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FABC Mission Statement
| To provide national representation of the Buddhist community to the Australian Government, media, inter-faith groups, and the public, in accordance with the Buddha's teachings |
| To support the Australian Buddhist community through state and territory Buddhist Councils |
| To promote the understanding and practice of the Buddha's teachings in Australia |
| To represent the Australian Buddhist community in working constructively with overseas Buddhist groups |
Since May 2014 when we began to warn the Australian public on this website about the problem of fake monks scamming people in our capital cities we are receiving reports that this shameful practice is still be carried out. This problem was featured in the current affair TV program "A Current Affair" in Dec 2014. Please click here to watch the episode and learn more about this problem and how to avoid being scammed. These bogus Buddhist monks have been caught scamming generous Australians.
"The Management Committee & Members of the Federation of Australian Buddhist Councils (FABC) would like to convey our deepest condolences to family and friends of the victims of the Sydney hostage crisis. We also extend our gratitude to the NSW police and emergency services personnel who put their lives at risk in the service of others.
We look to the age old teachings of the Lord Buddha who explained; Those who inflict violence to the peaceful and harmless will eventually encounter the same in return. Buddhist believe in Karma; meaning good intent and good deeds contribute to good Karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad Karma and eventual future suffering. Therefore those that seek to inflict pain, disaster, physical injury or the taking of another life, will at some future stage experience the same fate themselves.