The Little Bangkok Sangha Online is holding a Sitting for Peace meditation on Wednesday 10 April 2024 from 6.30 PM to 7 PM Bangkok time. The merit we generate will be dedicated to healing and peace – in ourselves, our communities and around the globe. We are all acutely aware of the suffering caused by …
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What is the importance of Koans like “What is it that hears”? with Gil Alon
What is the literal meaning of the word Koan? What is the significance of Zen riddles and Zen stories in our life? Why does Zen use this method? Does this method exist in other cultures? Why is it OK to discuss and analyze a Koan in Japan but it is forbidden in Korea? Can a …
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What is it exactly to be here and now in the present moment? with Gil Alon
What is time? Does it really exist? Can we be in the here and now all the time? How can we apply the idea of the present moment in our daily life? What does the current cutting edge science say about time? How is it connected to our spiritual quest? Zen master Gil Alon will …
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Dharma Circle at Baan Aree
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 25 March 2024 from 06:10 – 8.00 PM Bangkok time. We …
How To Train Your Dragon Ego with Jeff Oliver
How To Train Your Dragon Ego with Jeff Oliver You are cordially invited to join us on Friday evening the first of March 2024 for another session with Jeff Oliver at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. Please note that this will exceptionally be on …
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Ajahn Medhino Teaching about an Uncertain Topic
Ajahn Medhino Bhikkhu, who has been a monk for over 30 years, will be leading the Monday night session on 27 November 2023 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. Ajahn will give a Dhamma talk about a not yet determined topic. In the forest …
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Monday Night Meditation with Phra Pandit Bhikkhu
Meditate with a Monk is back! Phra Pandit, the founder of the Little Bangkok Sangha, will be leading the Monday night meditation on 16 October 2023 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to experienced meditators. We meet to support and encourage each other in …
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To Master Our Mind is to Understand It with Prema
We all want to be happy. No one is really satisfied with brief moments of fleeting happiness; we want True Happiness all the time. The practice of Yoga is a systemic approach to rediscovering our True Selves and the True Happiness that is already within us. You are invited to join us on Monday 24 …
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Make the Heart Good and Overcome Obstacles by Ajahn Nyaniko
Ajahn Nyaniko Bhikkhu, the abbot of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in California, will be leading the Monday night session on 10 July 2023 at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree Foundation. Ajahn will give a Dhamma talk about how to make the heart good and overcome obstacles. …
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Mind of Beasts and the Centered Mind with Phra Pandit Bhikkhu
The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a Zoom meeting on Monday 13 February, 2023 from 6:30 – 08:00 PM Bangkok time. Getting past much of the pseudo-psychology that is modern Buddhism, this talk will be based around one of the original teachings from Shakyamuni, in which he advises “How to have a good …
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How to Control Distracting Thoughts, and Why You Should
The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a Zoom meeting on Monday 10 October, 2022 from 6:30 – 08.00 PM Bangkok time. The biggest difficulty in meditation is getting past the thinking mind. But it has to be done. Speaker : Phra Pandit Bhikkhu Phra Pandit Bhikkhu is a British Buddhist monk who chose …
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Breaking the Story Habit with Phra Pandit Bhikkhu
The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a Zoom meeting on Monday 12 September, 2022 from 6:30 – 08.00 PM Bangkok time. The moment to moment model of experience breaks down the tendency to form stories and get lost in them. Is it objectively real though? And what remains when the mind stops …
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Dealing with Difficulties in Meditation with Nando Bhikkhu
The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a Zoom meeting on Monday 8 August, 2022 from 6:30 – 08.00 PM Bangkok time. We are honored to host Ajahn Nando who will give a Dhamma talk on Dealing with Difficulties in Meditation. Afterwards there will be an opportunity to ask him some questions. Nando Bhikkhu …
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The Significance of Daily Formal Meditation
The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a Zoom meeting on Monday 11 July, 2022 from 7:00 – 08.30 PM Bangkok time. Please note that this is half an hour later than our normal starting time. We are honoured to host Tan Ajahn Achalo who will lead us in a guided meditation, followed by …
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Agency: How Action Shapes Perception in the Arising of Experience
The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Monday 13 June, 2022 from 6:30 – 08.00 PM Bangkok https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6871703208 Zoom Meeting ID: 687 170 3208 This topic is a continuation of the exploration of Dependent Origination. Previously we looked at how the mind picks up one thing at a time and …
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The Unique Zen Point of View on the First 5 Precepts of Buddhism
The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a Zoom dharma talk by Zen master Gil Alon. Monday May 9, 2022 from 06:30 – 8.00 PM Bangkok time https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6871703208 Meeting ID: 687 170 3208 Normally we think that a precept is a kind of a rule or a law. But from the point of view that …
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Sitting for Peace
Monday 23th May 2022: 6.30pm to 7pm ICT. Little Bangkok Sangha Online is holding a Sitting for Peace meditation on Monday 23th May 2022 from 6.30pm to 7pm. The merit we generate will be dedicated to healing and peace – in ourselves, our communities and around the globe. We are all acutely aware of the suffering in Ukraine and …
When Faced With Crisis
The Little Bangkok Sangha is inviting you to a Zoom dharma talk by Robin Moore. Time: Monday April 11, 2022 from 06:30 PM – 8.00 PM Bangkok time https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6871703208 Meeting ID: 687 170 3208 Probably all Buddhists are familiar with the first noble truth of suffering. This talk will focus on the different shades …
Aligning with the Sacred in Everyday Life with Mary Pipes
HONOURING WHAT IS WORTHY OF HONOUR—ALIGNING WITH THE SACRED IN EVERYDAY LIFE. Monday, 8 November 2021 : 06.30 pm – 20:00 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5577137755 Meeting ID: 557 713 7755 The Mangala Sutta reminds us that ‘honouring those worthy of honour’ is one of the highest blessings. At a time in our history when we are …
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The Essence of Buddhist Practice with Tsering Paldron
The Essence of Buddhist Practice with Tsering Paldron Monday, 11 October 2021 : 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5577137755 Tsering Paldron was born in Lisbon, Portugal and discovered Tibetan Buddhism in 1973. She did a three years’ retreat in the 80’s in France and she has received teachings from many other lamas of all schools …
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