Zen Club Meeting: Hardcore Zen, punk rock, monster movies and the truth about reality

Zen Club Meeting Little Bangkok Sangha Sunday 11th August 2019 1:30-3:30pm   Arrive between 1:10pm and 1:30pm @ The Shambhala Meditation Centre, (in the Young Place Shopping Center) (see details below) “There is no permanent state of enlightenment and there are no forever-enlightened beings…..It’s not that enlightenment is a finishing line, after which we’re all …

Monday Night Meditation with the Little Bangkok Sangha in Asok – July

🙂 Monday Night Meditation with the Little Bangkok Sangha in Asok freestyle meditation every week Suk 23 (Asoke), 6:30 – 8:00 pm _______________________________   Overview: Join a friendly group for meditation every Monday night from 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm in Asok. Instruction will be given by either Phra Pandit, the British monk who created …

Special Announcement: Ven. Ajahn Siripanyo leading Meditation on 24th June

SPECIAL MONDAY EVENING ANNOUNCEMENT: Ven. Ajahn Siripanyo, the Abbot of Dtao Dum Monastery will be leading our Monday night meditation at The Rojana Centre on 24th June, 2019.   Details: Tan Ajahn Siripanyo is a Thai-Malaysian monk born in London and educated in the UK. He was ordained in Thailand and lived there as a …

Monday Night Meditation with the Little Bangkok Sangha in Asok

🙂 Monday Night Meditation with the Little Bangkok Sangha in Asok freestyle meditation every week Suk 23 (Asoke), 6:30 – 8:00 pm _______________________________ Overview: Join a friendly group for meditation every Monday night from 6.30 pm to 8.00 pm in Asok. Instruction will be given by either a former monastic or by experienced lay teachers. …

Zen Club Meeting – Little Bangkok Sangha (19 Jan)

How to Do Zazen (Zen Meditation): Dogen’s Instructions Sunday 19th January 2020: 1:30-3:30pm   @ The Shambhala Meditation Centre, (in the Young Place Shopping Center) (see details below)     “All people throughout the world are without doubt equally imprinted with Buddha-nature. However, without the practice of zazen (Zen meditation), the true nature and function …

Zen Club Meeting – Little Bangkok Sangha

Zen 101 – The Basics of Zen Sunday 20th January 2019 1:30-3:30pm   @ The Shambhala Meditation Centre, (in the Yogatique building) (see details below) Zen 101 – The Basics of Zen Sunday 20th January 2019 1:30-3:30pm   Arrive between 1:10pm and 1:30pm @ The Shambhala Meditation Centre, (in the Yogatique building) (see details below) …

SPECIAL HALF DAY EVENT: Perfecting Patience in an Impatient World with FPMT teachers, Kay Cooper and Gordon McDougall

To be held from 10am to 1pm on Saturday 19th January 2019 @ Rojana Centre, Asoke. Cartoon courtesy of Michael Leurnig. Overview: Saturday 19th January 2019 Kay Cooper and Gordon McDougall have been teaching Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism in Europe and Asia for many years. For over thirty years their teacher has been Lama Zopa Rinpoche, …

Visit to Wat Pak Nam on Saturday 1st December 2018

Visit to Wat Pak Nam  Saturday 1st December 2018 at 10:00am-2:00pm Ajahn Pandit will be giving us a guided tour of his home for the past 22 years. Wat Pak Nam is an extraordinary temple, featuring a museum and many beautiful decorations. It is home to the most senior monk in Thailand (aside perhaps, from …

LAMA OLE NYDAHL – Thrs 24th Feb

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. …

HHPCR Thrs 20th Jan @ Siam Society

His Holiness Phakchok Rinpoche continues his whirlwind tour of Bangkok with a talk at the Siam Society Phakchok Rinpoche at the Siam Society 7-9pm Enlightened Teachings of the Great Indian Masters Note: there is a 200 baht charge for non-members Event is in English only (no Thai translation) This is a collection of very previous texts from …

Dhamma talk/meditation with Abbots of Abhayagiri Temple

After almost a year of planning, we are happy that Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro, joint abbots of Abhayagiri temple in California will pause their travel plans to stop and support the International Dhamma community in Bangkok. This is a special chance for us in Bangkok to meet with two such well known and respected Abbots from the Forest …

Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Jayasaro

  Extra Special Event Monday 9th November Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Jayasaro in English, at Baan Aree Library     We are happy to announce that Tahn Ajahn Jayasaro will be giving a Dhamma Talk in English, for our Little Bangkok Sangha on Monday 9th November 2009. Ajahn Jayasaro was formerly the co-abbot and then sole …

Kathmandu monthly session

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 …

Talks Series 2009

The Way Of Wisdom DHAMMA TALK SERIES 2009 Starting Thursday August 6th Until Thursday September 24th Every Thursday evening in the cool, quiet basement  Planet Yoga studio (Asoke) directly underneath CALIFORNIA WOW gym A very special course journeying through Thailand’s most precious cultural gem: The  ‘Way Of Wisdom” that is Buddhism With British monk Phra …

Pure Land Buddhism

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 …

Monks and Nuns in Film

While monks and Nuns in Buddhism are not supposed to go to town to attend shows of dancing or other entertainments associated with the householder life, Film makers have often put Ordained figures in their films. After all, such are part of the fabric of society. Hopefully it is a tasteful and respectful portrayal, even …

WBU Forum November

  Programme: WBU Sunday Forum Topic: “Is there Buddhist Wisdom hidden in Gross National Happiness” Date & Time: November 2,B.E. 2551(2008) 12.00-13.30P.M. Speaker: Hans van Willenswaard About the Speaker & Topic Hans van Willenswaard was born in the Netherlands; He is a cultural worker by profession, trained in Amsterdam and later at Emerson College in …