Please join the Abhayagiri sangha for this year’s Kathina ceremony on Sunday, November 15. Luang Por Pasanno, Ajahn Karunadhammo, our abbot Ajahn Nyaniko, and the rest of the Abhayagiri sangha will be present as well as our honored guests: Luang Por Viradhammo, the abbot of Tisarana Monastery and Ajahn Anando, the co-abbot of Temple Forest Monastery. Everyone is warmly welcome. YouTube livestream…
On Saturday, October 10th there will be the opportunity to join fellow Dhamma practitioners for a day of study and reflection around the theme of Sīla Pāramī, or the cultivation of virtuous behavior. 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-…
My winter’s sojourn this year is in rural Ontario; Tisarana Monastery to be more precise. It’s as much nowhere as many other forest monasteries, but other than offering a space to put down the duties, it also offers me the opportunity to spend contemplative time with Ajahn Viradhammo. ‘Ajahn V’, as he has been known for decades, is my oldest (most long-term) Dhamma brother. We go back some 38 years. Although we have checked in now and then over the years, it’s a special time when I can stay with such a Dhamma-peer in a leisurely and prolonged way – when there is nothing else that either of us…
This Dhamma talk was offered on October 31, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
