Tibetan Buddhist Society

01/11/2026

🌳 Find peace, presence and happiness among towering trees and beautiful flowers 🌸

Come and wander 10 acres of gardens in full spring bloom. Stroll through a circle of golden robinias, stand beneath towering Californian redwoods, and discover thousands of flowers, glittering lakes, lush lawns, local wildlife, and thousands of radiant roses 🌳🌹🦆

Add a magnificent traditional Tibetan temple, a colourful procession of monks and nuns, and good food such as Tibetan momos, and you have the Buddhist Spring Festival.

Being present, grateful and happy!

📅 Sunday 8 November 2026 | 10 am to 3 pm
📍 Peaceful Land of Joy Meditation Centre, 20 Cookes Road, Yuroke in Melbourne's north.

YOUR DAY

🧘 10.30 am: Guided meditation in the temple
🌷 11 am: Garden tour with Tim McKibben
🕊️ 12 noon: Ceremony for World Peace in the temple, with a colourful procession of monks and nuns of Tibetan and other faiths, talks by Ven Tenzin Tsapel, Basem Abdo MP and Cr Karen Sherry, prayers for peace, and a short meditation
🏛️ 1.20 pm: Temple tour with Ven Cathy Evans
🌳 2 pm: Children’s meditation behind the temple, under the trees (inside if raining)
💛 2 pm: Guest teacher Venerable Geshe Thubten Rabten of Atisha Centre, Bendigo, on Cultivating Love and Compassion for Happiness

Pause. Breathe. Remember how connected we all are. True happiness grows from a calm, kind mind, and everything we enjoy comes through the kindness of others. ✨

Entry: $15 single, $10 concession; $20 one adult and children, $15 concession; $25 two adults and school-age children. Food sold separately. Proceeds support the temple and gardens.

More details: tibetanbuddhistsociety.org (Latest News). Questions? events@tush*ta.org or send us a message.

You are welcome to join us for a peaceful and relaxing spring day with a guest teacher, guided meditation, temple and garden tours, a Ceremony for World

28/10/2026

THE MYRIAD BENEFITS OF PATIENCE

Introduction to Buddhism class: Sun 1 Nov 1.30–3 pm

This week Nick Sleeman will explore the perfection of patience, one of the six perfections of the Bodhisattva path. Useful in our everyday life and a prerequisite for the attainment of enlightenment.

Please join us this week as we continue our introduction to the many aspects of bodhichitta, the conventional mind of enlightenment.

Plenty of time for questions and meditation, and of course, a cuppa afterwards.

SPONTANEOUS LOVE AND COMPASSION

Path to Enlightenment series, 4-5.30 pm Sun 1 Nov

The heart of the path to enlightenment is to overcome our self-centredness and instead make the cherishing of others and bodhicitta our centre. To do this with any depth, we need to incorporate it into our daily lives so love and compassion become natural and spontaneous.

This Sunday Tim McKibben will look at Geshe Chekawa’s presentation of the five forces which are key practices to altruistically train our minds from the moment we wake, and they also set us in good stead at the time of our death.

GUIDED MEDITATIONS

11 am -12 noon Tuesdays

There is no guided meditation session this week due to Cup Day. You are welcome to join our festival working bee if you have time. We serve delicious morning tea and lunch as well. The session is from 10 am to 12.30 pm. Email events@tush*ta.org if you can make it along for catering purposes. Next guided meditation Is Tuesday 17 Nov.

ABOUT THE CLASSES

Classes - all suitable for one or more sessions - are held in a beautiful traditional Tibetan temple and open for newcomers and experienced meditators alike. Teachers are long term students of the Society’s founder, Geshe Loden.

The serene space features a large statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, gorgeous garden surrounds, and both cushions and chairs for comfort.

Sunday sessions include a guided meditation, a talk, and Q&A, followed by refreshments and an opportunity to chat.

$10 facility charge. Proceeds support the upkeep of the temple and gardens.

Address: 20 Cookes Rd, Yuroke. Learn more at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org or email events@tush*ta.org

PS: our roses are amazing this year following all the winter and spring rain!

25/10/2026

WELCOME TO TUESDAY'S PEACEFUL GUIDED MEDITATION

11 am -12 noon TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER

You are welcome to join the peace and serenity of a guided meditation session in a beautiful space with Paul Sokolich (Sox) on Tuesday 27 October from 11 am to 12 noon.

The session offers wonderful guided meditations drawn from "Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment" by Geshe Loden, a welcome break in a busy week. Enter from the back of the temple. The session concludes with a relaxed cuppa and chat.

ABOUT THE CLASS

Held in a beautiful traditional Tibetan temple and open for newcomers and experienced meditators alike. Teachers are long term students of the Society’s founder, Geshe Loden.

The tranquil space features a large statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, gorgeous garden surrounds, and both cushions and chairs for comfort.

$10 facility charge. Proceeds support the upkeep of the temple and gardens.

Address: 20 Cookes Rd, Yuroke, 5 minutes from Craigieburn. Learn more at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org or email events@tush*ta.org

23/10/2026

Buddhist Spring Festival! 🌸 Inspiring and joyful program

Welcome to a peaceful and relaxing spring day on Sunday 8 November from 10 am to 3pm with an inspiring guest teacher, guided meditation, temple and garden tours, the popular Ceremony for World Peace at noon, children's meditation, and wonderful Tibetan food including delicious momos at the festival café.

We are delighted to share that Venerable Geshe Thubten Rabten, the revered teacher from Atisha Centre, will give a talk on “Cultivating Love and Compassion for Happiness” at 2 pm.

Enjoy our magnificent traditional Tibetan temple and stunning 10-acre gardens, with thousands of flowers and trees, lakes, lush lawns and wildlife. The gardens are especially beautiful in spring, with many beautiful new roses. With all the winter rain some are bigger than saucers.

This festival theme, 'Being present, grateful and happy' invites us to pause, be present and remember how deeply connected we are. True happiness and peace do not depend on status or exciting experiences but grow from a calm and positive mind. Everything we enjoy comes through the kindness of others, and recognising this opens gratitude, respect, compassion and love, bringing greater meaning and happiness to everyday life.

Entry
$15 single, $10 concession
$20 one adult and children, $15 concession
$25 two adults and school-age children
The facility charge includes entry and access to all activities. Food is sold separately. Proceeds support the temple and gardens.

For updates, see Latest News at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org. Queries: Email events@tush*ta.org or send us a message here on Facebook.

Tibetan Buddhist Society, 20 Cookes Road, Yuroke (5 minutes west of Craigieburn, 45 minutes north of the C*D along the Tullamarine Fwy, turnoff at Mickleham Rd)

Sunday 8 November 2026 | 10 am – 3 pmPeaceful Land of Joy Meditation Centre, 20 Cookes Road, Yuroke

20/10/2026

TRANSFORMING ADVERSITY - SUNDAY PATH CLASS

Path to Enlightenment class: Sun 25 Oct, 4-5.30 pm

For most of us, both very good and very difficult conditions can stir up agitation and confusion. For practitioners of the Bodhisattva path, both can become causes of enlightenment.

This Sunday Tim McKibben will explore the third point of Geshe Chekawa’s Mind Training in Seven Points: how to transform adversity into the path. It offers practical instructions for meeting the challenges and disappointments that come to all of us in life.

ABOUT THE CLASSES

Classes - all suitable for one or more sessions - are held in a beautiful traditional Tibetan temple and open for newcomers and experienced meditators alike. Teachers are long term students of the Society’s founder, Geshe Loden.

The serene space features a large statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, gorgeous garden surrounds, and both cushions and chairs for comfort.

Sunday sessions include a guided meditation, a talk, and Q&A, followed by refreshments and an opportunity to chat. At 1.30 pm you can also join the introductory course. See separate post.

$10 facility charge. Proceeds support the upkeep of the temple and gardens.

Address: 20 Cookes Rd, Yuroke. Learn more at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org or email events@tush*ta.org

20/10/2026

ETHICS FOR A BETTER WORLD - SUNDAY INTRODUCTION CLASS

Introduction to Buddhism class: Sun 25 Oct, 1.30–3 pm

This week in our Introduction to Buddhism with Nick Sleeman series we explore the necessity of the perfection of ethics, or our everyday life, and as an essential component on our path to enlightenment.

Ethics is a win-win, benefiting others through having a moral responsibility in daily life, and benefiting ourselves and all living beings through the intention of attaining complete perfect enlightenment to liberate all beings from suffering. Through listening, thinking and meditating on ethics we make the world a better place.

ABOUT THE CLASSES

Classes - all suitable for one or more sessions - are held in a beautiful traditional Tibetan temple and open for newcomers and experienced meditators alike. Teachers are long term students of the Society’s founder, Geshe Loden.

The serene space features a large statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, gorgeous garden surrounds, and both cushions and chairs for comfort. Many roses, some enormous, are now blooming.

Sunday sessions include a guided meditation, a talk, and Q&A, followed by refreshments and an opportunity to chat. At 4 pm you can also join Path to Enlightenment sessions, explained in a separate post.

$10 facility charge. Proceeds support the upkeep of the temple and gardens.

Address: 20 Cookes Rd, Yuroke. Learn more at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org or email events@tush*ta.org

13/10/2026

SUNDAY CLASSES - THE JOY OF GIVING

Introduction to Buddhism class: Sun 18 Oct, 1.30–3 pm

This week we'll meditate on the joyous methods of engaging in the Bodhisattva deeds, the six perfections, beginning with the perfection of generosity.

Course teacher, Nick Sleeman continues exploration of the Path of Great Scope, the Great Vehicle, Mahayana in the introduction series, ‘Beyond calm: a deeper reason to meditate.’

Everyone is welcome!

GOOD HEART AND THE NATURE OF REALITY

Path to Enlightenment class – 4 pm Sun 18 Oct

The second part of Geshe Chekawa’s “Mind Training in Seven Points” is called the main practice: conventional and ultimate bodhicitta – which Tim McKibben will explore this week.

Tim says training in this combination of the pure good heart of the mind of enlightenment conjoined with the wisdom perceiving the nature of reality is enormously beneficial.

It distils the essence of the age-old human quest to find what is good and what is true. Focussing on the two levels of Bodhicitta helps us quickly gain the two accumulations of merit and wisdom that lead to full enlightenment.

GUIDED MEDITATIONS

11 am -12 noon Tuesdays

Guided meditation session on Tues 20 October from 11 am to 12 noon with Paul Sokolich (Sox). The session offers guided meditations drawn from Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment by Geshe Loden. Enter from the back of the temple. The session concludes with a relaxed cuppa and chat.

ABOUT THE CLASSES

Classes - all suitable for one or more sessions - are held in a beautiful traditional Tibetan temple and open for newcomers and experienced meditators alike. Teachers are long term students of the Society’s founder, Geshe Loden.

The serene space features a large statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, gorgeous garden surrounds, and both cushions and chairs for comfort.

Sunday sessions include a guided meditation, a talk, and Q&A, followed by refreshments and an opportunity to chat.
$10 facility charge. Proceeds support the upkeep of the temple and gardens.

Address: 20 Cookes Rd, Yuroke. Learn more at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org or email events@tush*ta.org

Image: The Society's founder Geshe Acharya Thubten Loden, renowned for infinite generosity and good heart, during a retreat break in Foster in the mid 1980s

Tibetan Buddhist meditation centre Buddhist temple in Melbourne offering instruction from introductory to advanced Ta**ra. Courses at the temple and online.

12/10/2026

WELCOME TO GUIDED MEDITATION TODAY - 13 OCT

Guided meditation session today, Tues 13 October, from 11 am to 12 noon with Paul Sokolich (Sox).

The session offers guided meditations drawn from Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment by Geshe Loden. Enter from the back of the temple. The session concludes with a relaxed cuppa and chat.

ABOUT THE CLASSES

Classes - all suitable for one or more sessions - are held in a beautiful traditional Tibetan temple and open for newcomers and experienced meditators alike. Teachers are long term students of the Society’s founder, Geshe Loden.

The serene space features a large statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, gorgeous garden surrounds, and both cushions and chairs for comfort.

$10 facility charge. Proceeds support the upkeep of the temple and gardens.

Address: 20 Cookes Rd, Yuroke. Learn more at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org or email events@tush*ta.org

PS: The roses are blooming!

11/10/2026

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR BUDDHIST SPRING FESTIVAL! 🌸

BEING PRESENT, GRATEFUL AND HAPPY!

Sunday 8 November | 10 am – 3 pm
Peaceful Land of Joy Meditation Centre, 20 Cookes Road, Yuroke

You are welcome to join us for a peaceful spring day with a guest teacher, guided meditation, temple and garden tours, the Ceremony for World Peace, children's meditation, and wonderful food.

We are delighted to announce that Venerable Geshe Rabten, resident teacher of Atisha Centre, will be our Festival guest teacher at 2pm. We are finalising the rest of the program and will share the full details in a week or two.

Enjoy our magnificent traditional Tibetan temple and 10-acre gardens, with thousands of flowers and trees, lakes, lush lawns and wildlife. The gardens are especially beautiful in spring, with stunning new roses planted by volunteers.

This year's theme invites us to pause, be present and remember how deeply connected we are. True happiness and peace do not depend on status or exciting experiences but grow from a calm and positive mind. Everything we enjoy comes through the kindness of others, and recognising this opens gratitude, respect, compassion and love, bringing greater meaning and happiness to everyday life.

Entry
$15 single, $10 concession
$20 one adult and children, $15 concession
$25 two adults and school-age children
The facility charge includes entry and access to all activities. Food is sold separately. Proceeds support the temple and gardens.

For updates, see Latest News at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org. Questions? Email events@tush*ta.org or send us a message here on Facebook.

Sunday 8 November 2026 | 10 am – 3 pmPeaceful Land of Joy Meditation Centre, 20 Cookes Road, Yuroke

07/10/2026

CULTIVATING THE PURE GOOD HEART

Introduction to Buddhism class: Sun 11 Oct 1.30–3 pm

Welcome back to our Introduction to Buddhism series. Join term 4 teacher, Nick Sleeman.

This week we explore the causes and conditions that nurture bodhichitta—the precious, extraordinary mind of enlightenment. Everyone is welcome!

THOUGHT TRANSFORMATION

Path to Enlightenment series resumes – 4 - 5.30 pm Sun 11 Oct

Humans are creatures of habit, including our minds. It’s not easy to deeply change how we think about things, even if those patterns bring unhappiness into our lives, says course teacher, Tim McKibben.

Which is why this Sunday we will take an initial look at Geshe Chekawa’s ‘Mind Training in Seven Points’.

This text offers a concise pathway to move away from being stuck in the endless problems of samsara, towards the joyful path of the Bodhisattva.

MEDITATIONS ON THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT

11 am -12 noon Tuesdays

Guided meditation session on Tues 13 October from 11 am to 12 noon with Paul Sokolich (Sox). The session offers guided meditations drawn from Meditations on the Path to Enlightenment by Geshe Loden. Enter from the back of the temple. The session concludes with a relaxed cuppa and chat.

ABOUT THE CLASSES

Classes - all suitable for one or more sessions - are held in a beautiful traditional Tibetan temple and open for newcomers and experienced meditators alike. Teachers are long term students of the Society’s founder, Geshe Loden.

The serene space features a large statue of Shakyamuni Buddha, gorgeous garden surrounds, and both cushions and chairs for comfort.

Sunday sessions include a guided meditation, a talk, and Q&A, followed by refreshments and an opportunity to chat. The Enjoyment Shop is open before the introduction class and from 3-4 pm.

$10 facility charge. Proceeds support the upkeep of the temple and gardens.

Address: 20 Cookes Rd, Yuroke. Learn more at tibetanbuddhistsociety.org or email events@tush*ta.org

PS: The roses are blooming!