On May 6, the Abhayagiri’s First Tuesday programs in Berkeley will feature three sessions, including an online-only Q&A with Ajahn Nyaniko. The online-only Q&A will be available to all but primarily intended for those living out of the area or unable to travel to Berkeley. It will be followed by in-person sessions led by Ajahn Kaccana. The programs in Berkeley will not be available for online participation.

The schedule in Pacific time zone is as follows:

· 4:00 - 5:00 pm. Online Q&A with Ajahn Nyaniko. This is a great opportunity to ask your dhamma questions via Zoom. (See Zoom link further below.)

· 5:00 - 6:00 pm. In-person Teatime Q&A with Ajahn Kaccana in the Dining Room. This is a great opportunity to ask your dhamma questions in-person. Kindly keep voices low in the lobby and hallway as you enter and exit the building. Please arrive by 4:50 pm and help yourself to tea and allowables.

· 7:30 - 9:30 pm. In-person Evening Session with Ajahn Kaccana in the Main Shrine Room. Dhamma talk preceded by chanting, meditation, and refuges/precepts. We would greatly appreciate your assistance with setting up and putting away chairs/cushions. Doors for this session open at 7:15 pm.

The Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (BBM), our gracious host, has meditation and chanting programs from 5:15 to 7:15 pm in the Main Shrine Room. These programs partially overlap with Abhayagiri’s First Tuesday program at BBM. After the Teatime and prior to the Evening Session, please be mindful of others and take conversations outside the building.

Address:
Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Ave.
(One block from the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Bancroft Way. The Downtown Berkeley BART station is about a 10-15 minute walk.)

If you would like to receive reminders for all the Abhayagiri First Tuesday events at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, you can sign-up for the Abhayaparisa email list via this webpage:
https://groups.io/g/abhayaparisa

Zoom link details:

Abhayagiri Monastery is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 1st Tuesday May Online Q&A With Ajahn Nyaniko
Time: May 6, 2025 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9971627472?pwd=aVNlRlg0VjVPMklWdFErbEs3eGJ0Zz09&omn=87397629495

Meeting ID: 997 162 7472
Passcode: abm

Dear Dhamma Friends,

This year we are honored to plan to host Luang Por Liem, Luang Por Jundee and other senior monks from Thailand on May 17-21. Luang Por Liem is 83 years old and has been a bhikkhu for 63 years. He is currently the abbot of Wat Nong Pah Pong in Thailand and is considered to be Luang Por Chah’s Dhamma heir.

The last time Luang Por Liem visited was 2018, during the grand opening of our new Reception Hall. It has been a long time since we have been able to be in his presence here at Abhayagiri, and it is a rare and precious opportunity.

Please check our website calendar or be in contact with the monastery for activities taking place on each day of their visit. The calendar will be updated with more details at a later time.

On Sunday, April 13, the Abhayagiri community will be celebrating the traditional Thai New Year known as Songkran.

Schedule:
10:30 am - Gather for alms round in the monastery.
10:40 am - Bhikkhus receive food on the buffet tables.
10:45 am - Monastic community files out and ceremonially washes the Green Buddha, then receives pindapata alms food. Monastic community gives blessing outside.
11:00 am - Monastic community takes the meal.
1:00 pm - Laypeople take the 5 precepts. Paritta chanting followed by Dhamma talk in Thai and English.