So you think Karma is a tough one? Isn’t it one of the so-called ‘imponderables’ ? Thursday 11th December is your chance to find out. We have invited Thai Bhikkhu Phra Bhasakorn to talk on karma for us on Thursday 11th. He is a Thai monk, but with more than adequate English. In fact you …
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Mind as a Sense
Mind is a sense organ that sees thoughts and emotions. Just like the eye is a sense organ that sees form, and the ear is a sense organ that senses sounds. This is how we have it in Buddhism – does the science marry up to this model ? ON SATURDAY 29th Nov. we will be …
WBU Forum Dec ’08
World Buddhist University announces its monthly Buddhist meditation forum for December 2008 as follows: WBU SUNDAY FORUM In a Special time of 10th Anniversary of WBU Establishment. Topic : Buddhism and Global Warming Date & Time : December 7, 2551(2008) 12:00 – 14:00 P.M. Speaker : Dr. Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya The World Buddhist University …
Sayadaw U Janaka
You will likely know the name of Sayadaw U Janaka. He is one of the very top figures in Burmese meditation, and is the teacher of our recent invitee Jeff Oliver, and of U Vamsa (who did some talks for us last year). He is a direct disciple of Mahasi Sayadaw. He is in Bangkok …
Mind and Mind Stuff
Next Saturday our Bangkok meditation group for Buddhism and meditation will be looking at questions of the brain and meditative experiences, in the Nirvana Neuron– presented by Dr Holly . So this is a good time to revisit some of the models we use in meditation for analysing the mind. Mind or Mentality In Pali Buddhism …
Any moment but this..
Blog for those interested in meditation, vipassana, mindfulness and such in Bangkok, the city of Angels, Thailand: Doctors, magazines and self-help books all recommend meditation as a way to relax, relive stress and restore harmony and balance of body and soul. Is it really like that? Or does meditation feel like hard work, fell like …
Workshop photos
A few photos from our one day meditation workshop with mindfulness and vipassana teacher Jeff Oliver, in Bangkok, Thailand.This dharma center sits there empty all year long – what a pity Luang Phor Viriyang of Wat Dhammamonkhol said we can’t use it – he would rather no one use it at all!!! Below: a couple …
Jeff Oliver Talk Photos
Nov 2008 Australian meditation teacher Jeff Oliver stopped off in Bangkok to give a Dhamma talk entitled ‘How to Meditate’. A long time student of Burmese Master Sayadaw U Janaka, he took us through basic Samadhi practise using the breathing at the nostrils, and then vipassana awareness in the six senses. First is gathering in …
Right to Wrong Speech
Right Speech in Buddhism – the Bangkok blog for meditation and Buddhist Vipassana meditation: Do you have a right to Free Speech in your own house? Woman charged with swearing at toilet A Pennsylvania woman is facing a jail sentence after she was arrested for shouting profanities at an overflowing toilet. Dawn Herb was inside …
The Nirvana Neuron?
Social Gathering- Saturday 29th November Lunch and Movie at the Tai Pan Hotel, Sukhumvit 23 The Nirvana Neuron? Introduced and moderated by Dr Holly. Mindfulness meditation (vipassana) and neurology – how meditation might affect the brain. Special Event in Bangkok:- ———————————————- Are spiritual experiences of meditation and transcendence simply a (mis)firing of the neurons? Can …
Dhamma Talk – Taling Chan
Mae Chee Brigitte leads a meditation session for mindfulness and vipassana as indicated below: Sunday November 23 Thai, translated into English AT Mae Chee Brigitte’s mini centre near Taling Chan (Thonburi, in the general area of the new Southern Bus Terminal on the Thonburi side of the river) Mae Chee herself is currently absent from …
How to Meditate
Thursday 13 November (hopefully you will all be ok after the Loi Krathong celebrations the day before!) Dhamma talk with Jeffrey Oliver “How to Meditate” Jeff, former Buddhist monk who has been leading Vipassana mindfulness meditation workshops and retreats for over 10 years, will lead a dhamma talk on the topic ‘how to meditate’. He will …
Beer and Meditation
No – this is not an admonishment … a note on the excellent online magazine Tree Hugger which is running a story on a Buddhist temple in Thailand that is made from Beer bottles. head over to tree hugger for the full details and lots of pictures: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/temple-built-from-beer-bottles.php One wonders if the bottles are actually …
Meditation Workshop
Saturday 15th November 9am – 6pm One day Vipassana Meditation Workshop with visiting meditation teacher Jeff Oliver A couple of places have opened up due to cancellations. There will of course, be more such workshops in the future. We have done plenty of dhamma talks over the last year, but many of you have asked …
People and faces
Some of the people and faces from the Talks at Wat Yannawa, in no particular sequence. We are working on a setting up a one day workshop in November with a respected visiting teacher for those who want to work on their meditation some more, but nothing is confirmed yet, while we are still looking for a …
Power of Qi – Sat 8th November 2008
Meditation and mindfulness related public talk and workshop Afternoon Tea Talk The Living Qi Thailand presents QI GONG MASTER TAN SOO KONG An extraordinary talk on: The history, benefit and power of Qi(life force energy). Unfolding China’s ancient health enhancement arts which have been kept secret for thousand years. Witness amazing demonstrations of Qi flows. …
Bhutan film
Bhutan and Gross National Happiness This movie date has been moved to Nov 22nd The Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan wakes each day to millions of prayer flags with messages of peace and happiness carried on the wind around the world. Thousands of Buddhist monks in mountain temples across the country pray for the end of …
WBU Forum November
Programme: WBU Sunday Forum Topic: “Is there Buddhist Wisdom hidden in Gross National Happiness” Date & Time: November 2,B.E. 2551(2008) 12.00-13.30P.M. Speaker: Hans van Willenswaard About the Speaker & Topic Hans van Willenswaard was born in the Netherlands; He is a cultural worker by profession, trained in Amsterdam and later at Emerson College in …
Shambhala Mondays
Please double check the information below by phoning the via their website, as we can’t guarantee other group’s events – things get cancelled, postponed, or times changed. Most Saturdays the Bangkok branch of the Shambhala Group meets for meditation and discussion in Yoga Elements near Chit Lom BTS Station 5:00 – 6:30 pm. Sometimes they …
Geography of Thought
Upcoming event, Wednesday 29th October 2008: “Geography of Thought” How Asians and Westerners Think Differently This curious little book is written by psychologist Richard E. Nisbett and serves as a manual on the different cognitive processes that we can loosely term ‘East’ and ‘West’. The book began as it slowly dawned on the author that …