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 …

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 …

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 …

An Introduction to Zen and Zen Meditation

You are cordially invited to join us for a talk by Zen priest Daigaku Rummé, who practiced Zen at a Japanese monastery for many years, on Monday 29 January 2024 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. …

Meditation and Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Jayanto

We are delighted to be welcoming back Ajahn Jayanto for an evening of teachings on Monday 11 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Personal Zen with Reggie Pawle

Personal Zen with Reggie Pawle   Monday 13th September 2021 :  6.30 pm to 8.00 pm   Reggie Pawle PhD has been a Zen Buddhist practitioner since 1974. He has studied with Joshu Sasaki (Rinzai school) in the U.S. and with Sekkei Harada (Soto school) in Japan. He has also sat with teachers in Thailand, …

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 17th June 2019 @ 6pm. SPECIAL EVENT: Introduction to Zen Buddhism and the Importance of Zen riddles and Zen stories, with Zen Priest, Gil Alon

Details: Monday 17th June @ 6 pm Zen Buddhism offers an uncompromising investigation of reality. Its philosophy is aimed at challenging every concept created by the human mind. One of the distinctive ways it does this is through Zen riddles (koans) and Zen stories. To our everyday mind these can appear weird and confusing, when …

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) …

Zen Club Bangkok: Zen Meditaiton

° Zen Club Meeting  ZEN MEDITATION Saturday 28th April 2018 @ little Bangkok Meditation Center, Ekkamai ° This will be the last Zen Club for a while, as things change.    1:30-3:30pm at the the little Bangkok Meditation Center, Ekkamai There is no charge for this event, and no need to book in advance. You do not …

Zen Club #17 – Zen Prison: Zen Monastery

° Zen Club Meeting #17 Zen Prison:  Documentary & Discussion Sunday 25th March 2018 @ little Bangkok Meditation Center, Ekkamai ° We’ll be watching a documentary on Japanese prisons, and discussing the Zen monastic principles that it uses.    1:30-3:30pm at the the little Bangkok Meditation Center, Ekkamai There is no charge for this event, and no …

Zen Club 2018: Zen and the Eightfold Path

° Zen Club Meeting #15 Zen and the Eightfold Path Saturday 27th Jan. 2017 @ little Bangkok Meditation Center, Ekkamai ° Zen club meets more or less monthly. You don’t need to be experienced – it is for anyone and everyone interested in exploring some of the tenets of Zen Buddhism.   1:30-3:30pm at the the little …

Zen Club

° Zen Club Meeting #14 The First Three Noble Truths Saturday 2nd December 2017 @ little Bangkok Meditation Center, Ekkamai ° Zen club meets more or less monthly. You don’t need to be experienced – it is for anyone and everyone interested in exploring some of the tenets of Zen Buddhism.   1:30-3:30pm at the the little Bangkok …

Zen Club: November Meeting 2017

° Zen Club Meeting #11 The Great Matter of Life and Death Sunday 5th November 2017 @Rojana Dhamma Center, Asoke Zen club meets more or less monthly. You don’t need to be experienced – it is for anyone and everyone interested in exploring some of the tenets of Zen Buddhism. During the morning is a Puja …