BODHI Australia

18/06/2026

https://ianslive.in/lifelong-friend-of-india-pm-modi-expreses-grief-over-buddhist-scholar-robert-thurmans-demise--20260618053126 We also extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Prof Robert Thurman who died on June 17, aged 84.

New Delhi, June 18 (IANS)Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed condolences over the death of Padm Shri awardee Robert A. F. Thurman and said that Thurman was an "eminent scholar of Buddhism, a distinguished teacher and a lifelong friend of India".

12/06/2026

Newsletter number 62 - April 2026. Mainly about Nishtha, a project to empower women and daughters, in the Sundarbans, West Bengal, India. Also, reflections on Tzu Chi and Dharma Master Cheng Yen, an amazing 88 year old nun living in Taiwan. Finally, Dr Niranjane (BODHI Australia vice president) discusses caste based discrimination in the Australian context, including a side event he participated in as part of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues as part of the 18th Session of theUnited Nations Forum on Minority Issues, held in Geneva, in November 2025.

BODHI Times 62: April, 2026 Reflections from Nishtha's Alokita mothers and daughters Report by Dr David King and Ms Karyn Richardson Impressions of Tzu Chi Caste based discrimination in...

25/09/2025

https://www.abc.net.au/asia/ganges-river-drying-fast-india-cimate-change/105815734

The Ganges river is a lifeline for hundreds of millions in South Asia but scientists warn it is near collapse. What can be done to save it?

18/09/2025

We will be closing this page within a year - ie by October 17, 2026. There is another BODHI page on FB and we have received advice that having two pages is confusing. Best wishes, Colin

24/05/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/15/maurice-king-obituary BODHI's public health advisor from 1990 until his death in 2024.

Other lives: Doctor and writer who produced books on medical care for developing countries

21/05/2025

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/development-sector-mull-cash-transfers-amid-aid-cuts/?WT.mc_id=e_DM585351&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_GHS_New_Wed&utmsource=email&utm_medium=Edi_GHS_New_Wed20250514&utm_campaign=DM585351

Direct transfers of money have long been experimented with by the aid sector – with varying results

01/05/2025

New newsletter - 61 - at https://www.bodhi-australia.com/newsletter-latest.html

Nishtha & BODHI Australia's enlightened Alokita Project
Aryaloka Computer Education:
BODHI Australia: Annual General Meeting
BODHI Australia Executive Committee
Thanking our donors: Continuing BODHI Australia's work
From the Medical Director's desk

BODHI Times 61: April, 2025 Nishtha & BODHI Australia's enlightened Alokita Project Aryaloka Computer Education: 50 residential IT scholarships. BODHI Australia: Annual General Meeting BODHI...

05/04/2025

New editorial - for BODHI Times 61. https://www.bodhi-australia.com/from-the-medical-directors-desk.html

"President Trump, sea level rise, technology (doubts) and remembrance". Published April 5, 2025

Banner Image : waratah, fragment, Tasmania's native Christmas flower. Photo Charles Chadwick, with permission

20/10/2024

"What "dose" of anxiety is needed to awaken transformative action on climate change by those in the Global North?” Written with Prof Mala Rao. Accepted by BMJ, notified yesterday. Probably won't be open access.