Please join the Abhayagiri sangha for this year’s Kathina ceremony on Sunday, November 15. Luang Por Pasanno, Ajahn Karunadhammo, our abbot Ajahn Nyaniko, and the rest of the Abhayagiri sangha will be present as well as our honored guests: Luang Por Viradhammo, the abbot of Tisarana Monastery and Ajahn Anando, the co-abbot of Temple Forest Monastery. Everyone is warmly welcome. YouTube livestream…
On Saturday, October 10th there will be the opportunity to join fellow Dhamma practitioners for a day of study and reflection around the theme of Sīla Pāramī, or the cultivation of virtuous behavior. Starting at 9:00am Pacific Time, Upāsikas will have the opportunity to formally take the Three Refuges and Five Precepts. A practice schedule will continue until 4:00pm. People are welcome to join in-…
In the practice of moral discipline, the five precepts are the training rules we observe. Together they constitute an excellent field of training. The five moral precepts are: not to kill, including not only human beings, but animals as well; not to steal; not to indulge in sexual misconduct; not to use false speech, lies, slander, gossip and so on; and not to take drinks and drugs. These five rules of training form the basis of a decent human being. If you can’t even adhere to these, you become less and less human. And the end result, well, I’ll leave it to you to guess. Unfortunately, very f…
This Dhamma talk was offered on October 19, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
