She helped organize the first visit of the Dalai Lama to Australia, and was a delegate to the World Conference on Religions for Peace, held in Melbourne in 1984.
[4] In 1947, they were invited to play at the World Youth Festival in Czechoslovakia; they stayed oversees for a year and toured in Europe.
In 1950, while again traveling overseas, Bell gave birth to their only child, Christina, in England.
[3] Among her other interests, Bell wrote poetry, and her poem "Ern Malley's Sister" was published in Quadrant magazine in 2006.
The historic visit, the Dalai Lama's first to Australia, was a relatively quiet and low-key affair, planned by local volunteers.
[10] In 1984, when the fourth World Conference on Religions and Peace was held in Melbourne,[11] Bell attended as a delegate.
[12] As part of the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bell received the Medal of the Order of Australia, in recognition of her contributions to Buddhism.