A half-hour of Dharma, reflection, and community connections
Sundays from 11:00am – 11:30am Sydney Time via Zoom
Led by Venerable Juewei and experienced facilitators from the community, we will have a “Mindful Check-In” together, share and care in smaller groups, and close each session with a dedication of merits.
2025 Sunday Check-In Sessions
Beautiful Questions
14th December 2025 For our final formal session of 2025, our Sunday Check In coordinator Priscilla w…
Awareness of Worldview
7th December 2025 We are delighted to have Valerie Ringland return tomorrow. Valerie bring…
Mindful Consumption – Nature and Relationships
30th November 2025 We are delighted to have Li-Peng Lim continuing the Sunday Check Ins wi…
Mindful Consumption – Energy
23rd November 2025 We are delighted to have Li-Peng Lim continuing the Sunday Check Ins wi…
Mindful Consumption – Time
9th November 2025 In a world that rushes us forward, how do we reclaim the present moment? Thi…
Mindful Consumption – Material
2nd November 2025 We are delighted to have Li-Peng Lim continuing the Sunday Check Ins with a month …
Our 250th Episode Birthday! (And the Sixth Realization on Giving)
26th October 2025 It is the Sunday Check Ins 250th episode and 5 year birthday! We look forward to s…
The Second Realization
19th October 2025 We are delighted to have Ina Denton continuing the Sunday Check Ins with a month e…
The Fragility of Nations
5th October 2025 “Realize that this world is impermanent and that nations are danger…
The Water We Swim In – Race and Ethnicity
21st September 2025 We are delighted to have Ben Campbell continue a thought provoking month of Sept…
The Water We Swim In – Gender
14th September 2025 We are delighted to have Ben Campbell continue a thought provoking month of Sept…
The Water We Swim in – Social Class
7th September 2025 Continuing in the vein of Venerable Juewei’s wonderful wisdom series over t…
What Moves a Bodhisattva?
24th August 2025 Freedom is not the end of the story. The bodhisattva turns back: not out …
Is Emptiness the end of meaning or the beginning of boundless creativity?
17th August 2025 When everything we cling to reveals its fluid nature, we panic. What if śūnyat…
What Kind of Wisdom Refuses to Be Held?
10th August 2025 Prajñāpāramitā is often translated as “perfection of wisdom” or “per…
What if the Arhat isn’t perfect but fully human?
3rd August 2025 Venerable Juewei will be commencing the second month in the Wisdom series. Venerable…
Is the Noble Eightfold Path a map or a mirror?
27th July 2025 We are coming to the close of Venerable Juewei’s first month in the Wisdom…
Are we really suffering or unwilling to listen to the messenger?
20th July 2025 We are delighted to have Venerable Juewei to guide us through an 8 week series on …
What if the Four Noble Truths are not problems to solve, but patterns to witness?
13th July 2025 We are delighted to welcome back Venerable Juewei to guide us through an 8 week serie…
Is Wisdom still relevant or only a luxury good?
6th July 2025 We are delighted to welcome back Venerable Juewei to guide us through an 8 week series…
Bodhi Light Tales – Heavy Bag
29th June 2025 This Sunday marks the final session of our June Bodhi Light Tales sharing series…
Bodhi Light Tales – The Third Floor
22nd June 2025 This Sunday, we are grateful for another opportunity to gather for our Communities of…
Bodhi Light Tales – The Bubble Necklace
15th June 2025 This Sunday, we are honoured to gather once again for our Communities of Practice Che…
Bodhi Light Tales – Steps of Life
8th June 2025 This Sunday, we are honoured to gather once again for our Communities of Practice Chec…
Bodhi Light Tales – The Four Wives
1st June 2025 This Sunday, we are honoured to have Venerable Miao Guang join us online to share a po…
Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Mind Part 2
18th May 2025 We are delighted to welcome back Lipeng Lim to guide this Sunday Check In session. Con…
Feeding The Body, Nourishing The Mind
11th May 2025 We are delighted to be able to welcome back our good friend and regular host Lipeng Li…
Embracing Life
4th May 2025 We are extra delighted to be able to welcome back our good friend Dr Jonathan Page to g…
Venerable Sanathavihari
20th April 2025 Bhante Sanāthāvihārī is a Mexican-American Theravāda monk at the Sarathchandra Buddh…
Outsmarting the Hackers
13th April 2025 We are delighted to welcome our young friend Zac Hilton to guide this week’s S…
Equanimity
30th March 2025 We are delighted to welcome back Gawaine Powell Davies to guide us at this Sund…
Skilful Means
23rd March 2025 We are delighted to welcome our friend Joseph Frawley to guide us at this Sunda…
Recalling Past Events on Life’s Journey
16th March 2025 We are delighted to welcome back Bruce McKenzie this week who will explore the power…
Buddhism and Leadership
9th March 2025 We are delighted to welcome Jodi Bush to facilitate her first session with us th…
Compassion in a Competitive World
2nd March 2025 Austin will explore the tension between competition and compassion. In a world where …
Kindness and Compassion
16th February 2025 We are delighted to have Professor Stephen Hill back this week to speak to us abo…
Exploring Contentment and Ambition
9th February 2025 Austin will explore the tension between two widely valued virtues: conte…
Past Years
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