Map showing location of Melbourne Buddhist Centre

Melbourne Buddhist Centre

Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · 1996

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-37.86320°N, 145.07360°E

Key Facts

  • ◆ Opened July 1993, established after Sangharakshita's 1985 letter suggesting Melbourne as a FWBO location.
  • ◆ Sangharakshita stayed for five weeks in October 1996, his longest overseas centre stay.
  • ◆ Two good second-hand bookshops in Camberwell; books purchased now in the Sangharakshita Memorial Library at Adhisthana.
  • ◆ Buddhadasa was the founding chair and hosted Sangharakshita during Paramartha's absence in Perth.
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“In July 1993 the Melbourne Buddhist Centre was ceremoniously opened. Three years later, in October 1996 and with other members of the men’s residential community, I was pleased to host Bhante for five weeks … In the first bookshop, after browsing a while, he discovered a copy of the first hardback edition of his own The Three Jewels, which he promptly acquired.”

— Through Buddhist Eyes

Source: Through Buddhist Eyes

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