Bellbunya Eco Retreat

08/10/2025

Nothing more satisfying than creating a community with a shared vision of sustainability including growing ones own food and celebration

30/09/2025

Bellbunya is excited to host G*i Anderson: Way of the Shaman

Bellbunya permaculture community, located Sunshine Coast Hinterland Queensland is new home to Way of The Shaman, two day workshop with G*i Anderson.

This is the first time Way of the Shaman training has been made available in Australia in over a decade, Bellbunya offers affordable accommodation options and is one of the reasons we choose to located the event here.

Dates Saturday Novemeber 29 and Sunday Novemeber 30, 2025.

https://events.humanitix.com/way-of-the-shaman

Bellbunya is a Eco Friendly Permaculture Village with a focus on community and building something sustainable for the benefit of the planet.

Travel and accommodation details coming soon.

12/09/2025

Bees are life

04/09/2025

“Cleaning” emphasizes not only the physical actt, It also teaches us to reflect on our own actions and any wrongdoings we may have done in the past. It is an opportunity to purify our mind.

To better understand this, there is a story about Cudapanthaka, a disciple of the Sakyamuni Buddha. He was a very slow learner, so much so that it would take him approximately three to four months to memorize a single verse that the Buddha taught him. Children listening nearby would memorize the verse before him and would ultimately end up teaching him instead. His older brother, also a disciple of the Buddha, was quite the opposite of Cudapanthaka and known to be very clever and smart. Disappointed by Cudapanthaka, the older brother one day approached him and said, “There is no reason for you to be in this Sangha. Just leave.” Upset by his brother’s words, Cudapanthaka sat and cried tears of sadness. Eventually the Buddha approached him to ask the reason behind his tears. After explaining the situation, the Buddha grabbed a broom and told him, “Take this broom. As you are cleaning, repeatedly recite the following words: clean the dust, purify the mind.” Cudapanthaka did as he was told, trying his best to memorize and recite this phrase, while cleaning every nook and crevice he could find in his surroundings. It is said that he ultimately achieved enlightenment, by both the physical act of cleaning and the simultaneous purification of his mind.

08/08/2025