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 29 September 2025 from 06:30 – 8.00 PM Bangkok time. We …
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The Kalama Sutta – ‘Do not believe anything’ !?!? with Pandit Bhikkhu
Monday – September 22, 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok ‘THE KALAMA SUTTA‘ : This is one of the best known short teachings of the Buddha, where he advised his audience to not believe anyone. Of course, this is mis-taken by casual modern wannabe meditators to mean ‘believe what you want’. …
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Joy or Danger of the ‘Opt-out’ Culture with Pandit Bhikkhu
Monday – September 15 2025: 18.30 – 20.00 hrs at Baan Aree Foundation, Bangkok Details ‘ALEXANDER AND DIOGENES‘ : look up this debate. It frames the question of what is better, ambition and goals, or ‘opt-ing out’. In Japan today many people prefer to opt out – out of love and relationships, marriage, buying property, …
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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 …
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My…Me: a Dhamma Talk by Mahanayo Bhikkhu
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 …
Jainism: Buddhism’s Fraternal Twin with Prem Jain
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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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 Buddhist View on Assisted Dying with Robin Moore
You are cordially invited to join us on 30 June 2025, 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. Under the wider umbrella of the Buddhist teachings on death and dying, this talk will explore some of …
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Meditation in Action by Phra Kittikhun Katavanno (Phra Pele)
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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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, …
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CANCELLED – Sharpen Your Intuition through Mental Cultivation with Jeff Oliver (4 April 2025)
The event is now CANCELLED. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Shamans, Aliens, and Buddhas with Elijah Whaley
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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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 …
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Zen 101 – What is Zen? with Joe Shakarchi
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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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 …
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Qigong Dantian Meditation with Marisa Cranfill
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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An Introduction to Tong Len Meditation by Andy Lowe
You are cordially invited to join us on 13 January 2025, when our friend Andy Lowe will be leading the Monday night meditation at Baan Aree, the beautiful location so generously made available to us by the Baan Aree foundation. Andy will introduce the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tonglen which was introduced to him by …
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Meditation and Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Jayanto
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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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, …
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