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Monday – November 10, 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok Topic So you may have heard the Buddhist philosophy that says: “everything is impermanent” [not including taxes] or “everything is suffering“, or “there is no ‘self‘” But to what do these refer? What is a ‘thing‘? And how does a ‘thing’ …
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Monday – 03 November 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok We are delighted to welcome Dr. Nattavut Kulnides for an evening of sharing and reflection on November 3rd, 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. Is a path to enlightenment …
The Little Bangkok Sangha is happy to announce the next meeting of the Dharma Circle, a series of in-person meetings at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. The meeting will be held on Monday 27 October 2025 from 06:30 – 8.00 PM Bangkok time. We …
Monday – October 20, 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok We are delighted to welcome Phra Woot Sumedho (Tongmun) on the evening of Monday 20 October 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. Phra Woot Sumedho (Tongmun) will lead a …
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Monday – October 6, 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok ‘HOW TO FIGHT DRAGONS‘ : A meditation practice should help find balance and solve problems. It doesn’t always, but it should! Mindfulness done properly, like Saint George, can help you tame your dragons. What is an actual dragon though? Why do …
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Monday 8 September 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok We are delighted to welcome Phra Kru Medhankorn on the evening of Monday 8 September 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. In his talk our guest will take a phenomenological …
Monday 1 September 2025 at Baan Aree: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs. We are delighted to welcome back Zen monk João Rodrigues Sensei on the evening of Monday 1 September 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. In his talk João will share about the …
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Monday 18 August 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs. at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok We are delighted to welcome Chris Abraham on the evening of Monday 18 August 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. Chris will be talking about how social media and other …
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Monday 11 August 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok We are delighted to welcome Venerable Mahanayo of Wat Somphanas Monastery on the evening of Monday 11 August 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. The sense of My & Me …
Monday 4 August 2025 at Baan Aree Foundation: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs We are delighted to welcome our friend Prem Jain on the evening of Monday 4 August 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. Buddha lived in a time of religious ferment. Almost …
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We are delighted to welcome our friend Molly Saratun on the evening of Monday 28 July 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. This Dharma workshop follows the learning activities designed by Phra Ajahn Kanchit, in the dynamic meditation lineage of Luang Por …
We are delighted to welcome back Phra Kittikhun Katavanno (Phra Pele) for an evening of teachings on Monday 2 June 2025 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. If you struggle to stay awake during traditional sitting meditation or find it too difficult, you may …
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We are delighted to welcome Frans Versteijnen for the first time to give a talk about “The Wheel of Life” on an evening of Monday 5 May at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. Frans has a long standing interest in the Wheel of Life, …
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The event is now CANCELLED. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Shamans, Aliens, and Buddhas You are cordially invited to join us on Monday 31 March 2025, when our friend Elijah Whaley will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. Elijah invites you to suspend belief as he shares a …
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The word dharma in Sanskrit does not mean ethics or morality as commonly understood nowadays; but it means nature. Accordingly, the spiritual core of eastern (dharmic) religions is in fact the true understanding of nature and its immutable laws. That is also the ultimate mission of science. In this sense, dharma is science and science is dharma. This talk will …
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The talk on 24 February will cover the basics of Zen philosophy and practice, especially for those with little or no background in Zen. What is the history of Zen? How is Zen different from Theravada? How does Zen view the “three seals” of impermanence, suffering, and no self? What is the Zen view of …
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You are cordially invited to join us on 3 February 2025, when Marisa Cranfill will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. Marisa will teach Qigong Dantian meditation – centering the mind in the Dantian to bring more …
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We are delighted to be welcoming back Ajahn Jayanto for an evening of teachings on Monday 2 December at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. Ajahn is the co-abbot of Temple Forest Monastery, New England in the US, which follows in the tradition of Luang …
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You are cordially invited to join us on 19 August 2024, when Jeff Oliver will be leading the Monday night session at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. We have our “inner world” of thoughts and emotions and we have our “Outer world” of people, …
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