Ajahn Tiradhammo, senior monk at Bodhinyanarama monastery in New Zealand, is back in Thailand this week, and last night gave an inspiring talk on transforming life’s challenges into wisdom. There’s been a lot of good new art put up at the Baan Aree Library since my last visit, but the amplification system was as …
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Mon 22nd June – A. Brahm
Monday June 22nd popular Dhamma teacher Ajahn Brahm will be leading a one day workshop at the WFB headquarters on Sukhumvit. There will be an evening dhamma talk open also to those who did not manage to attend the whole day. English Mediation Retreat & Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Brahm Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery, …
Ajahn Brahm at Hua Hin, June 21
Ajahn Brahm should need no introduction, and he has proved popular in many countries including Bangkok. It is appreciated that he stops here to lead some dhamma events in English. Sunday June 21st he will be giving a morning dhamma talk at the beech in Hua Hin. Received information is as follows: Sunday English Dhamma …
Complacant Karma
If you have been following the news recently you must have read about the scandals in Britain with the Members of Parliament being exposed for fraudulent expense claims. In fact, in the world scheme of things, the faults are fairly mild; comparing to other countries, MPs claiming some expenses for home improvements shows the good …
Kathmandu June 14
Sunday June 14th Khun Morakot, a Thai lady fluent in English and experienced in meditation, will lead her monthly session at Kathmandu Gallery, Silom area. She has experience in a number of meditation lineages, and especially the use of meditation (or just counselling) for cancer patients in the hospitals. The room only fits about 10 …
Turning 40
Wed 27th May: Phra Cittasamvaro – Personal musings on turning the big 40 … I don’t have a lot. I live in a room 4 meters by 3 meters, with a small attached bathroom. The water is clean and the room quarantined from insects and other nasties by working mosquito screens. There is no glass …
Special Abhidhamma Session
The following announcement comes from Khun Amara who has been diligently serving the Dhamma community for a good number of years leading a monthly Abhidhamma class at the WFB, Sukhumvit 24. This is a special class with a well known Abhidhamma teacher. Abhidhamma is an intricate explanation of the working of body and mind according …
Tibetan style retreats
The following announcement comes from the Thousand stars foundation Bkk, which arranges verious events relating to the study and practise of Tibetan Buddhism: The Thousand Stars Foundation is pleased to announce our new regular program on “Full Moon Retreats” at Khadiravana Center, the Foundation’s Tibetan retreat center in Hua-Hin. The purposes of the retreats …
Chula University Talk – Tue 23’d June
Tuesday June 23rd is another lecture at Chulalongkorn University, organised by Dr Soraj (who always finds very good speakers). Event is free of charge as usual: Lecturer: Prof Ravindra Kumar Topic: Knowledge, Logic and Exercise: Three Fundamentals of Buddhism in the Process of Globalization Dr. Ravindra Kumar is a universally renowned Indologist and the former …
Event: Mon 25 May ’09
The Bangkok Shambhala group is announcing an interesting event for Monday May 25 at Monteray Place : Understanding and Implementing the Ideal of the Bodhisattva in Our Day to Day Lives with Lopon Phuntso Gyaltshen. Monday May 25th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Free and Open to Everyone. Date: 25/05/2009 – 7 pm – 9 pm …
Vipassana – Jeff’s book
A message from Jeff Oliver, who will be back in Bangkok next week and leading a meditation session at the beautiful Ariyasom Bangkok Boutique Hotel, Sukhumvit 1. Jeff has also made his book on Vipassana available online for free – see below. Dear Friends, here is another update on my movements this year in case …
Honest nature, Buddha nature
In Buddhism we are given a good reason to be good – it helps concentrate the mind in meditation. Morality (Sila) makes the mind happy, and happiness (the good kind) aids meditation. Conversely bad behaviour agitates the mind and makes it cloudy and harder to meditate. If this teaching is true then we can expect …
Jeff Oliver: Thursday 28th May
Popular and inspiring meditation teacher Ajahn Jeff Oliver will be back in Bangkok briefly at the end of this month. Recently he went on retreat with a Burmese master he had not previously studied with, and so he will be charing some of these new experiences – particularly relating to mindfulness of mind (Citta). Event …
WBU June Forum 2009
With our recent discussions on Buddha Nature the topic for June’s WBU Forum is particularly relevant: Programme : WBU SUNDAY FORUM Topic : Buddhist Theory of Human Nature Date & Time : June 7, 2552 (2009), 12:00 – 13.30 : P.M. Speaker : Dr. Tavivat Puntarigvivat About the Topic : Buddhist Theory of …
Buddha Nature in Theravada
Follow up to mention of Buddha Nature by HH Phakchok Rinpoche’s recent talk in Bkk. ‘Buddha Nature’ is an essential part of Mahayana teachings – does it have a place in Theravada? Or is it something new to the teaching of Buddhism? Buddha Nature You can look up general definitions for Buddha Nature easily enough …
Vesak May 8
The Korean Temple in Bangkok has kindly arranged for their Vesak celebrations (Visakha Puja celebrating the birth death and enlightenment of the Buddha) to be shared with Littlebang regulars. Details are on Marcus’ blog. … so that he can update the information. Please double check the information there. Hope you can all make it along …
Ajahn Tiradhammo June 10
June 9 and 10, 2009, Canadian Bhikkhu Ajahn Tiradhammo will be giving two public talks, one in Thai and one in English, at Baan Aree Library. ภาษาไทย ด้านล่าง Topic: Transforming Life’s Challenges into Wisdom Ajahn Tiradhammo is the current abbot of Luong Phor Chah Forest Monastery in Stokes Valley,Wellington. He has been teaching dhamma and …
U Vamsa on Wealth
U Vamsa gave a talk on wealth – spiritual and material, last night to our Little Bangkok Sangha. ‘The Corporation was one movie he mentioned, and also the ‘Money Masters’ which is available to DL. Jennifer, who was there last night wrote: Wow! I’ve been listening to The Money Masters for 3-1/2 hours and my …
A. Wimoak Workshop Sun May 31
Thai Monk Ajahn Wimoak will be leading his monthly one-day workshop in meditation based on the mindfulness of the body (Kayakatasati) on Sukhumvit Soi 1 at the Beautiful Boutique hotel Ariyasom Villa, in English. The program, including lunch, is kindly provided free of charge by Ariyasom Bangkok Boutique Hotel. Ajahn Wimoak is a Thai monk, …
Kathmandu Sun May 17
This months meditation session at Kathmandu Gallery has moved from the usual second Sunday of the month to Sunday 17th so that it does not clash with Vesak Celebrations. Khun Morakot, a Thai lady fluent in English and experienced in meditation, will lead her monthly session at Kathmandu Gallery, Silom area. She has experience in …