Dear Dhamma Friends, Abhayagiri Monastery plans to have a Thanksgiving Retreat this year, from Saturday, November 21st to Sunday, November 29th. The retreat this year will be held at Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center, the same place it was held in 2023 and 2019. The retreat will be led by Luang Por Pasanno, Ajahn Nyaniko, Debbie Stamp and Jill Satterfield. If you would like to sign up for this retre…
We have received many calls and emails expressing concern over the news of this morning’s earthquake. We appreciate the care and concern. So far this morning, we have not found any significant damage on our property and everyone is safe and injury free. Many Blessings, Abhayagiri Sangha
Compunction is rarely discussed in modern Buddhist circles, even though it appears in many of the Buddha’s lists of qualities to be developed along the path. He calls it a guardian of the world in that it keeps people from violating trust and behaving promiscuously. In a simile where the Buddha compares different qualities needed on the path to features of a frontier fortress, compunction is a high and wide road encircling the fortress, to ward off unskillful qualities that would damage the skillful qualities–such as mindfulness and right effort–that inhabit the fortress. It’s also a treasure…
This Dhamma talk was offered on June 22, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
