Venerable Geshe Khensur Rinpoche's Address to BCSA (AGM 2006-2008) Download.pdf (490kB)
   Venerable Rinpoche requested to be informed of the number of Buddhist Organisations in South Australia, how many have become Members and how many Member Organisations are in attendance here today.
   “Thank you all for coming. Thank you to all those who put effort, the administrators, the committee, previous committees and administrators, for all their effort and works. Thank you for inviting me to this meeting. Thank you for inviting me to speak.
   “I am extremely happy that all of us are working together. The BCSA attempts to preserve the pure teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni and I really appreciate you doing that. I am very happy to all of you for your courageous goal of preserving Buddha’s teachings. It is very encouraging that there is now 30 organisations in South Australia. It would be very beneficial to continue to encourage the other groups not yet involved to become involved in the Council. It is of great benefit to the community that the Buddhist Council preserves the Buddha’s teachings.

Greetings and welcome to all of you.

I want to begin by saying that I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the Buddhist Council of South Australia this year. The year has felt very productive, full of interesting events, issues and discussions. Our meetings are always lively and amicable and it is a privilege to work with such committed and dedicated people.

Buddhist Council of South Australia - Annual Report - May 2007
Anna Markey - Ashtree Sangha - Chair of the BCSA

Greetings everyone. First I would like to say what an honour it is to be here today in this position. I have been Chair since June last year and it has been a considerable learning experience for me. I joined the BCSA initially to meet more Buddhists and to take refuge in the community of the wise. So I have well and truly achieved my aim. I have had the privilege of working with a truly wise and wonderful group of people.....