Winter Retreat and Abhayagiri Photo Album

The monastery entered the three-month annual winter retreat on January 6, 2025. During this time, the resident community takes time to engage in more formal meditation practice following a changing schedule of group and individual practice. We will resume the normal routines during the first week of April.

During the winter retreat there will be no overnight guests. To schedule overnight visits after April 1st, please contact us April 1st or later. Day visitors are still welcome to visit the monastery to participate in the meal offering or bring offerings of requisites at meal time or attend the evening Dhamma talks on Saturday night and lunar observance days. On lunar observance days, recorded Dhamma talks will be played. Please note that the community is practicing noble silence. Thus, conversations with the monastics and retreat crew are very limited.

On Saturday evenings and lunar observance days the meditation and Dhamma talks will begin at 7pm. You may view a livestream of the Saturday night programs via the Abhayagiri Youtube channel. The general public is welcome to attend these events. There will not be a livestream of the weekly lunar observance days. For those interested in listening to Dhamma talks from the monastery, we plan on posting new talks regularly throughout the retreat.

Finally, we would like to let you know that the 2024 Abhayagiri photo album is now available at https://www.abhayagiri.org/gallery