Luang Por Sucitto is visiting Portugal and he will be giving a Dhamma Talk at Sumedharama, on the 10th of May, from 16h to 18h.

The talk will be in English and there will be space for Questions and Answers.

All are welcome.

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Luang Pô Sucitto is visiting Portugal and will give a Dhamma Lecture in Sumedharama, on May 10, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The Lecture will be in English and will have space for Questions and Answers.

Everyone is welcome.

This is a Meditation and Silence Retreat guided by Ajahn Vajiro.

The retreat takes place in complete silence and under the observation of the Eight Buddhist Precepts.

Registration is closed as all vacancies have already been filled.

For waiting list and more information, click on link.

This retreat, guided in Portuguese by Ajahn Dhammiko, tIt will take place at the Casa de Retiros de Santo Ignacio, in Sintra, Portugal. It is organised by Vanda Viveka. At the moment the retreat is already fully filled so the registrations are closed.

You can click here for more information

Everyone is welcome to participate in this occasion, celebrating the presence of the monastic community in Sumedharama. Programme:

9.30 a.m. – Arrival at the Monastery (bring a meal to share)

10 a.m. – Request for the five precepts, followed by songs

10.30 a.m. – Rice supply (Pindapat)

11 a.m. – Dinner for monks and lunch for the lay community

12.30 p.m. – The community offers the traditional monastic habit

1 p.m.  – Ajahn Vajiro gives a lecture by Dhamma

From 2 p.m. onwards – more informal time with everyone and the monastic community.

In the rainy season (Vassa), in Asia, (the period corresponding to summer in Europe) the monks undertake to stay in a certain place for three months.

The story goes that at the end of this period, the Buddha allowed the monks to look for fabric with which they could patch up their old habit or even make a new one. The fabrics that the monks collected consisted of rags that had been thrown away. Over time people, realising this need, began to hang fabric from the trees so that the monks could ‘find’ them. The custom then developed so that not only pieces of cloth were left on the trees, but also the habits already made. People saw here an opportunity to make offerings of other requirements to monks, as a gesture of support and appreciation of their practice. The ceremony was called Kathina, which is the name of the loom that monks use to sew their habits with the fabrics offered.

In this same ceremony the monks offer lectures on the Dhamma, and there is also a period where people have the opportunity to meet and talk to the monks more informally. In this event it becomes quite evident the interconnection of the lay community with the monastic community and how both benefit from this dynamic.