2024 QLD Philanthropy Week

2024 QLD Philanthropy Week

This week we’re excited to celebrate Queensland Philanthropy Week! Philanthropy has played a significant role in Karuna’s history. From fundraising events to regular giving, to Gifts in Will and much more, philanthropic efforts over the years have enabled Karuna to...
EVENT: Acting with Patience

EVENT: Acting with Patience

The world seems to be filled with outrage, impatience, intolerance, and division.💔 But do these really help us to find peace of mind and satisfactory outcomes? Join Karuna’s Spiritual Care Practitioner Venerable Tsultrim for a morning of discussion and...
Leaving a lasting legacy

Leaving a lasting legacy

Did you know gifts pledged in wills, account for 25% of all charity revenue? For Karuna, the gifts we receive in wills help us to provide specialised, home-based palliative care to patients and families through our clinical and spiritual care, service navigation, as...
Palliative Care Week 2024

Palliative Care Week 2024

This week we proudly celebrate National Palliative Care Week. When Karuna was founded in 1992 by Venerable Pende Hawter, he had a vision to offer the local community a specialist palliative care service based on Buddhist principles.Over the years Karuna has evolved...
Saka Dawa

Saka Dawa

Today (9 May) is the start of Saka Dawa, the most important month in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar. Concluding on 6 June, this is known as the month of merits, where all actions of body, speech and mind are multiplied hundreds of thousands of times. 🫶...