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Dhamma Training Ground · Guardian of PAL Buddhist School

A training ground for the end of suffering

The Buddha's teaching as preserved in the Pali Canon — taught openly, tested personally, lived daily. Come and see for yourself.

Sīla · Samādhi · Paññā

Plan your first visitWeekend Dhamma Talks
Aerial view of the Dhamma Training Ground community gathering outdoors
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Monastics chanting together at a Vesak Day celebration
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Community members watering the Bodhi tree together
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Lay community members with hands in añjali during a gathering
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This week

Coming Up This Week

Talks, observance days and gatherings you could walk into this week. Everything is open to all — no booking, no fee.

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Coming Up

  • Sun 27 September 2026

    Full Moon 02:48 AEST

    Uposatha — full moon

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  • Sun 11 October 2026

    New Moon 02:50 AEDT

    Uposatha — new moon

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  • Mon 26 October 2026

    Full Moon 15:11 AEDT

    Uposatha — full moon

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  • Mon 9 November 2026

    New Moon 18:02 AEDT

    Uposatha — new moon

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Regular Gatherings

  • Sundays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Weekend Dhamma Talks

    A teaching from the Pali Canon, spoken plainly, then your questions, then tea. Free, always.

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  • Twice each lunar month — see the calendar

    Uposatha observance days

    The ancient fortnightly observance: precepts renewed, a longer sitting, a quieter day.

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  • Weekly and fortnightly, by suburb and language

    Study Circles

    Small groups reading the Canon together, with a teacher available for questions.

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Community News & Updates

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Become a Member

Membership means undertaking the Five Precepts, standing as part of the fourfold assembly, and holding a voice and a vote in how this community is governed.

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There is always a task to share, from setting up the hall to tending the garden, and always a place for dāna — generosity freely offered, never asked for.

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Moments from the Community

Lay people sitting quietly in practice in a plain hall
Practice in the hall.
Morning light in the meditation hall
Morning at the hall.
Lay people offering food into an alms bowl
The daily alms offering.
Children sitting together in a learning session
Children's Dhamma program. Photographs of children are published only with written consent.
Volunteers working together in the grounds
A community working bee.
People talking over tea after a Dhamma talk
Tea after a talk.
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