Our Story

In 1974, the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre in Australia and one of the oldest in the west was founded - Chenrezig Institute.

Located in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, the place has flourished into a dedicated facility for Buddhist education and practice. The property and land were consecrated in September 1974 as a place where sentient beings can come to learn Dharma, meditate, purify and collect merits.

Many great Buddhist masters including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, many rinpoches, yogis and Tibetan and western sangha, have been hosted here while teaching their profound wisdom, insights and practices on the Buddhist path.

Chenrezig Institute was the first centre (outside the Indian sub-continent) of the international Tibetan Buddhist organisation, The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) an organisation founded by two amazing Tibetan masters, Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

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View our photo book, created for His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his 2011 visit to the centre.