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Abhayagiri Reception Hall Inauguration Day 3: Ajahn Jayasaro, Ven. Heng Sure, and Luang Por Liem

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
Streamed live on Jul 1, 2018
Abhayagiri will celebrate its completion of the new reception hall with several days of Dhamma talks and practice. The entire event will be livestreamed. On Day 3, Sunday, July 1st, the schedule will be as follows: 10:00 am Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Jayasaro (Former Abbot of Wat Pah Nanachat) 11:00 am Meal Offering 1:30 pm Puja, Dedication of Cloister Area, and Dhamma Talks by Venerable Heng Sure (a senior disciple of Master Hua and director of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery) and Luang Por Liem (Abbot of Wat Nong Pah Pong) For more details see the Abhayagiri news article on the Inauguration schedule. https://www.abhayagiri.org/news/250-j...

 

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
16201 Tomki Road
Redwood Valley, CA 95470
Daily Schedule
There is a regular Dhamma talk on Sunday afternoons. The program begins at 2 pm with chanting followed by meditation. After a short break, one of the senior monks gives a Dhamma talk. Tea is served at 4:30 pm on Sunday, and there is no evening puja Sunday night (except when the Lunar Obserance Day falls on Sunday).

On Lunar Observance Days, the four moon quarters, the schedule is reduced and the day is set aside for formal meditation and contemplation. Evening puja begins at 7:30 pm and is followed by a Dhamma talk (Except when the Lunar Obserance Day falls on Sunday. On such days, the Dhamma talk is part of the 2 pm program). After that, there is typically an all-night vigil with sitting and walking throughout the night. At midnight, a one hour question and answer tea break is held in the Dhamma Hall. Sitting and walking meditation then continues from 1 am until 3 am, when morning chanting begins. The day after the Lunar Observance Day is also set aside for rest and further practice.

As the scheduling for the Lunar Observance Day varies somewhat from the observable moon phases, check the Abhayagiri Calendar for exact dates. It is optional for overnight guests and visitors to attend the all night vigil.

Time Period Description
5:00am Morning Puja Morning chanting and meditation in the Dhamma Hall.
6:30am Morning Chores A half hour period for a morning chores while breakfast is being prepared.
7:00am Breakfast Tea and a light breakfast is served.
7:30am Work Meeting and Dhamma Reflection Everyone gathers in the Dhamma Hall for work assignments and a Dhamma reflection from one of the Ajahns.
8:00am Work Period and Meal Preperation A period for various work and projects at the monastery, as well as preparation of the meal.
10:45am Meal Offering The meal is formally offered to the monastics, a blessing is given, and everyone may partake of the meal.
12:00pm Kitchen Cleanup Everyone is asked to help with the kitchen cleanup.
1:00pm Open Period An open period for individual practice and solitude at one’s lodging.
5:30pm Tea Time Tea and drinks are served in the kitchen and generally one of the Ajahns and other monastics are available in the Dhamma Hall for questions and answers.
7:00pm Evening Puja Evening chanting and meditation in the Dhamma Hall.
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Luang Por
Ajahn Jayasaro
June 26, 2018
You were a fountain
of cool stream water
in the square of a dusty town,
and you were the source of that stream,
on a high, unseen peak.
You were, Luang Por, that mountain itself,
unmoved,
but variously seen.
Luang Por, you were never one person,
you were always the same.
You were the child laughing
at the Emperor’s new clothes, and ours.
You were a demand to be awake,
the mirror of our faults, ruthlessly kind.
Luang Por, you were the essence of our texts,
the leader of our practice,
the proof of its results.
You were a blessing bonfire
on a windy, bone-chilled night:
How we miss you!
Luang Por, you were the sturdy stone bridge,
we had dreamed of.
You were at ease
in the present
as if it were your own ancestral land.
Luagn Por,
you were the bright full moon
that we sometimes obscured with clouds.
You were ironwood, you were banyan, and you were bodhi:
‘Pormae-khroobaajahn.
Luang Por, you were a freshly dripping lotus
in a world of plastic flowers.
Not once did you lead us astray.
You were a lighthouse for our flimsy rafts
on the heaving sea.
Luang Por,
you are beyond my words of praise and all description.
Humbly, I place my head
beneath your feet.

This poem by Ajahn Jayasaro is from the book, Stillness Flowing.

 

News
2018 Monastic Thanksgiving Retreat Registration

2018 MONASTIC THANKSGIVING RETREAT REGISTRATION Led by the Abhayagiri Community November 17-25, 2018 at Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville, CA (near Santa Cruz) Abhayagiri Monastery in Redwood Valley, California and the Sanghapala Foundation invite you to join Ajahn Sudanto, Ajahn Karunadhammo, Ajahn Nyaniko, Debbie Stamp and others from the Abhayagiri Community for a 9-day retreat over the Thanksgiving holiday. We will create a monastery environment during our time together, and we offer you this opportunity to explore the Dhamma in a setting that differs somewhat from a typical meditation retreat. We will all live the monastery life, following the Eight Precepts, taking only what is offered, and attempting to reflect on our every acti...
Posted July 4, 2018
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Pali Chanting In The Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery - Theravada Buddhism

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Published on Sep 13, 2017

 

The Heart of the Matter, Part 1 | Abhayagiri Sangha

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Published on Jan 21, 2019
In the first reading of the 2019 Winter Retreat, Ajahn Karunadhammo reads from Ajahn Chah's biography, Stillness Flowing, beginning with the chapter on meditation, entitled The Heart of the Matter. The reading is followed by a discussion among members of the Abhayagiri community.
This reading was offered on January 7, 2019 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery

 

The Heart of the Matter, Part 2 | Abhayagiri Sangha

The Heart of The Matter, Part 3 | Abhayagiri Sangha

The Heart of the Matter, Part 4 | Abhayagiri Sangha

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
Published on Jan 24, 2019
In this reading from the 2019 Winter Retreat, Ajahn Thitapanno continues reading from the meditation chapter of Stillness Flowing, titled The Heart of the Matter. This reading covers the last three of the five hindrances: sloth and torpor, agitation and worry, and doubt or indecision. The following discussion centers around doubt. Community members share their perspective on the effects and causes of doubt by relating to their own experiences and the suttas.
This reading was offered on January 10, 2019 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

 

The Heart of the Matter, Part 5 | Abhayagiri Sangha

The Heart of the Matter, Part 6 | Abhayagiri Sangha

Tan Nisabho continues reading from The Heart of the Matter, the chapter on meditation in Ajahn Chah's biography, Stillness Flowing. Sparked by a question regarding Ajahn Jayasaro's use of the term, lucid calm, the discussion following the reading looks into the role language and the imperfect proposition of translation and interpretation have played in shaping the discourse and perception of Buddhist practice. This reading was offered on January 12, 2019 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.
The Heart of the Matter, Part 7 | Abhayagiri Sangha

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
Published on Jan 24, 2019
Tan Suhajjo continues reading from Ajahn Chah's biography, Stillness Flowing, in the chapter on meditation, The Heart of the Matter. After the reading, Ajahn Karunadhammo offers a reflection on the various technical terms of Buddhist practice that, when probed too closely, lead us into too much conceptual conjecture. He closes with the thought, "People use these words in very different ways...so...watch how your own programming holds that and...go back to what the experience is."
This reading was offered on January 15, 2019 at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

 

UN Special Commemorating Event on Vesak 2016 | Luang Por Pasanno

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
Published on Feb 7, 2019