About our Monastery

Everyone is welcome – this is a place of peace, respect, and kindness.

Buddha Meditation Centre of Halton

The Buddha Meditation Centre of Halton is a place for everyone, regardless of background or experience, to learn and practice the ancient teachings of the Buddha. You will discover a like-minded community of people who are interested in finding happiness that is not based on endless consuming and accumulating more and more things. By learning and practicing the teachings of the Buddha, you will gain a peace and happiness that is not tied to the ups and downs of ordinary life.

Here in Acton, the Centre is led by monks ordained and trained in the oldest tradition of Buddhism, Theravada. Through their guidance we are able to provide many opportunities for you to learn all of the Buddha’s teachings of mindfulness, meditation, morality, and generosity. We have several meditation activities as well as other chances to learn the teachings

Our Vission

As we are a Buddhist organization our aim is to help people to develop spiritually that provides true happiness and wisdom, by learning and studying the sublime teachings of the Gauthama Supreme Buddha.

Our Mission

Organizing charitable activities
Teaching people how to develop wholesome thoughts such as loving kindness and compassion.
Teaching how to collect good karma and to strengthen world peace practicing the Noble Eightfold Path that leads to ultimate liberation of Nirvana.

Our Values

Teaching people how to develop good qualities such as generosity, virtue, concentration.
Advice people to do Good Karma which brings us good results.
Guiding the comunity to take care of one’s and other selves.

Charity Details

Charity Registered Name: Buddha Meditation Centre of Halton
Charity Registration Number: 806161329RR0001
Address: 148 Main Street South, Acton, ON L7J 1X9

How our charity works

We provide services for the well being of society by guiding people, organizing meditation classes, food and money donations to food banks, and organizing blood donations. We provide all services free of charge. This is made possible through the generosity of our supporters. They contribute financially as well as offering food and household items. If you would like to contribute financially to our work and for the maintenance of the monastery or offering food and household items, it will help to continue our services and be greatly appreciated.

Contribute

Compassion / Loving-Kindness / Generous

Humanitarian Projects

At the Buddha Meditation Center of Halton, we organize and help with multiple projects to those in need, including running blood drives, soup kitchens, food drives and more. As disciples of the Supreme Buddha, who spread loving kindness to all beings, our goal is to give and help with a heart filled with boundless compassion to those individuals facing difficult times.

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Meaning of our Logo
Buddhist Flag

The Logo of the Mahamevnawa Buddhist meditation centre meaningfully illustrates the unsurpassed dispensation of the perfectly Enlightened Buddha. The wheel, containing 24 spokes represents the nine supreme qualities of the Buddha, the six supreme qualities of the Teachings of the Buddha(Dhamma) and the nine supreme qualities of the Holy order of Monks(Sangha).The Buddha’s preaching is stated as “The setting in motion the incomparable wheel of Dhamma”. The wheel stands for the propagating the liberating Teachings of the Buddha as well.
Lion, the king of the forest is considered as so brave and powerful, so majestic and mighty. When he roars coming out from his lair, all the animals in the forest hear, listen and pay attention to that. So too, the Buddha, the fully Enlightened Buddha teaches his sublime doctrine as brave as a lion, that dispels all the sorrows and sufferings in the world, wise people pay careful attention to that. The two majestic lions defending the incomparable wheel of Dhamma( Dhamma- the teachings of the Buddha ) directly stand for the unshakable bravery of the Thatagatha(Thatagatha- the Buddha).

The flag was originally designed in 1885 by the Colombo Committee, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.It was first hoisted in public on Vesak day(full moon day in the month of May), 28 May 1885 at the Dipaduttamarama, Kotahena, by Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera. This was the first Vesak public holiday under British rule

Colors

The six vertical bands of the flag represent the six colors of the aura which Buddhists believe emanated from the body of the Buddha when he attained Enlightenment:

Blue : The Spirit of Universal Compassion

Yellow : The Middle Way

Red : The Blessings of Practice – achievement, wisdom, virtue, fortune and dignity

White : The Purity of Dhamma – leading to liberation, timeless

Orange: The Wisdom of the Buddha’s teachings

The sixth vertical band, on the fly, is made up of a combination of rectangular bands of the five other colors, and represents a compound of the other five colors in the aura’s spectrum. This compound color is referred to as the Truth of the Buddha’s teaching Pabbhassara (‘essence of light’).