2000

His Eminence Khejok Tulku Rinpoche on one of his many visits to the Institute.

2001

Venerable Chris speaking at the Women’s Interfaith Network launch at Parliament House, NSW, as the Buddhist community representative. She held this office for many years, and at the same time she held office on the Cancer Council NSW Ethics Committee as a minister of religion.

2005

Venerable Chris’s Overcoming Problems program became part of a therapeutic-yoga-teacher training course that Venerable Chris designed. The Institute only trains a few people and they can only teach yoga by donation within the Institute. The yoga is used in the Queensland Institute, but in Sydney it is only used on retreats.

2003 – 2007

Outside the Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, premises. The Council said that they regarded the Institute as a ‘benefit to the Chatswood Community’ and provided us with discounted rent for the property.