2023 Thanksgiving Retreat Led by Ajahn Karunadhammo, Ajahn Nyaniko and the Abhayagiri Community November 19-26, 2023 at Applegate Retreat Center, Applegate, CA Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley, California and the Sanghapala Foundation invite you to join the Abhayagiri Community for an eight day residential retreat over Thanksgiving. Although zoom has been a great support over the time of the…
Thanksgiving Retreat Registration Now Open
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At 9am PDT (Pacific Time) on June 13, Ajahn Jayasaro will be doing a virtual question and answer session with the Buddhist Community at Stanford (BCAS). The general public is welcome to view this event. The schedule for the event is : 8:30 - 9:00 AM PDT Group meditation (without Ajahn Jayasaro) 9:00 - 10:00 AM Ajahn Jayasaro Q&A with the Buddhist Commmunity at Stanford For more information, please…
Mark Your Calendar - The Annual Retreat is Scheduled for Dec. 4 - Dec. 13 Abhayagiri’s annual monastic retreat is scheduled for Fri. Dec. 4 – Sun. Dec. 13, 2020 at the Jesuit Retreat Center in Applegate, CA. Registration for this retreat will likely open sometime during the summer, usually in July or August. Due to Covid-19, and the uncertainty about what restrictions, if any, will be in existence…
In 2018, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo began a two year commitment to be co-abbot with Ajahn Ñāṇiko, to help with the transition period after Luang Por Pasanno stepped back from being the abbot and began a one year sabbatical. Having just finished his two year commitment, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo will be going to the Pacific Hermitage for the vassa and Ajahn Ñāṇiko will be the sole abbot for the foreseeable future…
ในท่ามกลางการแพร่ระบาดของเชื้อไวรัส COVID-19 นี้ วัดอภัยคีรีต้องการสนับสนุนหมู่คณะทั้งฝ่ายสงฆ์และฝ่ายฆราวาส โดยที่ยังปฏิบัติตามคำแนะนำของภาครัฐในการกักตัวอยู่บ้านเพื่อลดการแพร่ระบาดของเชื้อไวรัส ดังนั้น ทางวัดจึงมีข้อปฏิบัติดังต่อไปนี้ พระจะไม่ออกบิณฑบาตร การทำวัตรเย็นในคืนวันเสาร์และคืนวันพระ จะไม่เปิดให้สาธารณะชนเข้าร่วมได้ในระยะนี้ แต่ท่านสามารถเข้าร่วมการทำวัตรเย็นทางออนไลน์ได้ โดยผ่านการถ่ายท…
When I started going on retreats in my early twenties, I’d find myself getting really angry with whoever was teaching yoga. I didn’t consider myself a particularly angry person, but the yoga teacher always made me very angry. Through the stretching exercises, the anger that was locked away in my body started to wake up. At some point, I finally put it together—it wasn’t the fault of the yoga teacher. This reflection by Ayya Ānandabodhī is from the book, Leaving It All Behind, (pdf) pp. 25.
