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…
Update: The teachings and readings from the winter retreat are now available via this link: https://www.abhayagiri.org/talks/collections/1/177-winter-retreat-2026-the-foundation-of-mindfulness 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…
As human beings we have no choice but to engage with the four basic requisites of life: food, clothing, shelter, and medicine. If one looks at the monks’ training one sees that it begins with an awareness of how to properly use the four requisites, which is considered an aspect of moral conduct (sīla). It may not have occurred to some people that knowing how to eat or consume is a part of morality. This so-called ‘ethical eating’ refers to eating with a due consideration of the true objectives of eating. Put simply, it is wise eating–or wise consumption–which implies a balanced and optimum for…
This Dhamma talk was offered on April 18, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
