Current Announcements
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Community Work DayApril 18, 2008Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery will be having its monthly Community Work Day this coming Sunday, May 11th. These work days take place every 2nd Sunday of the month from April through December and give people the opportunity to spend a day (or part of a day) offering help in maintaining and developing the monastery. >> |
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Metta Retreat Led by Ajahn PasannoApril 18, 2008From September 7th to September 14th, 2008, a Metta retreat will be led by Ajahn Pasanno, co-abbot of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery. The retreat will be held at the Padmasambhava Peace Institute, which is located in Cazadero, California, approximately 1 ½ hours northwest of Santa Rosa. The center sits in a quiet setting amongst the beautiful redwoods of west Sonoma County, with mountain and ocean views. >> |
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First Tuesday at Berkeley: April 2008April 10, 2008With the conclusion of the Abhayagiri monastics’ three-month winter retreat on March 31, the April 1 edition of the Sanghapala First Tuesday Gathering in Berkeley welcomed the return of Ajahn Amaro, accompanied by Anagarika Michael, for tea, chanting, meditation, taking the refuges and precepts, and a Dhamma talk. For the occasion, Ajahn focused on Nibbana, the subject of a forthcoming book (The Island) on which he and Ajahn Pasanno have been collaborating for about a decade. >> |
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Community Work DayMarch 09, 2008Abhayagiri Monastery's monthly Community Work Days will take place again this year, commencing on Sunday, April 13th. People wishing to participate are welcome to join us for all or part of the day, as they wish. >> |
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Upasika Renewal DayMarch 09, 2008We hope you can join us at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery on April 5th for a day of community, Dhamma study, meditation, and renewal. The North American Upasika community will be holding the annual Upasika Renewal Day. All are welcome to attend. We are fortunate to have both Ajahn Amaro and Ajahn Pasanno in attendance to lead the day's activities. Our theme for the day will be Devotional/Ritual: Chanting, and will focus on chanting in our spiritual lives >> |
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First Tuesday in Berkeley: March 2008March 09, 2008The monthly First Tuesday Sanghapala gathering in Berkeley was once again fortunate to be able to host Ajahn Ānandabodhi from Amaravati Monastery in England. Following up on her February visit to Berkeley with Ajahn Santacitta (who was ill and not able to attend this month), Ajahn summarized what the two had experienced during their visits in January, February, and March to the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the Pacific Northwest, and Oklahoma for the purpose of exploring opportunities for establishing a community of nuns (Sīladhāras) in the United States. The Ajahns have now returned to England, but in April and May, a second group comprising Ajahns Upekkhā and Thānasanti will be visiting Colorado and the Pacific Northwest. In June, Ajahns Candasiri and Ānandabodhi will again be in the Bay Area. >> |