★Sharing Master's Teachings During The Lunar New Year

[Perth] The city of Perth celebrates the Chinese New Year with a festival in Hyde Park. Many Chinese and Au Lacese groups provide exhibition booths of various kinds for this event, which is very popular. At this year's festival, it was hardly possible to move around the area, so many people were packed in.

As usual, the Perth Center contributed a booth, which featured Master's paintings, books and video lectures, which were played continuously. Many people showed interest in Master's teachings, and requested to receive the News magazine, or asked to visit the Center.

The booth also included a section selling vegetarian food, which was very popular as well.

★Clean Up Australia Day

"Clean Up Australia Day" is an annual event in this country, in which parties of volunteers nationwide go out and pick up garbage from roadsides, parks and other areas.

As usual, the Perth Center participated. Being the first Sunday of the month, Clean Up Australia Day would normally have been a retreat day, however we decided to hold the usual Sunday group meditation in the morning before starting work. After hours of hard work, we had collected many bags of garbage. We then returned to the Center for lunch.