Here is a list of all the Dhamma talks, workshops, and facilitated Dhamma discussions from the most recent to the least for years:

2002, 2001, 2000

November: 26th
October: 11th, 18th
September: 6th, 13th, 20th
August: 8th, 16th, 23rd
May: 3rd
April: 11th, 19th, 26th
March: 22nd

Dhamma Talk

Here are some of the Upcoming Events:-

Date: 1st August (Friday)

Time:  6pm (please note that doors will be locked at 6.30pm)
Venue: Foundation Life Members Room, Graduate Centre (gate 7 or 8 from Gratten Street),
           The University of Melbourne.
Speaker: Ven Horowpathane Sathindriya 

Notes: Ven Horowpathane Sathindriya is from the Samadhi Meditation Centre. He will be conducting a Chanting,

            Dhamma Talk, and a meditation session.


Date: 8th August (Friday)

Time:  6pm (please note that doors will be locked at 6.30pm)
Venue: Gryphon Galary, Graduate Centre (gate 7 or 8 from Gratten Street),
            The University of Melbourne.
Speaker: Dr Granville Dharmawardena
Notes: Dr Granville Dharmawardena will be talking about hypnotism and rebirth. There will be a Q & A session and a
            hypnosis session.

(All those events are free of charge and open to public)

Dhamma Talk

We are pleased to be able to organise a Dhamma talk by Ajahn Brahmavamso, currently the Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Western Australia. Despite having an extremely busy schedule during his stay in Melbourne, Ajahn Brahmavamso accepted our impromptu invitation without any hesitation. This will be his first Dhamma talk for MUBSS, so don't miss this wonderful opportunity to listen to a gifted educator and practitioner of the Buddha Dhamma. Please be punctual as Ajahn Brahmavamso must leave by 7:00pm to conduct another talk. With metta, MUBSS.

Date: Tuesday, 26th November 2002
Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Venue: Green Room, Frank Tate Building, The University of Melbourne
Speaker: Ajahn Brahmavamso
Notes: Ajahn Brahmavamso was born in London in 1951. He regarded himself a Buddhist at the age of 17 through reading Buddhist books while still at school. His interest in Buddhism flourished while he was studying at Cambridge University. After completing his degree in Theoretical Physics and teaching for a year, he traveled to Thailand to become a monk at the age of 23. He spent 9 years studying and training in the forest meditation tradition under Ven. Ajahn Chah. In 1983, he was invited to set up the Bodhinyana Monastery in Western Australia and is now the Abbot there, leading and training 17 monks and anagarikas (novices). On December 16th, 2001, he entered into a solitude retreat for six months. He has just emerged from this retreat with amazing results.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 18th October 2002
Time: 5:15-7:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Graduate Centre (near corner of Swanston and Grattan Sts, Parkville)
Topic: Dharma for Dummies II
Speaker: Yoon Tiem Leong
Notes: This week’s talk is the second of the “Dharma for Dummies” series conducted by Yoon Tiem Leong, a graduate student in Physics at the University of Melbourne, who is also a member of MUBSS. This week, Tiem Leong will cover the third and fourth Noble Truths.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 11th October 2002
Time: 5:15-7:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Graduate Centre (near corner of Swanston and Grattan Sts, Parkville)
Topic: Dharma for Dummies I
Speaker: Yoon Tiem Leong
Notes: This week’s talk is one of a series of “Dharma for Dummies” sessions that will cover some of the fundamental concepts in Buddhism. Yoon Tiem Leong, a graduate student in Physics at The University of Melbourne, who is also a member of MUBSS, will conduct this three-week interactive course. Tiem Leong will cover the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, as well as other basic teachings of the Buddha. Notes will also be provided. Please also note that there has been a change in time from the usual 6pm to 5.15pm. This means that we will finish just in time for dinner, and can devote our full attention during the talk to the dharma rather than our rumbling tummies.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 20th September 2002
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Graduate Centre (near corner of Swanston and Grattan Sts, Parkville)
Speaker: Dipanka
Notes: This week’s talk will be given by Dipanka from the Melbourne Buddhist Centre (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order). Introduced to Buddhism while travelling in Asia, Dipanka has been a practicing Buddhist for 25 years. He has trained in engineering, and has an interest in art (portraiture). Dipanka will talk about faith and Buddhism from the perspective of the Pure Land School, which is also described as the path of serene trust, or “prasada” (faith) in Sanskrit.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 13th September 2002
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Graduate Centre (near corner of Swanston and Grattan Sts, Parkville)
Speaker: Pam Hanson
Notes: Pam Hanson from the Tara Institute (Mahayana Tibetan) in East Brighton will be giving this week’s Dhamma talk. Pam has been a student at the Tara Institute for the past six years. She will lead us in meditation, and will talk about the different types of Buddhism.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 6th September 2002
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Graduate Centre (near corner of Swanston and Grattan Sts, Parkville)
Speaker: Peter Wong
Notes: This week's talk will be given by Peter Wong from the Melbourne Zen Group (Tradition: Diamond Sangha). Peter Wong is a practice facilitator with the Melbourne Zen group that meets on Tuesday 6:30 to 8:30 at the Kagyu-Vam Buddhist Institute, 673 Lygon St. North Carlton. Peter completed his Masters in Philosophy at The University of Melbourne, and is currently undertaking his PHD thesis on Confucianism with the University of Hawaii. Peter will discuss Zen Meditation techniques, and the practice of Zen Buddhism.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 23rd August 2002
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Graduate Centre (near corner of Swanston and Grattan Sts, Parkville)
Speaker: Reverend Hai
Notes: This week's Dhamma talk will be led by Reverend Hai from the Buddha's Light International Association of Victoria's centre in the city. She arrived in Melbourne two months ago after having lived in Sydney for four years. Reverend Hai is originally from China and is a member of the Fo Guang Shang order, practicing in the Mahayana tradition. Reverend Hai will lead us in a half hour meditation, and will facilitate a discussion on the nature of the mind, and mindfulness in everyday life.

Video and Discussion
Date: Friday, 16th August 2002
Time: 6:00-8:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Graduate Centre (near corner of Swanston and Grattan Sts, Parkville)
Video: "Happiness in a Material World"
Notes: This week we will be watching a video on the Dalai Lama which will be followed by a discussion about "Happiness in a Material World", in line with the Dalai Lama's public talk that many of us attended in May this year. We invite you to come with questions, ideas or any relevant reading material that you would like to share with the rest.

Also of interest: Four Tibetan monks from the Sera Je Monastery will create a traditional Tibetan sand mandala over six days that will be destroyed once it has been completed, demonstrating the impermanence of all things. Venue: Collins Street Gallery, 411 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Mon 19 to Fri 23 August:
9:30-10:00 Daily meditation
10:00-17:30 Monks work on mandala
Sat 24 August:
10:00-12:00 monks work mandala
14:00-15:30 Dissolution ceremony

We hope that you are all well. See you there! With Metta, MUBSS team.

Meditation Session
Date: Thursday, 8th August 2002
Time: 6-8:00pm
Venue: 2nd Floor, Graduate Centre (near corner of Swanston and Grattan Sts, Parkville)
Facilitator: Andrew Williams
Notes: This week's meeting will be held on Thursday 8th (although throughout term we will usually still be holding meetings on Fridays), and will be a meditation session with Andrew Williams. We also have a new venue which is in the Centre for Graduate studies. This centre is only accessible by swipecard however so it would be most appreciated if people could be prompt and someone will be waiting out the front of the centre (ie the entrance facing Grattan St) to let you in. Refreshments will be supplied and everyone is welcome to stay and catch up and meet new members afterwards.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 3rd May 2002
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Undergraduate Lounge A, 2nd Floor, Union House
Speaker: Leonard O'Neill
Notes: Leonard O'Neill teaches a course on Buddhism in the Philosophy Department at The University of Melbourne. His areas of specialty are Indian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions and he will give us some insight into these aspects of Buddhist teaching and also what it is like to conduct classes on these topics in a Western educational system. Come along for discussion and hopefully we'll have some healthier snacks at the end this time!

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 26th April 2002
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Undergraduate Lounge A, 2nd Floor, Union House
Speaker: Andrew Young
Notes: Andrew Young has been a Buddhist for the last thirty years and is a very experienced meditation practitioner and teacher. He has been involved, in this role, with the Kagyu E-Vam Buddhist Institute in North Carlton for some time. There he practices in the Tibetan tradition under Venerable Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche. This week Andrew will be basing his talk around what it means to be a Buddhist, namely taking the three refuges and opening one's mind in preparation for the Buddhist path and how to continue doing these things. Hope you are all well and see you there! * If there is not too much protest, we would like to keep the talks on Friday nights, for the sake of continuity and so that you don't have to consult emails all the time for details (although the room may still vary unfortunately).

Dhamma Talk
Date: Friday, 19th April 2002
Time: 6:45 pm
Venue: Undergraduate Lounge A, 2nd Floor, Union House
Speaker: Venerable Visuddhacara
Notes: Ven. Visuddhacara is a Theravadin Buddhist monk of Malaysian nationality. He has been practising Vipasaana (Insight) meditation and studying Buddhism since 1982. In 1983 he took a year's leave of absence to become a novice monk under the guidance of Venerable Sujiva in Kota Tingga, Malaysia. Later he resigned his post and went to Burma where he was ordained by Sayadaw U Pandita at the Mahasi Meditation Centre in 1987. During his stay in Burma Ven. Visuddhacara studied Vipassana and Samatha meditation under the guidance of Sayadaw U Pandita, Sayadaw U Lakkhana and Sayadaw U Jatila. He returned to Penang in 1991 where he continued the study and practice of Buddhism and meditation in addition to teaching. Recently the Venerable has led vipassana retreats in Australia and Honk Kong. Venerable Visuddhacara is the author of three books: 'Curbing Anger Spreading Love', 'Drinking Tea Living Life', and 'Loving and Dying'.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Thursday, 11th April 2002
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Undergraduate Lounge B, 2nd Floor, Union House
Speaker: Andrew Williams
Notes: This week we have Andrew Williams who is a meditition practitioner and teacher (amongst other things!) coming to give a follow-up talk from that given a few weeks ago. Don't worry if you missed the first one! Again it will be an open discussion style with a look at some Buddhist prayers. Andrew would also like to talk a bit about the phenomena of loneliness and how Buddhist teaching deals with this. I'm sure everyone has some experience or thought on this so please feel free to share them.

Dhamma Talk
Date: Fri 22th March 2002
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Undergraduate Lounge A, 2nd Floor Student Union
Speaker: Andrew Williams
Andrew Williams is our guest speaker for this week and some of you may know him from events last year. Andrew has been a Buddhist for more than 20 years, a dhamma/meditiation teacher for over 5 years and has a broad knowledge of the Tibetan tradition. He'll be leading an open Dhamma discussion and also a meditation and prayer session. He is also quite an entertainer! So bring any questions you have regarding Buddhism or just life in general. These meetings aim to be a time for learning and socialising but also, more importantly, for peaceful contemplation. (not to mention the snacks afterwards!!)