Dear Dhamma Friends, This year we are honored to plan to host Luang Por Liem, Luang Por Jundee and other senior monks from Thailand on May 17-21. Luang Por Liem is 83 years old and has been a bhikkhu for 63 years. He is currently the abbot of Wat Nong Pah Pong in Thailand and is considered to be Luang Por Chah’s Dhamma heir. The last time Luang Por Liem visited was 2018, during the grand opening o…
On Sunday, April 13, the Abhayagiri community will be celebrating the traditional Thai New Year known as Songkran. Schedule: 10:30 am - Gather for alms round in the monastery. 10:40 am - Bhikkhus receive food on the buffet tables. 10:45 am - Monastic community files out and ceremonially washes the Green Buddha, then receives pindapata alms food. Monastic community gives blessing outside. 11:00 am…
The monastery entered the three-month annual winter retreat on January 6, 2025. During this time, the resident community takes time to engage in more formal meditation practice following a changing schedule of group and individual practice. We will resume the normal routines during the first week of April. During the winter retreat there will be no overnight guests. To schedule overnight visits af…
[From a Morning Reflection in 2013] With many people away, it’s so quiet I can hear the water dripping over the sound of our breathing. We can have our own little retreat here today, which is always the way it is here regardless of the day. We can use every opportunity to practice mindfulness—to be aware of where our body is and what our mind is doing and ask ourselves, “Is this a skillful state of mind or is it an unskillful state of mind? Am I distracted? Am I in touch? Am I so absorbed in what I’m doing that I am not really seeing what’s going on with the people around me?” The title of Lua…
This Dhamma talk was offered on April 20, 2025 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
