FOSTER BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING
THE BUDDHA’S TEACHINGS GUIDE US TO 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 available for different lengths and provide participants with opportunities to practise the Buddha’s teachings and experience the power of noble silence.
Promoting Family Harmony
We promote family harmony and mutual respect by encouraging positive communication between parents and children, strengthening family values, reducing isolation, and supporting active participation in household responsibilities. Our aim is to promote Buddhist principles, loving-kindness practice, and spiritual well-being within the community.
WE HELP INDIVIDUALS TO CULTIVATE BUDDHIST SPIRITUAL PRACTICE AND WELL-BEING
Venerable Dhammagaveshi Thero leading a Dhamma discussion with a group of people at Kassapa Arana Meditation Centre, Hampton Park, VIC
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
දට්ඨබ්බසුත්තං
[ සංයුත්ත නිකාය » සළායතන වර්ගය » වේදනා සංයුක්තය » සගාථා වර්ගය ]
තිස්සෝ ඉමා භික්ඛවේ වේදනා. කතමා තිස්සෝ: සුඛා වේදනා, දුක්ඛා වේදනා, අදුක්ඛමසුඛා වේදනා. සුඛා භික්ඛවේ වේදනා දුක්ඛතෝ දට්ඨබ්බා, දුක්ඛා වේදනා සල්ලතෝ දට්ඨබ්බා, අදුක්ඛමසුඛා වේදනා අනිච්චතෝ දට්ඨබ්බා.
යතෝ ඛෝ භික්ඛවේ භික්ඛුනෝ සුඛා වේදනා දුක්ඛතෝ දිට්ඨා හෝති, දුක්ඛා වේදනා සල්ලතෝ දිට්ඨා හෝති, අදුක්ඛමසුඛා වේදනා අනිච්චතෝ දිට්ඨා හෝති, අයං වුච්චති භික්ඛවේ භික්ඛු සම්මද්දසෝ අච්ඡෙච්ඡි තණ්හං, වාවත්තයි සඤ්ඤෝජනං, සම්මාමානාභිසමයා අන්තමකාසි දුක්ඛස්සාති.
යෝ සුඛං දුක්ඛතෝ අද්ද දුක්ඛමද්දක්ඛි සල්ලතෝ
අදුක්ඛමසුඛං සන්තං අද්දක්ඛි නං අනිච්චතෝ
ස වේ සම්මද්දසෝ භික්ඛු පරිජානාති වේදනා
සෝ වේදනා පරිඤ්ඤාය දිට්ඨධම්මේ අනාසවෝ
කායස්ස භේදා ධම්මට්ඨෝ සංඛං නෝපේති වේදගූති
Sinhala Translation
Sinhala Translation
Sinhala Translation
දට්ඨබ්බ සුත්රය, වේදනා සංයුත්තය
පින්වත් මහණෙනි, මේ වේදනා තුනකි. මොනවද ඒ තුන? සැප විඳීම, දුක් විඳීම හා දුක් සැප රහිත විඳීමයි. පින්වත් මහණෙනි, සැප වේදනාව දුක් වශයෙන් දැක්ක යුතුයි. දුක් වේදනාව හුලක් වශයෙන් දැක්ක යුතුයි. දුක සැප රහිත වේදනාව අනිත්ය වශයෙන් දැක්ක යුතුයි.
පින්වත් මහණෙනි, යම් කලෙක භික්ෂුව විසින් සැප වේදනාව දුක් වශයෙන් දැක ගත්තා නම්, දුක් වේදනාව හුල් වශයෙන් දැක ගත්තා නම්, දුක් සැප රහිත වේදනාව අනිත්ය වශයෙන් දැක ගත්තා නම්, පින්වත් මහණෙනි, මේ භික්ෂුවට තමයි වේදනාවන් පිළිබඳ මනාකොට දැකපු කෙනා කියලා කියන්නේ. තණ්හාව සිඳ දැමූ කෙනා කියලා කියන්නේ. බන්ධනයන් ඉක්මවා ගිය කෙනා කියලා කියන්නේ. මානයන් මනාකොට අවබෝධ කරලා හැම දුක් අවසන් කළා කියලා කියන්නේ.
යම් කෙනෙක් සැප වේදනාව දුක් වශයෙන් දැක්කා නම්, දුක් වේදනාව හුල් වශයෙන් දැක්කා නම්, දුක් සැප රහිත විඳීම අනිත්ය වශයෙන් දැක්කා නම්, ඒකාන්තයෙන් ම ඒ භික්ෂුව නියම දේ දැකලා තියෙනවා. වේදනාවන් පිරිසිඳ දකිනවා. ඒ භික්ෂුව විඳීම පිරිසිඳ දැන ගෙන මේ ජීවිතයේදීම ආශ්රව රහිත වෙනවා. දහම තුළ පිහිටි අවබෝධයෙහි මුදුන් පත් ඒ භික්ෂුව කය බිඳී මරණින් මතු පැණවීමකට එන්නේ නෑ.
English Translation
Sinhala Translation
English Translation
Datthabba Sutta
“Who sees the pain in happiness,
And views painful feeling as a thorn,
Perceives the transient nature of neutral feeling,
Which is peaceful — such a one truly holds right view.
The person, who fully understands these feelings,
Having penetrated them, becomes free from taints in this very life.
Mature in wisdom, steady in the Dhamma,
When his life ends and body breaks,
He transcends all measure and all concepts.”
"Who perceives both pleasure and pain as pain,
If he sees pain as a fundamental part of existence,
If he sees both suffering and non-suffering as impermanent (anichcha) —
Then truly, that monk is said to have seen pain well.
It is said: He has eradicated craving, He has transcended bondage, He has fully understood the aggregates, And he has ended all suffering.
Indeed, if one sees pleasure and pain as pain,
sees pain as inherent in existence,
and sees both suffering and non-suffering as impermanent (anichcha) then that person has certainly seen the truth.
Such person, having clearly seen suffering,
becomes free from attachment in this very life.
And having attained the pinnacle of insight in the Dhamma,
He is not born again after death; he has gone beyond all becoming."
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