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Karen Buddhist Dhamma Dhutta Foundation

The Karen Buddhist Dhamma Dhutta Foundation supports Karen Buddhist people and Karen Christian people to follow their traditional religions and culture.

About half of our members are Karen Buddhists and half Karen Christians. We also have some Australian members. As Buddhists and Christians we share values of loving-kindness, compassion, mutual respect and ethical living. Because we share these values we have no problem working together although we are different religions.

Most of our members have recently come to Australia as refugees from refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border.

Bringing more refugees to come to live in Bendigo in Australia, and supporting them after they arrive, is a major part of our work. To show that we do not discriminate by religion it is our policy that half of the refugees we sponsor are Buddhist and half are Christian.

Many other Karen organisations say they help all Karen refugees, but we are the only organisation that actually sponsors equal numbers of Christian and Buddhist refugees.

We also hold traditional Buddhist festivals including Full Moon Festival, Kathina (Robe-Offering to Monks) ceremony, and Shin Pyu (ordination of children as novice monks and nuns), and participate in other traditional Karen festivals.

The Karen Buddhist Dhamma Dhutta Foundation has been involved in interfaith initiatives including interfaith prayer services for peace in Burma and interfaith dialogues.

The Karen Buddhist Dhamma Dhutta Foundation is based in Bendigo, Australia, and is a member of the Buddhist Council of Victoria.

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