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Ajahn Candasiri in Sumedharama
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.
Retreat – 17 to 20 August – ‘Simplicity and Silence – a Special (Re)-Treat’
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.
Thai New Year – Songkran
| 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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Dhamma online talk on ‘Samma Sati’ with Ajahn Vajiro
This Dhamma lecture is organised by the Italian Association “Progetto PienEssere”.
Wednesday 8 March, 18:30 - 20:00 (WET)
You can participate through the Zoom platform with the link:
ttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/84193388344?pwd=T0VIVUxRa2RFaXRkUkFvb3pLZ1dEZz09
or
Meeting ID: 841 9338 8344
Passcode: 230503
Meditation and Silence Retreat – led by Ajahn Vajiro – 24-26 March
Registrations closed
New Year’s Eve – 31 December
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.
Dhamma Lecture with Ajahn Pasanno in Sumedharama - Saturday, 2022-11-19, 15:00-17:00
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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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Kathina 2022 – Sunday 16 October
Celebration of Kathina in Sumedharama
Sunday 16 October 2022
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.
Meditation and Silence Retreat - 28-30 October 2022
Directed by Ajahn Dhammiko
This retreat will take place in the house of St. Ignatius Retreats, in Sintra, Portugal.
It is organised by Helena Gallis.
Registration is now open.
You can click here to access the registration form
Buddhist Meditation Workshop with Ajahn Vajiro
Enable Intuition, Revelation, and Realization
Saturday, 6 August, 1 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. CDT (7 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Lisbon 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 preferred. What we may call intuition, revelation, or insight inferred 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 considered 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 attained 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 opposed 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 opposed to Amaravati in 2001. In 2010, Ajahn Vajiro was officially reported 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 better. 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.
Āsāيha Pūjā 2022 – Wednesday 13 July, from 7.30 p.m. to 0.00 a.m.
O Asalha Puja It celebrates the first structured speech the Buddha delivered after his enlightenment and is celebrated on the full moon of July (the full moon of the eighth lunar month of the Indian calendar). This discourse is called ‘Dhammacakkappavattana sutta’ and it was with it that ‘the wheel of the Dhamma was set in motion’ (here Dhamma means teaching). It contains the essence of the Buddha’s subsequent teaching, addressing the ‘Four Noble Truths’.
It was at the end of this discourse, after Venerable Kondanno had fully understood it, that the Buddhist monastic order began.
This day is also known as Dhamma Day and is an opportunity to deepen the Buddha's teachings. It also marks the beginning of vassal.
Thus, after the usual 7:30 p.m. meditation, there will be a Dhamma lecture by Ajahn Vajiro. After the lecture, everyone is also invited to join the Sangha and practice meditation until midnight.
Ajahn Candasiri in Sumedharama
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.
Retreat – 17 to 20 August – ‘Simplicity and Silence – a Special (Re)-Treat’
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.
Thai New Year – Songkran
| 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 |
||
Dhamma online talk on ‘Samma Sati’ with Ajahn Vajiro
This Dhamma lecture is organised by the Italian Association “Progetto PienEssere”.
Wednesday 8 March, 18:30 - 20:00 (WET)
You can participate through the Zoom platform with the link:
ttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/84193388344?pwd=T0VIVUxRa2RFaXRkUkFvb3pLZ1dEZz09
or
Meeting ID: 841 9338 8344
Passcode: 230503
Meditation and Silence Retreat – led by Ajahn Vajiro – 24-26 March
Registrations closed
New Year’s Eve – 31 December
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.
Dhamma Lecture with Ajahn Pasanno in Sumedharama - Saturday, 2022-11-19, 15:00-17:00
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||
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|
||
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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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Kathina 2022 – Sunday 16 October
Celebration of Kathina in Sumedharama
Sunday 16 October 2022
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.
Meditation and Silence Retreat - 28-30 October 2022
Directed by Ajahn Dhammiko
This retreat will take place in the house of St. Ignatius Retreats, in Sintra, Portugal.
It is organised by Helena Gallis.
Registration is now open.
You can click here to access the registration form
Buddhist Meditation Workshop with Ajahn Vajiro
Enable Intuition, Revelation, and Realization
Saturday, 6 August, 1 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. CDT (7 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Lisbon 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 preferred. What we may call intuition, revelation, or insight inferred 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 considered 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 attained 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 opposed 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 opposed to Amaravati in 2001. In 2010, Ajahn Vajiro was officially reported 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 better. 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.
Āsāيha Pūjā 2022 – Wednesday 13 July, from 7.30 p.m. to 0.00 a.m.
O Asalha Puja It celebrates the first structured speech the Buddha delivered after his enlightenment and is celebrated on the full moon of July (the full moon of the eighth lunar month of the Indian calendar). This discourse is called ‘Dhammacakkappavattana sutta’ and it was with it that ‘the wheel of the Dhamma was set in motion’ (here Dhamma means teaching). It contains the essence of the Buddha’s subsequent teaching, addressing the ‘Four Noble Truths’.
It was at the end of this discourse, after Venerable Kondanno had fully understood it, that the Buddhist monastic order began.
This day is also known as Dhamma Day and is an opportunity to deepen the Buddha's teachings. It also marks the beginning of vassal.
Thus, after the usual 7:30 p.m. meditation, there will be a Dhamma lecture by Ajahn Vajiro. After the lecture, everyone is also invited to join the Sangha and practice meditation until midnight.
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