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Buddhism in Australia

Jenny Kee was raised as an Anglican. As a teenager, however, she drifted away from the church and from faith. By her mid-20s she was a famous fashion designer; in her late 20s she married and had a child. It was a good life. Then, in 1977, Kee and her baby daughter Grace were travelling from the Blue Mountains to Sydney when their train was crushed under a falling bridge at Granville. Eighty-three people died many of them in the same carriage as Kee and Grace. For the first time, Kee felt that in order to recover she had to find something bigger than herself.

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Nhớ lại, ngày xưa khi còn là một chú bé ngây thơ, hằng năm, tôi thường theo mẹ tôi đến chùa dự lễ Phật Ðản vào ngày mùng tám tháng tư âm lịch. Hồi đó, ở quê các chùa thuộc hệ phái Phật giáo Bắc Tông đều cử hành đại lễ Phật Ðản vào ngày mùng tám, chớ không phải ngày rằm như hiện nay.

Did The Buddha Eat Meat?

I have suggested that the natural expression of a Buddhist ethical sensitivity is to become a vegetarian: that the natural outcome of a greater awareness of the reality of interconnectedness is that we will experience more compassion. With a deeper experience of compassion, we will want to avoid unnecessary suffering and will stop eating meat. However, I’ve also pointed out that not all Buddhists are vegetarian and that many claim that the Buddha himself ate meat.