This year, Abhayagiri turns 30 on June 1st. Due to the growing size of our community and some logistical considerations, the current plan is to celebrate this occasion in two separate, but related events. It happens that Vesakha Puja - the full moon of May commemorating the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and final nibbāna - is Sunday, May 31st. This is an amazing coincidence that it falls so close…
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…
As you continue practicing for a length of time, the sense of fullness and pleasure in the body becomes greater. Ekaggatā – interest and absorption in your one object – becomes more intense because you have seen the results it produces. The mind becomes steady and determined, focused with full mindfulness and alertness, thoroughly aware of both body and mind, and thus you can let go of your thinking and evaluating, entering the second jhāna. The second jhāna has three factors. Ekaggatā : Keep the mind with its one object, the breath, which is now more subtle and refined than before, leaving si…
This Dhamma talk & Q&A was offered on January 4, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
