About Us

Karuna Hospice Services is a specialist community-based palliative care not-for-profit organisation. 

Our team supports people living with terminal illness in their homes for as long as possible.

We support carers and family members and also assist them with service navigation, grief and bereavement counselling and spiritual care and guidance, no matter the religious or spiritual denomination.

Karuna is an inclusive organisation and accepts referrals from a number of sources.

Karuna offers a no-fee service accessible throughout Brisbane’s Northern suburbs and into Caboolture, Redcliffe and Bribie Island.

STRATEGIC DIRECTION
Our Vision of the Future
Our vision is to continue to grow our service so that the many people who seek our support may benefit. Our aim is that through care and education we will help people live a rich and meaningful life and be better prepared for the choices they need to make in relation to the end.

Buddhist Values

Gently underpinning our work, our spiritual foundation derives from Tibetan Buddhism, specifically the teachings and practices of Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-1983) and Lama Zopa Rinpoche of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Karuna is one of 200 global FPMT service and teaching organisations. Learn more about the FPMT here.

In serving the community we follow the inspirational ideals and examples set by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, whose own lifelong mission is to serve others with universal compassion and kindness. We are grateful that in 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited Karuna and accepted our request to be Karuna’s Spiritual Patron.

Our Vision of the Future

Our vision is to continue to grow our service so that the many people who seek our support may benefit. Our aim is that through care and education we will help people live a rich and meaningful life and be better prepared for the choices they need to make in relation to the end.

The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) is a world wide organisation with a large network of centres, projects and services. It is devoted to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values through teaching, meditation and community and other service. Its international network consists of buddhist education and meditation centres, retreat centres, and projects whose functions are dedicated to the FPMT mission.

FPMT was founded in 1975 by Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935-84) and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, both Tibetan Buddhist monks. The Foundation is devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice, and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings.

The organisation provides integrated education through which people can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. FPMT is committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. FPMT, Inc. is the non-profit religious corporation incorporated in the State of California, USA. FPMT International Office is the the headquarters of the FPMT organisation, and the corporate office and principal place of business of FPMT, Inc.

FPMT Mission Statement
FPMT Ethical Policy
FPMT Protecting From Abuse Policy

Lama Zopa Rinpoche

FPMT is committed to creating harmonious environments and to helping all beings to develop their full potential of wisdom and compassion.

The organisation is based on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition as taught by its founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche.