The Closing ceremony for the 16th ANZBYC

The 4 days and 3 nights of the Australia New Zealand Buddhist Youth Conference have come to an end. The attendees of this closing ceremony were: the Venerable Abbes ManShin, the 7 Venerables , the both BLIA North island and South Island presidents , Dolly Tsai and See Shen Lee, and members of the BLIA, total of 20 people.

The speech was made by both the NZ YAD 1 and 2 leaders, Tina and Annjo respectively. They are gratefully for this opportunity to organise such a big event, and
have learned a lot during the organisation and many other co-ordination work. It was painstaking but fruitful.

Followed by, the speech made by the YAD representatives from the different state of Australia. They were very glad on their choice by leaving their comfort zone and attend this conference. They have learned a lot from these discussions and talks; will definitely face their challenges with a positive attitude.

Thirdly, the speech was made by Ms Dolly Tsai. She is very pleased on the young participants’ performances. She can see they are very diligent and have show great interest during this conference. They have truly integrated the 3 Good deeds, 4 types of Gives, 5 pentagon of harmony. Ms Dolly encouraged the youth to continue practice and propagates these values into their daily life.

Finally, the Venerable Abbes ManShin made her speech. She likes to take this opportunity to thank the supporting staffs. To accomplish a meaningful event such as this youth conference, it required the co-operations of the multitude of the people and resources. To enhance the value of life, one needs to contribute to the community and society; and overcome any challenge which may faced, to attain great wisdom and tranquillity within ourselves.

The closing ceremony ended with the handover ceremony to the Melbourne YAD. They will organise the 17th ANZBYC in 2014. The representative from Melbourne YAD mentioned, the benchmark of the ANZBYC has been set higher by the YAD NZ Auckland. Nevertheless, they will work harder to exceed this standard, and promotes the values of the Humanistic Buddhism to the Oceania continent.