Due to the encompassing vision of our founder, Venerable Thubten Tenzin, Blue Padma Services Inc. originally
manifested in 2004 as Padma Care Services. Our aim was to provide Buddhist teachings in a workshop environment, as
a method for healing the mental and physical problems plaguing Western society, such as depression, addictions and
trauma.

In 2005 we expanded our vision, and as Blue Padma Services we have gradually developed methods and services to
fulfill our objective: giving Australians - and Westerners in general - access to Buddhism in a pure form, with a focus on
healing. Our activities are based in the firm belief that Shakyamuni Buddha's teachings are the greatest medicine.
What does Blue Padma mean?
From Foundations of Tibetan Mysticism
by Lama Govinda

The lotus is a symbol of spiritual unfoldment, of the holy, the pure. The Buddha-legend reports that when the newly born infant Siddartha, who
later became the Buddha, touched the ground and made His first seven steps, seven lotus-blossoms grew up from the earth. Thus, each step of
the Bodhisattva is an act of spiritual unfoldment. Meditating Buddhas are represented as sitting on lotus-flowers, and the unfoldment of spiritual
vision in meditation is symbolized b y the fully-opening lotus-blossom, whose centre and whose petals carry the images, attributes or mantras
of various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, according to their relative position and mutual relationship.
The original meaning of this symbolism may be seen from the following simile: Just as the lotus grows up from the darkness of the mud to the
surface of the water, opening its blossom only after it has raised itself beyond the surface, and remaining unsullied from both earth and water,
which nourished it - in the same way the mind, born in the human body, unfolds its true qualities ('petals') after it has raised itself beyond the
turbid floods of passions and ignorance, and transforms the dark powers of the depths into the radiantly pure nectar of
Enlightenment-conciousness (Bodhicitta), the incomparable jewel (mani) in the lotus-blossom (padma). Thus the saint grows beyond the world
and surpasses it.
BLUE
represents the blue colour
of the lotuses Buddha Tara
holds.
PADMA
is Sanskrit for Lotus.
We all have the inner strength and capacity to help ourselves and be well and happy.
The commitment of Blue Padma Services Inc. is to help human beings who have destructive emotions to heal
those destructive emotions in an alternative manner. Instead of seeking and hiding behind mind altering
substances such as prescription and other drugs, our method is to review our lives—to try to understand the
reasons why. We aim to heal destructive emotional states such as anger, depression, grief, guilt and fear with this
process. The responsible aim of Blue Padma Services, in its alternative technique, is to encourage us not to hide
behind, but to confront these destructive emotions with courage. To survive and participate in our lives we need
to have skills and all these skills come from the mind. So, that's where we begin, with our mind, working with
our mind, easing our mind and developing a peaceful mind.
The Aims and Objectives of Blue Padma Services Inc. ~ Venerable Thubten Tenzin.
We are constantly striving to provide the best service for sentient beings. Part of our endevour
is our effort to offer products that are of the highest quality and are as follows:

 Environmentally safe,

Safe for humans and other living beings,

Free from animal products or products that harm animals and other living beings,

Fairly traded or locally sourced

And most of all, ETHICAL!

Examples of our efforts: The soy candles we use in our packs are free from pesticides and other harmful
chemicals, and they contain very little aluminium so as to save the world from more landfill! The packaging on
our candles is made from biodegradeable cellophane.
For more examples, please contact us!
Blue Padma Services is a not-for-profit registered charity and all profits go to providing our services. We are based in
Central Western New South Wales, however if you are not in Australia and would like to access our services, please
don't hesitate to contact us.
"(The Blue Lotus) is a symbol of the victory of the spirit over the
senses and signifies the wisdom of knowledge. Not surprisingly it is
the preferred flower of Manjushri, the Buddha of wisdom."
from Buddhanet - history
“Winter: The crisper cleaner air should remind us of our inner nature—light, spacious and luminous”
Venerable Thubten Tenzin