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This retreat will be guided by Ajahn Appamado, in Portuguese. Twill take place in the house of Retreats of St. Ignatius, in Sintra, It is organised by Helena Gallis. |
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Registrations are already closed because the maximum number of participants has already been reached. |
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With our best wishes The Sangha of Sumedharama |
These Dhamma Study Sessions, guided by Ajahn Gavesako, are directed to those who want to deepen their knowledge of Buddhism by studying the Suttas together. We will use the following study guide: The Buddha Smiles.
These sessions will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., no prior appointment is required. They will be conducted in English.
Ajahn Candasiri, one of the first four nuns to be ordained in our tradition,
will drive one Dhamma Session in Sumedharama,
next Sunday 20 August, from 16:30 to 19:00.
There will be room for Questions and Answers and a Guided Meditation.
There is no need to make an appointment, just show up a little before 4:30 p.m.
Guided by the nun Ajahn Candasiri
This retreat will take place in Biovilla, in the Serra da Arrábida,
It was organised by Ana Cristina Farto.
For more information and appointments please click here.
| On this Sunday 16 April, the Thai Songkran New Year will be celebrated in Sumedharama.
As in Western New Year celebrations, Songkran also has the idea and purpose to reflect and leave behind the past, renewing the energies and determinations for the new year. The festivities start at 9 a.m. At 9.30 a.m. the monastic community will make the traditional Songs of Protection – Paritta, at which time visitors will also be able to make the request of the Five Precepts. Then, at 10am, the Rice Offer Ceremony and the meal of the day will take place. (You can bring a dish to share.) After the Meal, around 12 noon, the traditional Water Ceremony will take place, in which everyone can participate. From 4pm to 6pm we will have our usual Sunday Meditation Workshop. Everyone is Welcome |
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On the evening of December 31, 2022 we will have a New Year's Eve in Sumedharama.
After the usual puja/meditation at 7:30 p.m. there will be a Dhamma Lecture and space for questions and answers. Everyone will then have the possibility to remain in meditation until midnight, when we will sing songs, thus peacefully celebrating the entrance to the New Year 2023.
There is no need to make an appointment, everyone is welcome to celebrate this passage in this way, with an introspective and recollective attitude.
The celebration ends shortly after midnight.
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Dear Friends Ajahn Pasanno He will be in Sumedharama for the first time this week. He is the third senior Western monk within Ajahn Chah's disciples and was Abbot of Abhayagiri Monastery in California for 21 years. This Lecture will take place in person in the Sumedharama Meditation Room, with space for questions and answers. After the lecture there will be a visit to the New stupa. Everyone is welcome.
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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. – Lecture by Ajahn Vajiro
From 14:00 – Informal conversation with the monks.
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.
Sumedharama Buddhist Monastery
Caminho do Vale Grande 59,
Fonte Boa dos Nabos
2655-464 Ericeira, Portugal
email: sangha@sumedharama.pt
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