සබ්බ පාපස්‌ස අකරණං කුසලස්‌ස උපසම්පදා සචිත්ත පරියෝ දපනං ඒතං බුද්ධාන ශාසනං
Mindfulness Brings Wisdom
Vision and Mission
Buddhism is a philosophy that emphasizes attaining self-liberation of the mind and soul. The path to redemption is a well-defined systematic chain of practices to attain the ultimate bliss of Nibbana where one’s cyclicality of worldly existence would be seized through the calm state of mind by training.
Kassapa Arana Meditation Association is an incorporated association formed in Melbourne under the patronage of Ven. Karandulena Dammagaveshi Thero, and its aim is to make Buddha’s teachings available to the community and provide suitable facilities to support both residential and non-residential meditation practices for Monastics and Laypersons. Ven. Karandulena Dammagaveshi Thero is acting as the Chief Buddhist Monk (The Advisor) of the organization, while Management Committee is actively working with our community for delivering all our services. (Please refer to the Management Committee Page of this site to see the details of all key members)
Our mission is to promote mindfulness training for physical and mental well-being. Our Monastics and lay teachers provide an invaluable service to the community by conducting meditation classes and talks free of charge at this location and at other venues upon invitation. All activities are conducted free of charge on a not-for-profit basis. The activities of the Kassapa Arana Australia, which comprises entirely of volunteers and the free teaching program is made possible with the support of the community through donations and the generosity of supporters and well-wishers.
Programmes and Activities
Promote Vitreous Living with the following five precepts, leading to stress-free mindful living.
Meditation for Beginners for Social and Spiritual Wellbeing.
Conduct retreats for beginners and seasoned mediators, meditation for well-being, and mental purification for a greater understanding of the nature of life. In our busy day to day to living, we keep switching rapidly from one task to another and experiencing stress without really getting to know the causes and how best to slow down activities. This serene location offers an opportunity to learn mindfulness as taught in Buddhist scriptures and avoid stress.
Retreats are designed for varying lengths but are opportunities for participants to benefit from mindfulness activities and the power of noble silence.
Promoting Family Harmony
Promoting family harmony and mutual respect, where improving communication among parents and children brings about greater awareness of family values. Move away from isolation have greater involvement in household chores, and help parents. Our aim is to promote Buddhist principles through mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation for well-being.
Our Retreat Hermitage at Hampton Park, Australia
Lord Buddha's Dhamma
Lord Buddha's teachings revolved around the “Four Noble Truths” which explain the nature of suffering and the path to liberation from it. Buddha emphasized the practice of the Eightfold Path together with mindfulness as the means to free from all sufferings, achieve enlightenment and break free from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (sansara).
An extract from Tripitaka
Pali scripture
Sinhala Translation
Sinhala Translation
යො සුඛං දුක‍්ඛතො අද‍්ද දුක‍්ඛමද‍්දක‍්ඛි සල‍්ලතො
අදුක‍්ඛමසුඛං සන‍්තං අද‍්දක‍්ඛි නං අනිච‍්චතො.
ස වෙ සම‍්මද‍්දසො භික‍්ඛු පරිජානාති වෙදනා
සො වෙදනා පරිඤ‍්ඤාය දිට‍්ඨධම‍්මෙ අනාසවො
කායස‍්ස භෙදා ධම‍්මට‍්ඨො සඞ‍්ඛං නොපෙති වෙදගූති.
(දට්ඨබ්බසුත්තං)
Sinhala Translation
Sinhala Translation
Sinhala Translation
යමෙක් සුවවේදනාව දුක් විසින් දිටි ද, දුක්වේදනවා හුල් විසින් දිටි ද, ශාන්ත වූ ඒ නොදුක්නොසුව වේදනාව අනිස විසින් දිටි ද.
මැනවින් දක්නා ඒ මහණ වේදනා පිරිසිඳ දනී.
වේදනා පිරිසිඳ දැන දිටුදැමියෙහි කෙලෙස් රහිත වූයේ නිවනට පැමිණියේ දහම්හි පිහිටියේද ඒ මහණ මරණින් මතු පැනවීමට නො පැමිණේයි.
(දට්ඨබ්බ සුත්‍රය, වේදනා සංයුත්තය)
English Translation
Sinhala Translation
English Translation
Who sees the pain in happiness and views the painful feeling as a thorn, perceives the transience in the neutral feeling which is peaceful — right outlook, truly, has such a monk who fully understands these feelings;
And having penetrated them, he will be taint-free in this very life. Mature in knowledge, firm in Dhamma's ways, when once his life-span ends, his body breaks, all measures, and concepts he has transcended.
SN 36.5 (Datthabba Sutta)
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7/66 Hallam Road Hampton Park Victoria 3976 Australia
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