Thanksgiving Retreats
The Abhayagiri Monastic Thanksgiving retreat was traditionally an annual ten-day residential retreat held at the Angela Center in Santa Rosa, California during the week of Thanksgiving. After the Angela Center closed due to fire damage in 2017 and the COVID pandemic began in 2020, the location, date, duration, and format of this retreat have varied significantly. More...
Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013 (138) – November 2013
2014 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat (122) – November 2014
2015 Thanksgiving Monastic Retreat (129) – November 2015
Thanksgiving Retreat 2016 (123) – November 2016
Abhayagiri Winter Retreats
During the months of January, February, and March, the resident community of Abhayagiri Monastery ceases all non-essential work to practice meditation. There are usually Dhamma readings nearly every day, some of which end with questions and answers regarding the teachings. More...
Abhayagiri 2014 Winter Retreat (307) – January 2014
Abhayagiri 2015 Winter Retreat (140) – January 2015
The Teaching and the Training (84) – March 2018
Spirit Rock Daylongs
Senior monks from Abhayagiri typically lead several daylong teaching events each year at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. More...
Recollections of Ajahn Chah (48) – September 2010
Tudong Stories at Spirit Rock (35) – June 2011
The Whole of the Path (20) – June 2013
Desire or Aspiration (16) – June 2015
Upāsikā Days
Well-organized afternoon teaching sessions held at Abhayagiri Monastery attended by committed supporters. Themes are chosen in advance and touch upon formal meditation practice, devotional practice, sutta study, daily life practice, and social aspects of Dhamma practice. More...
Brightening the Mind (16) – August 2012
The Gradual Training (17) – October 2012
Right Livelihood (36) – April 2013
Calming the Busy Mind (12) – August 2013
Death and Dying (43) – May 2014
Thai Forest Tradition (42) – June 2014
Mindfulness of Breathing (20) – October 2014
On Pilgrimage and Tudong (27) – April 2015
The Middle Way of Not-Self (29) – May 2015
Buddhist Identity in the Modern World (19) – August 2015
Jhāna: A Practical Approach (45) – October 2015
Suttas You've Never Heard Of (24) – June 2016
Two Kinds of Thought and the Removal of Distracting Thoughts (39) – June 2017
Practice in a Global Context (16) – August 2017
Can We Function without Attachement? (20) – October 2017
The New Ajahn Chah Biography (34) – April 2018
Chanting (30) – June 2018
Love, Attachment, and Friendship (18) – October 2019
Developing Skill in Reflective Meditation (20) – December 2019
Living in a Changing Society (13) – August 2020
Honoring the Buddha: The Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (10) – April 2021
Other retreats
Multi-day retreats held at venues around the world.
Metta Retreat (69) – September 2008
The Path of Practice (34) – June 2019
Abhayagiri 25th Anniversary Retreat (37) – June 2021
Madison Insight Retreat 2023 (36) – October 2023
Interreligious Retreat-Seminar on Dhamma and Non-duality (17) – November 2023
Q&A sessions
Question and answer sessions with groups of visitors or online participants.
Questions and Answers with Dharma Realm Buddhist University (29) – November 2014
Teen Weekend 2017 (29) – September 2017
Stanford Community Dhamma Discussion (8) – April 2020
Tea Time Q&A with Ajahn Pasanno (9) – May 2021
Abhayagiri Kaṭhina 2021 (9) – November 2021
Q&A at Sudhana Center (9) – July 2023
Other
Events that don’t fit into any of the above categories.
Remembering Ajahn Chah Weekend (209) – April 2001
New Year, New Life (8) – December 2013
Following the Path of a Forest Monk (15) – June 2023