Monastics and laity at Abhayagiri will be chanting at 1pm PDT on July 25 to celebrate Luang Por Pasanno’s 77th birthday, which falls on July 26. We will be dedicating the merit to his good health and long life. The chanting will be the traditional recollection of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha which is found on page 44 of Chanting Book Volume 2. We will recite this chant 108 times, which will take…
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…
Energy is the third of the Seven Factors of Awakening. It’s also one of the Five Faculties, one of the Five Powers and a factor of the Eightfold Path. So the Buddha was very emphatic about energy. Fundamentally this goes back to the principle of what’s called kamma in his teachings. ‘Kamma’ literally means ‘action’, and the Buddha defined it as intentional action which has the potential to produce a result. His teaching was based on the principle that a person could put forth energy to generate skilful results, such as realizing awakening by developing the Factors of Awakening. In the Buddha’s…
This Dhamma talk was offered in commemoration of Abhayagiri’s 30th anniversary on June 27, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
