Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Brigid Lowry has been a Buddhist for over forty years. She spent six years at Wat Buddha Dharma as part of the lay community, helping to run retreats for many teachers, including Ayya Khema, Phra Khantipalo and Joseph Goldstein. She has been a Zen student for many years and is also a Vipassana practitioner. Brigid has an MA in Creative Writing and is the author of many prize-winning YA books. Her adult titles are Still Life With Teapot: On Zen, Writing and Creativity and A Year of Loving Kindness to Myself and Other Essays. The later was chosen by Apple books to be Best Book of the Month in April 2021. Her new book, A Time of Living Graciously: Essays on Ageing, will be published by Fremantle Press in February. Brigid believes in op shops, coloured pencils and floral frocks, and in fostering joy and creativity in herself and others.

Every year, the monastic community (Monks and nuns) go on a three month retreat called the “Rains Retreat” from mid July to mid October. During this period, they do not visit our centres for teachings as it’s a time for deepening their own practice.
While the monks and nuns are away, we will have some interesting guest speakers coming in to give the Friday Night talk.

Unshakeable Peace 2026 (Rains Retreat Speakers' Series 2026)
Hear stories of everyday dhamma as told by monastics and lay practitioners from various Buddhist traditions.  

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