs from Kings Cross laundry

Monk pleads guilty to growing cannabis at his laundrette

Hope in the heart of a homeless hero

Dalai Lama arrives in Australia to welcomes and taunts

Honour for humble man

Australia: Lantern pins down tight-knit community

Finding the meaning of life in secluded surroundings

'I have been telling people to come here' Says Buddhist Monk

After three years of nothing, let's party

Tibetan Buddhists celebrate as a new year marches in

Buddhism defying religion's slide in Wollongong

Upwey class promotes peaceful poise

Dear Kev, good onya - Dalai Lama

Sands of Peace and Harmony

Meditating on shifting sands

Sze Yup Buddhist temple set alight in Australia

Buddhist teacher to visit Magnetic

Buddha boom... it's karma

Monks' mantras upset locals

Be a weekend Buddhist

Centre a first for Buddhists

A meditation on studying for VCE as thousands prepare for exams

Incense, dance, Caddy for monk

Central west gets live-in Buddhist retreat

The felonious monk and his trail of lies

A lesson on living the good life

Vision realised

Buddha in suburbia

Buddha for National Gallery

Bendigo to be home to giant jade Buddha

Australian state loses Buddhist temple project

Ghostly presents hit in new temple

Buddhism is Australia's fastest growing religion

Australians Flock to Embrace Buddhism

30,000 get wet to hear Dalai Lama

Tibetan community welcomes Dalai Lama to Sydney

Young people 'turning to spirituality': Dalai Lama

Geelong leaves an impression on Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama pays homage to "Crocodile Hunter's" zoo

Dalai Lama heads to Canberra

Humble symbol of Tibetan freedom

Dalai Lama blesses Bendigo's big Buddhist stupa

Hundreds greet Dalai Lama in Perth

Dalai Lama tour repays faithful

Dalai Lama set for flight to Perth

The Dalai Lama Down Under

Suits in no rush to become enlightened

Dandenong Buddhists celebrate new year

Gandhari expert sheds light on Buddhism

Buddhist way of life kindles curiosity

His Eminence Ratna Vajra Rinpoche's Teaching Tour of Australia

Buddhist stress relief

Bendigo to support Dalai Lama visit

Dalai Lama to visit Great Stupa in Australia

Not time to grief, says Ajahn Brahmavamso

Dalai Lama to visit Australia in 2007

Buddhist abbot approves Shoalhaven tourism site

His Holiness' second coming

China visit 'essential' for temple proposal

A Tibetan Lama Speaks at 4th Global Conference on Buddhism in Australia

Small paws on the path to Buddhist enlightenment

International conference examine issues on fundamentalism

Buddhist finds inner peace in Dandenong

Buddhist monks connect with Indigenous community

Australia: More choosing Buddhist path

Tibetan chic: Why Buddhism is so hot right now

Totally devoted to you

Funds drive on for Buddhist shrine

Building work to begin on Buddhist shrine

Council to offer land to Buddhist order

Meditation and the art of becoming a better boss

A Buddhist day out beckons

Govt urged to back Buddhist temple plan

Buddhist centre opens in Kurrajong

Worries aired over council-Buddhist group agreement

Temple planning expansion

Prayers and Donations for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

Home-Converted Temple: My Spiritual Struggle in Australia

Monks make mandalas in peace quest

Buddhist teaching Monk to visit

Dalai Lama to visit Australia in 2007

Buddhism Spreads Down Under as Asians Change Australia

Monks bring Tibetan culture to Border

A New Tibetan Buddhist Centre Opens in Australia

Creating Vesak history in Sydney

Monks scatter sands of mandala

Monks share wisdom

Opening of Great Stupa Exhibition Centre in Bendigo

Two decades of work reaches fruition

Rogue trader finds enlightenment on the way to court

Buddhist group plans a regional retreat

Australian national swimmer dallies with Buddhism

Fourth Buddhist Summit Cancelled

Gyatso's retreats to island cavern

Buddhists plead for their dead

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