This year, Abhayagiri turns 30 on June 1st. Due to the growing size of our community and some logistical considerations, the current plan is to celebrate this occasion in two separate, but related events. It happens that Vesakha Puja - the full moon of May commemorating the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and final nibbāna - is Sunday, May 31st. This is an amazing coincidence that it falls so close…
Update: The teachings and readings from the winter retreat are now available via this link: https://www.abhayagiri.org/talks/collections/1/177-winter-retreat-2026-the-foundation-of-mindfulness The monastery entered the annual three-month winter retreat on January 3, 2026. Our Abbot, Ajahn Nyaniko, will be in Thailand until early March and on solitary retreat for most of March with the exception of…
Who isn’t touched by acts of kindness? Who isn’t moved by the intention to ‘pervade the all-encompassing world - to others as to myself - with a mind imbued with kindness - abundant, exalted, without boundaries, free from hatred and ill-will’? Or by the phrase ‘even as a mother protects with her life, her child, her only child - so with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.’? The ideal of goodwill (mettā) expressed in these phrases from the Buddhist tradition is one that is shared by all spiritual paths. Kindness is immediately and obviously a big part of what spirituality, a…
This Dhamma talk was offered on January 17, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
