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◊ Day-long meditation workshop with Jeff Oliver ◊ Citta nupassana: Mindfulness of Mind ◊ Sunday 18th August @May Kaidee’s Oasis This Workshop is now full. Next daylong workshop is tentatively scheduled for Saturday 21st September. Overview One day meditation retreat workshop with visiting meditation teacher Jeff Oliver. We’ll be at a new venue for us …
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Teachings from the Forest Weekly Meditation Session – we’ll be joined this week by two Bhikkhus (monks) from the International Forest Monastery in NE Thailand. _______________________ Thursday 20th June 6:30-8:15 pm _______________________ Bhikkhus Punnyo and Anando will join us at Ariaysom for our meditation session – if you have any questions for them there should …
Monday May 27th ANNAPURNA restaurant Come to Meet and Eat at our favourite Indian Vegetarian Restaurant, with Pandit Bhikkhu. Food is low cost, and good. We have the restaurant to ourselves. It’s quiet and air-con! Non-veg food can also be ordered from the Annapurna menu (veg menu is separate menu and kitchen). You don’t have to know …
Not sure who is organising this one, or if it is with Thai translation (probably) … but received information (ie. I can’t confirm it) is as follows: LAMA OLE NYDAHL Thursday 24th February, 2011 Topic : Buddha Nature At DMG Bodhgaya Hall (Chit Lom) Time: 06.30-08.30 p.m. ลามะโอเล่ นิยดาล บรรยายธรรมเรื่อง : พุทธภาวะ วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 24 กุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ. …
LIFE: in the Frame of Mindfulness 2010 Dhamma Talk Series Notes on the first talk: A Matter of Mindfulness The theme this year – Mindfulness – is a hot topic in the world of psychology and therapy. The other hot topic by the way, is consciousness … but as yet the field of study has …
Monday 8th February Dhamma Talk with Venerable Ajahn Kusalo New Zealand monk Vice-abbot of the newly forming Tisarana temple in Canada Talk Topic: “Something About Buddhism” 6:00 – 6:30 gather and caffeinate at Ariyasom Villa, Sukhumvit Soi one 6:45 – …. well to some point – talk and Q&A with Ajahn Kusalo Finish sometime after 8pm Ajahn Kusalo has been ordained for …
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Notes on ‘Welcome Back to Yourself’ Dhamma Talk, Planet Yoga September 2009 In the previous talk we had looked at the nature of ‘consciousness ‘ in Buddhism. When you see the word ‘consciousness’ it is a translation of the Pali term Vinyana (Vi`n`naana) – but it should really be called ‘cognizing’ or my own favourite …
Next meditation at Kathmandu Gallery is Sunday August 16: Khun Morakot, a Thai lady fluent in English and experienced in meditation, will lead her monthly session at Kathmandu Gallery, Silom area. She has much experience in a number of meditation lineages, and especially the use of meditation (or just counselling) for cancer patients in the …
April 2009, His Holiness Phakchok Rinpoche came to Bangkok delivering a series of talks about town. On the last day, just before nervous followers whisked him off to the airport, he gave a 2 hour talk in English only for the English speaking community of Bangkok. 60 or so people gathered for lunch, faces old …
A blog by Marcus, reflecting on some of his affinity for this more unusual School of Buddhism: On Sunday the 26th of April, His Holiness Phakchok Rinpoche, the head of the Taklung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, is giving a talk in Bangkok entitled ‘Who is Amitabha Buddha?’. Before then, I hope to organise …
YBAT Retreat Jan 2009 This was our first time organising a weekend retreat with the YBAT organisation, known in Thai as Yuwaphut. YBAT arrange continuous retreats all year round at both of their centres, with more centres being built. Many thousands, from young students to adults, attend the retreats every year. Though having close relationships …
Christmas in Bangkok is not what it is in cold countries. Is it an event worth remembering here? Christmas is here again, though it is hard to get into the spirit of things in Thailand. In the West most people feel that Christmas has become too commercialised, and has lost its original values. What are …
YBAT International Retreat Friday January 9th – Sunday January 11th YBAT International Vipassana Retreat At the new purpose built Retreat Centre (not far from Don Muang Airport) Vipassana (Insight) Meditation weekend Thai style, for International meditators, with clear instructions, and a systematic approach at one of Thailand’s most active meditation organisations. If you have …
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 …
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 …
