Elective Session
One of the most popular segments of WACANA Conference is the break-out session where participants can discuss pertinent issues close to their hearts.
You may register for ONE of the following forums which best suits your interest, or where you can contribute most to the discussions. Kindly read the synopsis of the four forums and make your preferred choice.
Family units play the most pivotal role in shaping the future of our community. When parents and children walk the Dhamma path together, they nurture wholesome values, wisdom, and compassion that enhance their own well-being and positively impact those around them. Discover how family-based Dhamma learning brings families closer through shared reflection and spiritual growth.
This forum introduces the innovative concept of Dhamma School for Families. Our discussions centre around how family members can actively support each other as a unit in Dhamma learning. Come gain practical insights from those who have implemented this approach and be inspired to apply these in your organisations or your own families. We invite parents, Dhamma School teachers, leaders, and anyone interested in this topic to join and share their insights at this forum.
Every generation looks to the next to realise their hopes and aspirations. Cultivating a spiritually-rooted youth community needs to take into account their worldview, effective channels of communicating with them, and reasoning out the rationality of a true holistic approach to Dhamma practice. This forum aims to identify appropriate initiatives and strategies to create a platform for youths to gather and learn the Dhamma in a dynamic and nurturing environment.
Leaders and activists keen to share their ideas to committedly overcome the many challenges in realising these aims will find this forum very useful. Whether you're a leader or a volunteer, join others who care deeply about making the Buddha's path relevant, real, and reachable for today's youth.
Ageing is not a decline but a deepening. This forum invites Buddhist seniors to explore how the Buddha's core teaching — Avoid evil, Cultivate good, Purify the mind—can guide us to live our later years with clarity, dignity, and renewed purpose. We explore how Active Ageing principles position seniors to actively engage the golden years with enthusiasm and wisdom.
The experiential session of Mindful Ageing will enable participants to discover how mindful study and practice of the Dhamma leads not only to personal transformation, but also to becoming truly wise elders—mentors, companions, and living examples to the younger generation.
This forum will give insight into walking the final stretch of the path with courage, grace, and a mind ever ready for awakening.
Volunteers often form the backbone of Buddhist organisations as their selfless efforts breathe life into the organisation's goals. Being the first contact point for people who visit Buddhist centres, and the ones who form the group or community, their conduct and demeanour need to be exemplary, as their actions will either inspire or turn devotees away.
This forum aims to establish sound strategies in forming sustainable Buddhist communities supported by long-term, passionate and dedicated contributors. Leaders, teachers and volunteers may join us to reflect on how they can find lasting meaning in their service—transforming their selfless acts into unshakeable steps of awakening on the Buddha's path.