Comprehensive list of Buddhist organisations in Queensland.
Queensland Directory
Amitabha Buddhist Association of Queensland
11 Toona Place, Calamvale, QLD 4116
Tel: (07) 3273 1693, Fax: 3272 0677
Tradition: Pure Land Learning Centre
Teacher: Ven. Master Chin Kung
Amitabha Buddhist Retreat Centre
PO Box 216, 160 Greenwood Creek Road, Nanango, QLD 4615
Tel: (07) 4171 0421, Fax: (07) 4171 0413
Email: amitabhacentre@hotmail.com
Tradition: Mahayana, Pure Land
Spiritual Director: Ven. Master Chin Kung
Teacher: Ven. Wu Ling
Contact: Celine Richardson
Arya Tara Ser Ling Buddhist Centre
87B Whiting Road, Labrador, Gold Coast Qld 4215
Phone 07 5537 9816 or Mobile 0406 760 194
Email: s.aryatara@hotmail.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya Lineage
Spiritual Director: Lama Choedak Rinpoche
Teacher: Venerable Dolma La
Contact: James Park
Australian Khmer Buddhist Association
130 Backwater Road, Greenbank, QLD 4124
PO Box 5345 West End, QLD 4101
Tel: (07) 3297 5777 (AH)
Tradition: Theravada, Cambodian
Contact: Mr Sila Keo
Australian Tibetan Buddhist Centre
Gold Coast, Queensland - also Murwillumbah & Byron Bay
Contact: Bob Bullock - Gold Coast or Dave Allan - New South Wales
Tel: (07) 5535 2534 or (02) 6679 5303
Email: info@atbc.com.au
Web site: www.atbc.com.au
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Spiritual Director: Geshe-la Ngawang Gedun
Bodhi Citta Buddhist Centre
"Bodhicitta Vihara"
13 Arlington Esplanade, Clifton Beach QLD 4879
PO Box 8177, Cairns, QLD 4870
Tel/Fax: (07) 4038 2482
Email: office@bodhicitta.org.au
Web site: www.bodhicitta.org.au
Tradition: All Traditions
Teacher: Laurence Mills (Khantipalo)
Contact: Nancy-Surini Kessels (President)
Brisbane Buddhist Vihara
76 Lovat Street, Ellen Grove, QLD 4078
Tel: (07) 3879 1570
Tradition: Theravada, Sri Lankan
Resident monk: Rev. Rakkhita
Brisbane Insight Meditation
Brisbane, QLD
Contact: Lyn and John Kelly
Tel: (07) 3342 4557
Email: info@brisbaneinsight.org
Tradition: Theravada
Teacher: Peer-led group
Brisbane Meditation Centre
73 Lodge Street, Wooloowin Qld 4030
Telephone: (07) 3857 3431
Tradition: Theravada, Thai (with English sessions)
Teacher: Ven. Monchai Mantagamo
Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation
60 Rosebank Square, Salisbury Qld 4107
Telephone: (07) 3272 7938
Tradition: Charitable organisation
Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-Chi Foundation
Lot 13, The Brickworks Annex Warehouse Road, Southport QLD 4215 (Goldcoast)
Tel/Fax: (07) 5532 8966
Email: tzuchigc@hotmail.com
Tradition: Charitable organisation
Buddhist Council of Queensland Inc.
President: Jim Ferguson
Contact: Rachel Hannam (Secretary)
P.O. Box 4510, Loganholme DC, QLD, 4129.
Tel: 0422 819 379, Fax: (07) 3366 7388
Email: buddhist_council@hotmail.com
Web site: www.buddhistcouncilofqueensland.org
Tradition: Non-sectarian
Qld. Member of Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils
Buddhist Group Gold Coast
Unit 79 "The Avenues"
136 Palm Meadows Drive, Carrara QLD 4211
Tel: (07) 5594 5599
Mobile: 0410 152 704 or 0438 148 888
Email: GoldCoast@diamondway-center.org
Web site: www.diamondway.org.au
Tradition: Tibetan, Diamond Way
Spiritual Director: 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Thaye Dorje
Teacher: Lama Ole Nydahl
Contact: Kim & Terry James
Buddhist Society of Queensland
PO Box 536, Toowong, QLD 4066
Tel: (07) 5559 4160 (President), (07) 3371 3787 (Secretary)
Email: slsoc@uq.net.au
Web site: uq.net.au/slsoc/bsq
Tradition: Pali Buddhism
Contact: Dr. Victor Gunasekara (Secretary)
Buddhist Vihara of Queensland
(Formerly known as QLD. Sri Lankan Buddhist Vihara Assoc.)
62 Monteray Street, Wacol, QLD 4076
Tel: (07) 3271 3110
Tradition: Theravada, Sri Lankan
Contact: Ven. Upatissa or Ven. Sugatha Sara
Buddhist Wing Chun Temple
500 Binna Burra Road, Beechmont, QLD 4210
Contact: Mark Rasmus
Tel: (07) 5533 4055
Email: markrasmus@yahoo.com.au
Web site: au.geocities.com/markrasmus/retreat.html
Tradition: Non-denominational
Teacher: Mark Rasmus
Chenrezig Institute for Wisdom Culture
33 Johnson's Road, PO Box 41 Eudlo, QLD 4554
Tel: (07) 5453 2108, Fax: 5453 2188
Email: info@chenrezig.com.au
Web site: www.chenrezig.com.au
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Abbot: Geshe Tashi Tsering
Contact: Manager-Vanessa Pilny
Chenrezig Nuns' Community
33 Johnson's Road, P.O. Box 41, Eudlo, QLD 4554
Tel: (07) 5453 2108, Fax: 5453 2188
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Teacher: Geshe Tashi Tsering
Cittamani Hospice Service
230 Woombye Palmwoods Road,
PO Box 324, Palmwoods, QLD 4555
Tel: (07) 5445 0822, Fax: 5445 0688
Email: cittamanihospice@powerup.com.au
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Contact: Alex Moore (Director)
Dakini Sangha
1/64 Stephen Street, Camp Hill, QLD 4152
Contact: Dorje Norbu (resident monk)
Tel: (07) 3901 7332
Email: dakini_embrace@hotmail.com
Web site: www.palyul.org , www.tara.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Nyingma - Palyul
Affiliation: Kunzang Palyul Choling
Spiritual Director: Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo
Teachers: Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo, Holiness Penor Rinpoche,
Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche, Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche
Dewachen Buddhist Centre
296 Hansens Road, Te Kowai (Mackay) Qld 4740
Tel/Fax: (07) 4954 5188, or mobile 0429 024 339
Email: mariefreestun@bigpond.com
Web site: www.dewachen.info
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Teacher: Ven. Namdag
Performs blessings and naming ceremonies
DharmaCloud
Meetings: 147 Richmond Road, Morningside QLD 4170
Postal: 106 Sapphire Street, Holland Park, Qld 4121
Tel: (07) 3343 8243
Web site: www.dharma.org.au
Tradition: Vipassana
Contact: Victor von der Heyde
Dharma Meta Garden
Gold Coast, Qld
Tel: (07) 5537 9803 Fax: (07) 5500 6975
Mobile: 0402 458 165
Email: TBA
Web site: TBA
Tradition: Mahayana
Contact: Maeve Hollow
Far North Buddhist Association
Wat Khemarangsee
14 Chirio Close, Redlynch (Cairns), QLD 4870
Tel: (07) 4039 1155
Tradition: Non-Sectarian
Abbot: Ven. Patana
Contact: Ms Pim Thong
Forest Way Zen
P.O. Box 631 Cooroy, 4563 QLD
Tel: (07) 5471 1332
Tradition: Zen
Teacher: Subhana Barzaghi
Freedom Sangha
c/o 42 Springfield Street, Macgregor, QLD 4109
Tel: (07) 3349 9135
Email: thanhle9a@hotmail.com
Tradition: Zen, Vietnamese
Spiritual Director: Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
Contact: Thanh Le
FWBO Brisbane Buddhist Community
c/- 1/23 Rambler Street, Bardon QLD 4065
Contact: Vikaca (Phil Gibson)
Tel: (07) 3217 7576
Web site: www.fwbo.org.au/brisbane
Tradition: Triyana (Mahayana)
Affiliation: Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
Teacher: Dharmachari Vikaca
Institute of Buddhist Learning and Practice
Kunga Choling Dharma Centre
P.O. Box 2553, Chermside Centre, Brisbane, QLD 4053
Tel: 0400 730 241
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Affiliation: Institute of Buddhist Learning and Practice
and Buddhist International Alliance
Spiritual Director: Ven. Khejok Rinpoche
Resident Teacher: Ven. Tenzin Kunsang
Contact: Melissa Noble
Jodoshu Buddhist Community
35 McCormack Ave., Ashgrove, Qld 4060
Tel: (07) 3366 3300
Email: jodoshu_aust@yahoo.co.jp
Web site: www.jodo.or.jp
Tradition: Japanese - Pureland Sect
Contact: Minister James Wilson
Karuna Hospice Services
27 Cartwright Street Windsor, QLD 4030
Rosemount Hospital Complex
PO Box 2020 Windsor, QLD 4030
Tel: (07) 3632 8300, Fax: 3857 8040
Email: karuna@karuna.org.au
Web site: www.karuna.org.au
Tradition Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Director Ven. Yeshe Khadro
Khacho Yulo Ling Buddhist Centre
348 Sheridan Street, Cairns (near Parramatta Park) QLD 4870
Tel: (07) 4041 5556
Email: rinchen_jigme@yahoo.com.au
Web site: www.yuloling.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya
Affiliation: Sakya Losal Choe Dzong
Contact: Ven. Rinchen Jigme Wangmo
Spiritual Director: Lama Choedak Rinpoche
Khmer Buddhist Society of Queensland
44/50 Third Avenue, Marsden, QLD 4132
Tel: (07) 3803 0845
Tradition: Theravada
Contact: Mary (07) 3388 2698,
or Pourng Marie Mok (07) 3208 7918
Kum Kang Sa Temple
112 Fernhill Drive, Willow Vale, QLD 4209
Tel: (07) 5546 6337, Fax: 4546 6713
Tradition: Korean Zen (Seon)
Abbot: Ven. Chang - Bong Sunim
Kunga Choling (Institute of Buddhist Learning and Practice)
260 Webster Road, Stafford, QLD 4053
Contact: Melissa Noble
Tel: (07) 3315 4899
Email: lhamo@optusnet.com.au
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Affiliation: Institute of Buddhist Learning and Practice
Spiritual Director: His Eminence Khejok Rinpoche
Teacher: Ven. Tenzin Kunsang
Kwong Im Monastery
32 Higgs Street, Breakfast Creek, QLD 4010
Tel: (07) 3262 5588
Tradition: Mahayana, Chinese
Abbot: Ven. Sik Ming Jan
Langri Tangpa Centre
535 Old Cleveland Rd, Camp Hill, QLD 4051
Tel: (07) 3398 3310 Fax: (07) 3398 3314
Email: info@langritangpa.org.au
Web site: www.langritangpa.org.au
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa (FPMT)
Spiritual Director: Ven. Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Teacher: Ven. Geshe Tashi Tsering
Contact: Miffi Maxmillion
Lao Buddhist Association of Queensland (Wat Lao)
34-36 Harris Street, Bellbird Park, QLD 4300
Tel: (07) 3814 3830
Tradition: Theravada
Abbot: Ven. Acharn Gongmee
Contact: Mr Savannalack (Luck) Choumanivong
Linh Son Buddhist Temple
89 Rowe Terrace, Darra, QLD 4076
Tel: (07) 3375 4268
Tradition: Mahayana, Vietnamese
Contact: Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Tri Luu
Losang Drapka Monastery
PO Box 41 Eudlo QLD 4554
Tel: 07 5445 0907, Fax: 07 5453 2188
Email: lozangzopa@yahoo.com
Contact: Ven Lozang Zopa
Magnetic Buddha Dharma
Nelly Bay, Magnetic Island, Townsville, QLD 4819
Tel: (07) 4758 1028
Email: middleway@bigpond.com
Tradition: Non-demoninational
Teacher: Chittapala (Theravada)
Contact: Sally O'Connor
Maitreya Hospice Care Inc
PO Box 2976
Tel/Fax: (07) 40512138
Web site: www.yuloling.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya
Affiliation: Sakya Losal Choe Dzong
Contact: Ven. Rinchen Jigme Wangmo
Spiritual Director: Lama Choedak Rinpoche
Mountain Moon Zen Society
PO Box 76 Coorparoo, QLD 4151
Email: info@mountainmoon.org
Web site: www.mountainmoon.org
Spritual Director: Sei'un An Roselyn Stone
Contact: Liyea Bretz: (07) 3822 7792
(Meetings are currently held in Coorparoo)
Open Way Zen
22 Galaxy Street, Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane, QLD 4035
Contact: Peter Bruza
Mobile: 0421-010167
Email: zenfo@openway.org.au
Web site: www.openway.org.au
Tradition: Soto Zen
Teacher: Zen Master Daido Hogen Yamahata
Ordinary Mind Zen (Brisbane)
PO Box 1626, Milton, Brisbane, QLD 4066
Tel: (07) 3870 1274
Email: zen@ordinarymind.org.au
Web site: www.ordinarymind.org.au/brisbane
Tradition: Ordinary Mind Zen School
Affiliation: Charlotte Joko Beck
Padma Buddhist Centre
(Chogye Padma Choe Dzong Buddhist Centre)
PO Box 7366, Urangan, QLD 4655
Tel: (07) 41254 490
Email: eknight@optusnet.com.au
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya
Spiritual Director: His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche
Teacher: Lama Choedak
Contact: Gayle Allen 07 4125 4780
Pureland College Association Inc.
Pureland Learning Centre (Training college for Sangha)
57 West Street, Towoomba, QLD 4350
Fax: (07) 4637 8765
Tradition: Mahayana, Pure Land
Teacher: Ven. Master Chin Kung
Contact: Ven. Wu Ling (English speaking) ph: (07) 4637 8765
Queensland Zen Centre (Dae Kwang Sa)
15 Flaggy Creek Road, Mt Crosby QLD 4306
Contact: Ven. Il Ja Sunim
Tel: (07) 3201 2571
Email: qzcinfo@yahoo.com.au
Web site: members.optushome.com.au/qldzen
Tradition: Zen, Korean
Affiliation: Kwan Um School of Zen
Guiding Teacher: Kwang Myong Sunim, Ji Do Poep Sa
Rigpa Brisbane
8/29 Ryans Road, Northgate, QLD 4013
Tel: (07) 3630 4979
Email: rigpa@rigpabrisbane.org
Web site: www.rigpabrisbane.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Dzogchen Longchen Nyingthik
Spiritual Director: Sogyal Rinpoche
Contact: Jan van der Breggen
Rongton Buddhist Centre
28 Farm Street, Newmarket, Brisbane, QLD 4051
Contact: Peter Lester
Tel: (07) 3352 4730
Email: rongtonbuddhistcentre@hotmail.com
Tradition: Tibetan
Affiliation: Sakya
Spiritual Director: Lama Choedak Yuthok
Sakya Buddhist Institute Brisbane
PO Box 334 Ormeau Qld 4208
Tel: (07) 554 75735, Mob: 0408 611 044
Fax: (07) 55475 206
Tradition: Tibetan, Sakya
Spiritual Director/Visiting Teacher: Khenpo Ngawang Dhamchoe.
Lineage Head: H.H. the Sakya Trizen
Visiting Lay teacher: Inge Riebe
Affiliation: Sakya Tharpa Ling (Sydney)
President: Vivien Hinton
Soka Gakkai International
90 Waldheim Street, Annerley, South Brisbane, QLD 4103
Tel: (07) 3391 2027
Tradition: Mahayana ( Japanese)
Sri Lanka Buddhist Monastery (Brisbane)
114 Considine Road, Ellen Grove, QLD 4077
Tel: (07) 3879 3244
Email: monastery@dodo.com.au
Tradition: Theravada
Abbot: Ven. Dhammawasa
Contact: Ven. Sujatha, Ven. Sativihari
Sun Mountain Zen Community
St Paul's Anglican Church Hall
554 Vulture Street, East Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD
Contact: Arno Hess
Tel: (07) 3298 5094, Fax: (07) 3298 5883
Email: info@sunmountainzen.org.au
Web site: www.sunmountainzen.org.au
Tradition: Both Rinzai and Soto Zen
Affiliation: Sanbokoyodan Kamakura Japan
Spiritual Director: Dr. Rev. Mervyn Lander and Dr. Rev Cecilie Lander
Tibetan Buddhist Centre For the Liberation from Samsara
19 Alfred Street, Gympie, QLD 4570
Tel: (07) 5483 8131
Email: Gympielfs@hotmail.com
Web site: www.geocities.com/tbcgympie
Director: Jim Sweeney
Tibetan Buddhist Healing Practices
18 Mynah Crescent, Condon, QLD 4815
Tel: (07) 4723 5261
Email: iatru@bigpond.net.au
Web site: www.tasdevil3.tripod.com
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Director: Trudy Osborne
Teacher: Ven. Chris Roberts
Affiliation: Australian Institute of Tibetan Healing Practices (Sydney)
Contact : Trudy Osborne
Tibetan Buddhist Society
16 Rosslyn Street, East Brisbane, QLD 4169
Tel: (07) 3391 5723
Web site: www.tbsbrisbane.org
Tradition: Tibetan, Gelugpa
Affiliation: TBS Melbourne
Spiritual Director: Geshe Thubten Loden
Teacher: Charles Topp
Toowoomba Buddhist Centre
4 Thorn Street Toowoomba, QLD 4350
Tel: (07) 4659 7760, Fax: 46358 498
Email: toowoomba@fwbo.org.au
Web site: www.fwbo.org.au/toowoomba
Tradition: Eclectic mixture of Theravada, Mahayana & Vajrayana
Spiritual Director: Sangharakshita
Contact: Roger Bastick
Tsechen Buddhist Centre
PO Box 1465 Toowong, Brisbane, QLD 4066
Tel: (07) 3856 1034, Fax: 3856 4428
Email: cavayeco@powerup.com.au
Web site: www.geocities.com/tsechen2001
Tradition: Tibetan (non-sectarian)
Spiritual Patron His Eminence Chogye Trichen Rinpoche
Contact: Alison or David
Tung Sham Monastery
620 Priestdale Road, Rochedale, QLD 4123
Tel: (07) 3219 8896, Fax: 3219 8897
Abbott: Chen Tuen
President: Michael Wong
Tradition: Mahayana (Chinese)
United Vietnamese Buddhist Congregations of Queensland
Phap Quang Temple
12 Freeman Road, Durack, QLD 4077
Tel: (07) 3372 1113, Fax: 3372 9988
Tradition: Mahayana, Pure Land
Abbot: Ven. Thich Nhut Tan
Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Queensland
Phat Da Temple
36 Deodar Street, Inala, QLD 4077
Tel: (07) 3372 3818
Email: thichthienhuu2000@yahoo.com
Tradition: Mahayana, Vietnamese
Abbot: Bhikkhu Thich Thien Huu
Vipassana Centre Queensland (Dhamma Rasmi)
PO Box 119 Rules Road, Pomona, QLD 4568
Tel: (07) 5485 2452, Fax: (07) 5485 2907
Email: info@rasmi.dhamma.org
Web site: www.dhamma.org
Tradition: Vipassana in the S.N.Goenka
Wat Pa Tammajark Sukhum
PO Box 7280 Garbutt, Queensland 4814
Tel: (07) 4751 6038, Fax: (07) 4751 5041
Email: nipa@bro.com.au
Tradition: Theravada ( Thai )
President: Ven. Phra Kanokphan Sukhum
Contact: Mrs Nippa Brown
Wat Thai Buddharam
1 Paradise Road, Forestdale, QLD 4118
Tel: (07) 3806 8900
Tradition: Theravada, Thai