Hayagriva Buddhist Centre Inc, Kensington, WA

It is located in Kensington, a suburb of the city of Perth in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ( FPMT ) - an international organisation of more than 160 centres, monasteries, nunneries, retreat centres, and charitable projects around the world. The FPMT was founded in 1975 by the late Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935 - 1984) and is under the spiritual guidance of Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche who consults closely with His Holiness the Dalai Lama . Our resident teacher is Geshe Ngawang Sonam, a fully ordained monk who has completed the entire monastic training in India’s Sera Jey Monastery. Our Centre has been operating for more than 25 years, is a non-profit organisation incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1987 (WA), is financed by donations and run by volunteers. “The purpose of Dharma centre organisation is for you and your friends to learn more, to deepen your understanding, to help each other, to inspire each other and most importantly to develop realisations of the path to enlightenment.” Lama Zopa Rinpoche, FPMT Spiritual Director, April 2006.