.jpg)
Mar 28, 2025
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, Venerable Ajahn Dtun will be back in the Melbourne area on Tuesday April 1st, and has plans to come to Vimokkharam on Thursday April 3rd for a friendly visit ...
Mar 22, 2025
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, After some travels in Nepal and Thailand over the last few weeks, I have today happily returned to Vimokkharam...
Oct 15, 2024
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, We are coming to the end of the rains' retreat for 2024. Please accept my anumodanā to all of you who have...
Apr 13, 2024
Dhamma talk given by Tan Ajahn Vajiro in observance of Thai and Sri Lankan New Year (Songkran) at...
Mar 20, 2024
Dhamma talk given by Tan Ajahn Dtun at Vimokkharam Forest Hermitage in Kallista, Victoria, Australia on 20th March 2024.
Mar 1, 2024
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, I am happy to be back after 2 weeks in Thailand, and looking forward to the month ahead...
Aug 31, 2023
Dhamma talk given by Tan Ajahn Khemanando for the 25th Anniversary of Vimokkharam Forest Hermitage in Kallista, Victoria, Australia on 23rd July 2023.
.png)
Jun 30, 2023
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, From its early beginnings in 1998, receiving blessings from Luangta Maha Boowa and the admonishment...
May 12, 2023
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, just a few notable things to share... This weekend we will not only be celebrating Mother's Day, but also...
Mar 31, 2023
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, there are a few updates about the hermitage schedule and events over the next month. Firstly, the clocks go...
Mar 13, 2023
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, Ajahn Dtun is now in Melbourne and staying at Nigrodharama Forest Monastery near Seymour...
Jul 18, 2022
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, I hope everyone is keeping warm, well and safe. We are coming up to the third Sunday of July, and so we...
May 15, 2022
Grand Opening Ceremony at Vimokkharam on Saturday, 30th April 2022.
May 4, 2022
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, Fresh off our well-attended 'Grand Opening' celebration, there are a number of updates I would like to share...
.jpeg)
Mar 13, 2022
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, When I arrived here over five years ago, Vimokkharam was in a coma. There had been many discussions...
Feb 13, 2022
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, Just a quick announcement to let people know that the hermitage will be closed to visitors this Tuesday...
Feb 4, 2022
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, Happy Chinese New Year to everyone! One of my Ajahns in Thailand was once giving a Dhamma talk and...
Jun 17, 2021
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, I hope everyone has been keeping healthy and safe. These last few weeks on lockdown have been...
Apr 2, 2021
As the weather is getting cooler here and we head into April, I am pleased to announce that we have now officially passed inspections for...
Feb 21, 2021
This is a video showing the progress of the building project in the last few months. Gratitude to Nalanda Robson for producing the video...
.jpeg)
Feb 3, 2021
Today (3rd February) is Ajahn Sao Memorial Day. Ajahn Sao is the teacher and friend of Ajahn Mun, who together inspired the great...
.jpeg)
Jan 15, 2021
Dear Friends and Supporters of Vimokkharam, Tomorrow (16th January 2021) will be the 29th anniversary of the passing of Luang Por Chah...
Dec 16, 2020
Community Robe Offering on 13th December 2020.
Dec 2, 2020
Please find the Annual Financial Statement for 2020 for Vimokkharam Forest Hermitage below.
Nov 7, 2020
After months of obstacles and problems, we managed to pass our first five inspections for our temple rebuilding. On November 6th, we had...
Nov 7, 2020
On Saturday, October 3rd, a simple end of the rains' retreat Robe Offering Ceremony, or 'Pha Pah Samaggi' was held in a 'drive-through'...
Sep 22, 2020
On September 7th, 2020, due to the ongoing lockdown in the state of Victoria and the progress being made with the building project, an...
Sep 13, 2020
On June 27th, a large group of supporters mostly from our Thai community came together on a cold Sunday morning with 700kg of gravel,...
Sep 12, 2020
In 2018, we celebrated Vesak May 20th at the Sherbrooke Family and Children's Centre in Upwey. About 70 people joined together in faith...
Sep 11, 2020
Over the weekend of March 17-18th, the Thai community held a large Culture and Food Festival at Federation Square in the CBD of...
Sep 10, 2020
A quite large group of friends joined us in spending our last hours of 2017 and our first hour of 2018 together. We finished the old year...
Sep 9, 2020
On Monday, November 13th 2017 we had a visit from a dozen members of the Bandar Utama Buddhist Society (BUBS) from Kuala Lumpur as they...
Sep 8, 2020
As part of the exceptional kindness and support we are receiving from Tan Ajahn Dtun, he has cast a new Buddha-rūpa for Vimokkharam. The ceremony was held on...