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 times of uncertainty, when there’s disease and social unrest, it’s only natural that we think about issues of protection. And the Buddha’s teachings offer a kind of protection through meditation. There’s a set of four topics that traditionally have been put together called the “guardian meditations” or the “protective meditations.” They may not necessarily protect you from disease or from being a victim of social unrest. After all, karma is complex, and who knows what we have in our past karma? But, when you follow these meditations, they prevent you from creating any bad new karma. And tha…
Pavāraṇā Day marks the end of the three month rainy season retreat period. On this day each year monasteries in the Luang Por Chah tradition have the custom of inviting all of the Anagārikas, Sāmaṇeras, and Navaka and Majjhima Monks (monks of less than 10 years in the robes), to give Dhamma reflecti…
