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…
Once we’ve abandoned doing evil, then even when we make merit only a bit at a time, there’s still hope that our perfections will grow full. Like a basin set upright out in the open: Even if rain falls only a drop at a time, there’s a chance that the basin will get full. But if we make merit without abandoning evil, it’s like putting a basin upside-down out in the open. When the rain falls, it still lands on the bottom of the basin, but on the outside bottom, not on the inside. There’s no way the water will fill the basin. This reflection by Ajahn Chah Subhaddo is from the Thai Forest Ajaans bo…
This Dhamma talk was offered on March 3, 2026 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
