Thanksgiving Retreat 2026 Led by the Abhayagiri Community November 21-29, 2026 at Applegate Retreat Center, Applegate, CA Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley, California and the Sanghapala Foundation invite you to join Luang Por Pasanno, Ajahn Karunadhammo, Ajahn Nyaniko, Debbie Stamp, Jill Satterfield and the Abhayagiri Community for a nine day residential retreat over Thanksgiving. The retrea…
On Saturday, August 8th there will be the opportunity to join fellow Dhamma practitioners for a day of study and reflection around the theme of Dāna Pārami, or the cultivation of generosity. 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-person or…
‘Od ton’ means patient endurance… “What is practice really all about? What’s the real practice?” There have always been a number of monks who say, ‘I don’t want to stay at Nanachat. It’s a good place when you start out, but it’s not where you can do the real practice. The real practice is over there…, the real practice is in a cave in Chiang Mai or whatever… The real practice is in this or that place… – not at Wat Nanachat.’ This has been a constant point of discussion over the years and, I think, often the very real benefits of training here have been overlooked or have been underestimated. W…
This Dhamma talk was offered on July 29, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
