Panha Pal is now the founder and principal of Australia’s first and only Buddhist school – in Sydney’s sprawling west………a long way from when he was a young boy in Cambodia…….in the reign of the murderous Khmer Rouge.

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” 

– Buddha

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” 

– Buddha

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” 

– Buddha 

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