Sakyamuni Buddhist Centre/Van Hanh Monastery
Sakyamuni Buddhist Centre/Van Hanh Monastery
Overview
See the tallest open air statues of Buddha in Australia. The first, and still the largest, Buddhist temple in Canberra, was established in 1983.
The temple facilitates community services, charitable/relief activities, education, monastic training and personal/family counselling. They offer youth/women/aged groups activities, chaplaincy services, meditation groups, public library and free books on Buddhism.
Their budget accommodation has a vegetarian kitchen for group catering.
“A peaceful Buddhist place”
Reviewed 1yr ago by 柔安 陳The place is peaceful, I really like there. Many places are being renovated and I look forward to the day when it will be finished.
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Reviewed 7yrs ago by ET3121lovely community activities are held here regularly. worth a look if in area. close too AIS so easy too stop on way there
Read the full review on TripAdvisor“Expected more”
Reviewed 9yrs ago by Prof Fiona Kuma... CI was really excited about going to this temple as it was advertised as having a range of large Buddhist statues. Instead we saw 1, the whole site site looked and felt like being on a building sites...
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