The monastery entered the three-month annual winter retreat on January 6, 2025. During this time, the resident community takes time to engage in more formal meditation practice following a changing schedule of group and individual practice. We will resume the normal routines during the first week of April. During the winter retreat there will be no overnight guests. To schedule overnight visits af…
Dear Dhamma Friends, On December 28th Abhayagiri will be offering a full in-person and livestreamed day of practice at Abhayagiri Monastery. The theme will be around mettā, and 5am to 6am we will be a part of a worldwide mettā meditation hosted by 24HR Mettā in Malaysia. This will be day 1 of a week of chanting and meditation dedicated to world peace. This will be the only day which is livestreame…
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Happiness is an undefined term that’s really important in our lives, and yet all too often we don’t really look carefully at the experience of happiness. We don’t think seriously about happiness. We just see other people going for this pleasure or that, and we think it looks like fun; so we follow them without really looking at what we’re doing. The Buddha wants you to look very carefully inside yourself: What are your dealings with the world? What are your dealings inside over the issue of happiness? To what extent do you lie to others; to what extent do you lie to yourself? To what extent do…
Ajahn Nyaniko talks about the upcoming winter retreat and its theme of going ‘back to basics’. He gives teachings on the importance of maintaining sila, cultivating continuous mindfulness, exerting the correct amount of effort, and the proper way to live in harmony within a community of practitioner…
