The Buddhist Middle Way in a Nutshell: A path from Start to Finish with Phrakhru Worawong

Monday – 30 March 2026: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok You are cordially invited to join us on 30 March 2026, when Phrakhru Worawong will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. This session will …

Buddha-Mindfulness with Phramahā Keyrati Srivuthana

Monday – 16 March 2026: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok You are cordially invited to join us on 16 March 2026, when Phramahā Keyrati Srivuthana (Dhirapañño Bhikkhu) will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. …

WATER FESTIVAL SPECIAL! The Reason Water is a Symbol of Purified Consciousness with Pandit Bhikkhu

Monday, 13 April 2026: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok ‘WATER AS CONSCIOUSNESS’ : This month is Sonkran water festival. No, you can’t water fight with me! But join in this evening for reflections (!!) on how and why water is used in Enlightenment traditions to represent consciousness itself. Jesus was the …

The Simile of the Cloth: What the Historical Buddha Actually Said with Pandit Bhikkhu

Monday, 06 April 2026: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok ‘THE SIMILE OF THE CLOTH’ : This was the actual teaching that the historical Buddha gave to describe the path of enlightenment – the path that got confused into a myriad of ‘paths’ and ‘teachings’ (both good and bad)Come and discover the …

YOUR ORIGINAL FACE! the classic Zen teaching in all Enlightenment traditions with Pandit Bhikkhu

Monday 09 March 2026: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok ‘YOUR ORIGINAL FACE’ : This phrase comes from Zen (what is your original face, the one you wore before you were born), but is a classic teaching method from all enlightenment traditions. It is a powerful meditation tool, but tricky to catch, …

MAKHA PUJA! the Big Buddhist Festival in March Explained! with Pandit Bhikkhu

Monday, 02 March 2026: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok ‘MAKHA PUJA’ : This is the big Buddhist festival in Thailand and other Buddhist countries, each March on full moon. (There is a majour festival every 3 months in the Buddhist calendar).It commemorates the time the Buddha attended a spontaneous gathering of …

Meditation to Liberation with Dr. Maechee Chiraporn Khanardnid

Monday – 23 February 2026: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok You are cordially invited to join us on 23 February 2026, when Dr. Maechee Chiraporn Khanardnid will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. The …

Paticca Samuppada, Sustainable Development Goals, Communicating Compassionately with Dr Kalinga Seneviratne

Monday – December 01, 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok You are cordially invited to join us on 1 December 2025, when Dr. Kalinga Seneviratne will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. A simple …

Living the Handbook of Mankind: A Layperson’s Journey from Boardroom to Bodhi with Dr.Nattavut Kulnides

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 …

WHAT DRAGONS ARE AND HOW TO FIGHT THEM with Pandit Bhikkhu

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 …

Decoding Reality: A Phenomenological Approach to the Three Characteristics and the End of Suffering with Phra Kru Medhankorn

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 …

Practicing Buddhism in this Modern World with Chris Abraham

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 …

Dharma Workshop: Cultivating the Right View through Practice with Molraudee Saratun

  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 …

The Wheel of Life: A Talk by Frans Versteijnen

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, …

How the Tortoise Saved Its Own Skin with Robin Moore

You are cordially invited to join us on 23 March 2026, when our friend Robin Moore will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. Following on from his previous talk in December on the Five Aggregates – a subject akin to taking …

Dharma + Science = DHARMOSCIENCE with Woody Prieb

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 …

How to Be When You Are Sitting Zen with Reggie Pawle

The talk on 10 February will focus on the basics of Zen sitting practice. Included will be discussion of: thinking, things that are bothering you, non-thinking, receiving the facts of things as they are, imaginary thinking, and what to practice while sitting. A short essay by Kando Inoue on these topics will be the basis …

Balancing the “Inner World” with the “Outer World” with Jeff Oliver

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, …

Practice First, Belief System Second with Tom Sigurdson

You are invited to join us on Monday 5 August 2024 when Tom Sigurdson will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. The session will start at 6.30 PM. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to experienced meditators. We meet …

Mindfulness Breathing for Concentration and Self-Healing with Prema

Concentration practice is the foundation for deep meditation, where the body is steady and comfortable, and the mind is relaxed and alert. The Yogic Pranayama practice is similar to the Buddhist Anapanasati practice (mindfulness of breathing), and both are preparatory steps for concentration. Yogic Pranayama is the gaining, storing and directing of vital energy (Prana) …