The monastery entered the annual three-month winter retreat on January 3, 2026. Our Abbot, Ajahn Nyaniko, will be in Thailand until early March and on solitary retreat for most of March with the exception of Magha Puja on March 3. We are pleased to welcome back Luang Por Pasanno from his year-long stay at Amaravati Monastery in England as well as Ajahn Karunadhammo from England. Both Ajahns will b…
The 2026 30th Anniversary of Abhayagiri Monastery calendar is available online as a pdf. The calendar includes many photos from the history of Abhayagiri and may be of interest for anyone who has been around since the beginning, or those who are interested in the development of the monastery over the last 30 years. We hope you enjoy!
We begin another day, reflecting on the tasks that we all have, the lists of things to do, the never-ending need to attend to the kitchen, the various work projects, guest-monk duties, construction, and so forth. There’s a sense of continuity, of things carrying on from where we were before, going on and on. Ajahn Chah once came up with a wonderful simile: “Saṃsāra is like the ruts left behind the wheels of a cart. As the wheels turn, the trail that’s left behind them goes on and on.” There’s a sense of repetition, a continuous extension through time. But the wheel itself is very stable; it si…
This Dhamma talk was offered on December 27, 2025 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
