New Year’s Vigil – 31st of December 2022
The celebrations will start with our usual puja/meditation at 7:30 pm, after which there will be a Dhamma Talk and time for questions and answers.
Those who wish can stay on and join the community in meditation until midnight.
At midnight we will chant a Sutta, celebrating the entry into the New Year of 2023 peacefully.
There is no need to book, everyone is welcome to celebrate this transition with an introspective and collected attitude.
The celebration will end shortly after midnight.
Vigília de Ano Novo – dia 31 de Dezembro
Na noite do dia 31 de Dezembro de 2022 teremos uma Vigília de Ano Novo em Sumedharama.
Após o habitual puja/meditação das 19h30 haverá uma Palestra de Dhamma e espaço para perguntas e respostas. Todos terão depois a possibilidade de permanecer em meditação até à meia-noite, altura em que faremos cânticos, celebrando assim pacificamente a entrada no Novo Ano de 2023.
Não é preciso fazer marcação, todos são bem-vindos para celebrar esta passagem desta forma, com uma atitude introspectiva e de recolhimento.
A celebração termina pouco depois da meia-noite.
Palestra de Dhamma com Ajahn Pasanno em Sumedharama – Sábado, 2022-11-19, 15:00-17:00
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Caros amigos Ajahn Pasanno estará esta semana pela primeira vez em Sumedharama. Ele é o terceiro monge ocidental mais sénior dentro dos discípulos de Ajahn Chah e foi Abade do Mosteiro Abhayagiri, na Califórnia, durante 21 anos. Esta Palestra terá lugar presencialmente na Sala de Meditação de Sumedharama, com espaço para perguntas e respostas. Depois da Palestra haverá uma visita ao Novo Stupa. Todos são bem-vindos.
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Dhamma Talk by Ajahn Pasanno in Sumedharama – Saturday, 2022-11-19, 15:00-17:00
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Ajahn Pasanno will be for the first time in Sumedharama. On Saturday he will give a Dhamma Talk in the Meditation hall, with space for questions and answers.Following the talk there will be a visit to the New Stupa.Everyone is welcome. |
Kathina 2022, 16th of October
Kathina Celebration in Sumedharama
Sunday, 16th of October, 2021
Everyone is invited to attend the event, celebrating the presence of the monastic community in Sumedhārāma:
Programme:
9h30 – arrival to the monastery (bring a dish to share for the meal)
10h00 – Requesting the Five Precepts, followed by chanting
10h30 – Offering of rice (Pindapat)
11h00 – Meal offering to the monks; A meal for the lay community
12h30 – The community offers the traditional monastic cloth
13h00 – A talk by Ajahn Vajiro
Starting 14h00 – informal conversation with the monks
In the rains season (Vassa) in Asia (a period which correlates to summer in Europe), the monks undertake the determination to remain in one place for three months.
According to the scriptures, at the end of this period, The Buddha allowed the monks to ask for cloth with which they could amend their cloths or even make new clothes.
The cloth the monks collected consisted of rags that had been discarded. As time went by, people, realizing this need, began hanging fabric from trees, so that the monks could ‘find’ them.
The custom then developed in such a way that not only pieces of fabric were left on the trees, but also ready made clothes.
People spotted the opportunity to make offers of other requisites to the monks, as a gesture of support and appreciation for their practice.
Hence a ceremony called ‘Kathina’ was created, ‘Katina’ being the name of the loom that the monks use to sew their clothes using the cloth offered. During this ceremony, the monks offer Dhamma talks and there is also a time for people to meet and talk with the monks in a more informal way. In this event, the connection between the lay community and the monastic community becomes evident, as well as their benefit from this dynamic.
Kathina 2022 – Domingo, 16 de Outubro
Celebração da Kathina em Sumedharama
Domingo, dia 16 de Outubro de 2022
Todos são bem-vindos a participar nesta ocasião, celebrando a presença da comunidade monástica em Sumedharama:
Programa:
9h30 – Chegada ao Mosteiro (traga uma refeição para partilhar)
10h00 – Pedido dos cinco preceitos, seguido de cânticos
10h30 – Oferta de arroz (Pindapat)
11h00 – Oferta de refeição aos monges e almoço para a comunidade leiga
12h30 – A comunidade oferece o tradicional hábito monástico
13h00 – Palestra por Ajahn Vajiro
A partir das 14h00 – Conversa informal com os monges.
Na época das chuvas (Vassa), na Ásia, (período correspondente ao Verão na Europa) os monges comprometem-se a permanecer num determinado local durante três meses.
Reza a história, que no fim desse período, o Buddha permitiu que os monges procurassem tecido com o qual poderiam remendar o seu hábito antigo ou mesmo fazer um novo. Os tecidos que os monges recolhiam consistiam em trapos que haviam sido deitados fora. Com o passar do tempo as pessoas, apercebendo-se desta necessidade, começaram a pendurar tecido nas árvores para que os monges os pudessem ‘encontrar’. O costume desenvolveu-se então de forma a que não eram deixados apenas pedaços de tecido nas árvores, mas também os hábitos já feitos. As pessoas viram aqui uma oportunidade de fazer ofertas de outros requisitos aos monges, como um gesto de suporte e apreciação da prática destes. Criou-se assim a cerimónia chamada Kathina, sendo este o nome do tear que os monges usam para costurar os seus hábitos com os tecidos oferecidos.
Nesta mesma cerimónia os monges oferecem palestras sobre o Dhamma, havendo também um período onde as pessoas têm a oportunidade de se encontrarem e falarem com os monges de forma mais informal. Neste evento torna-se bastante evidente a interligação da comunidade leiga com a monástica e de como ambas beneficiam desta dinâmica.
Retiro de Meditação e Silêncio – 28 a 30 de Outubro de 2022
Orientado por Ajahn Dhammiko
Este retiro terá lugar na casa de Retiros de Santo Inácio, em Sintra,
e é organizado por Helena Gallis.
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Workshop de Meditação Budista, com Ajahn Vajiro
Permitir a Intuição, a Revelação e a Realização
Sábado, dia 6 de Agosto, 13h00 – 15h30 CDT (das 19h às 21h30 – horas de Lisboa)
Thought is a tool. Thinking can be used to direct creations from heaven to hell—and everything in between. By practicing Right Thought, one of the factors in the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, we learn to use thought in a way that brings blessings.
Through investigation and careful reflection, we prepare the foundation. For deep understanding, we must feel intimately comfortable with the silence from which thought arises. What we may call intuition, revelation, or insight arises from this silence and stillness of mind.
In this interactive workshop, Ajahn Vajiro will provide guidance and skillful means for practicing the Eightfold Path.
This workshop will include talks, guided meditation, and Q&A sessions reflecting on:
- The nature of mindfulness
- Meditation to cultivate serenity
- The nature of insight
- The experience of freedom
This Workshop is organised by the Theosophical Society in America
Registration includes on-demand access to a recording of the workshop, which can be viewed for two weeks following the date it was presented.
Venerable Ajahn Vajiro was born in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in 1953. He studied in England and obtained a degree in economics in 1974. In 1979, he left for Thailand to join the monastic community of Venerable Ajahn Chah and was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1980. Ajahn Vajiro returned to England in 1984 and assisted in Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, then lived in monasteries in the UK for many years, followed by New Zealand and then Australia. He returned to Amaravati in 2001. In 2010, Ajahn Vajiro was formally invited to Portugal to help establish a monastery of the Forest Tradition. Under his guidance, the Sumedhārāma Forest Monastery was established, and he has been the abbot since 2012.
Program Format
This is a live, interactive online program that will also be recorded for on-demand viewing. Our goal is to send recordings to you within two business days, often sooner. Recordings will be available for on-demand viewing for two weeks following the day the program was presented.
Software Platform
Zoom for Windows, Mac, or mobile device; minimum recommended network bandwidth 1.5 Mbps. Please download Zoom for free at zoom.us/download, and test your connection at zoom.us/test. New to Zoom? Check out www.theosophical.org/FAQ. Please email webinars@theosophical.org for further information.
Buddhist Meditation Workshop: Allowing for Intuition, Revelation, and Insight
Saturday, August 6, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. CDT (19h – 21h30 Lisbon and London time)
Thought is a tool. Thinking can be used to direct creations from heaven to hell—and everything in between. By practicing Right Thought, one of the factors in the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, we learn to use thought in a way that brings blessings.
Through investigation and careful reflection, we prepare the foundation. For deep understanding, we must feel intimately comfortable with the silence from which thought arises. What we may call intuition, revelation, or insight arises from this silence and stillness of mind.
In this interactive workshop, Ajahn Vajiro will provide guidance and skillful means for practicing the Eightfold Path.
This workshop will include talks, guided meditation, and Q&A sessions reflecting on:
- The nature of mindfulness
- Meditation to cultivate serenity
- The nature of insight
- The experience of freedom
This Workshop is organised by the Theosophical Society in America
Registration includes on-demand access to a recording of the workshop, which can be viewed for two weeks following the date it was presented.
Venerable Ajahn Vajiro was born in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in 1953. He studied in England and obtained a degree in economics in 1974. In 1979, he left for Thailand to join the monastic community of Venerable Ajahn Chah and was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1980. Ajahn Vajiro returned to England in 1984 and assisted in Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, then lived in monasteries in the UK for many years, followed by New Zealand and then Australia. He returned to Amaravati in 2001. In 2010, Ajahn Vajiro was formally invited to Portugal to help establish a monastery of the Forest Tradition. Under his guidance, the Sumedhārāma Forest Monastery was established, and he has been the abbot since 2012.
Program Format
This is a live, interactive online program that will also be recorded for on-demand viewing. Our goal is to send recordings to you within two business days, often sooner. Recordings will be available for on-demand viewing for two weeks following the day the program was presented.
Software Platform
Zoom for Windows, Mac, or mobile device; minimum recommended network bandwidth 1.5 Mbps. Please download Zoom for free at zoom.us/download, and test your connection at zoom.us/test. New to Zoom? Check out www.theosophical.org/FAQ. Please email webinars@theosophical.org for further information.
