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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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:- … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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. … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Samsara sucks! Yet it is human nature to try and make sense of it all. Psychologist George Kelly, who invented the psychological model of ‘constructs’ pointed out that people don’t mind suffering and hardship so much if they have a … Continue reading →
A recent tale you might call karma, or justice … Burglar got stuck in lift A German thief was sunk after he got stuck in the lift of an office block he’d just burgled. Heinrich Klopp, 27, had raided an … Continue reading →
Notes for the final talk at Wat Yannawa 2008. Topic : Karma Sanskrit = Karma Pali = kamma But the word kama (with a long ‘a’ sound) means sense desire – usually referring to lust. This is where we get … Continue reading →
A great event coming up on October 8th 2008 : The Shambhala Legend of Enlightened Society: Words of Wisdom for a World at War With Richard Reoch Wednesday October 8th, 2008 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Free of charge and … Continue reading →