{"id":766,"date":"2021-05-18T09:38:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T08:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newer.sumedharama.pt\/wp\/?page_id=766"},"modified":"2025-04-20T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T13:44:59","slug":"sobre-presente","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/sobre\/sobre-presente\/","title":{"rendered":"About: Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-1 produtos\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ffffff;--awb-background:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-1\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The Foods We Need<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p>People often ask us what they can offer us in terms of food.<br \/>\nIn addition to the Meal Offer link calendars proper, often meals are made in the Monastery itself, so there is really also the need to have ingredients for the people who stay here overnight to be able to cook.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, at the moment the most missing foods are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Soya milk<\/li>\n<li>Fruit: apples, bananas<\/li>\n<li>vegetables and vegetables:<br \/>\nwatercress, lettuce, spinach, kale, turnips, carrots, coriander<\/li>\n<li>Cheese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With great gratitude from the Monastic Community<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Anumodana<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-2 lingua\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ffffff;--awb-background:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-sm\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-2\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/home-en\/\" rel=\"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/home-en\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1246 size-fusion-200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-English-200x39.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-English-200x39.png 200w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-English-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-English-400x79.png 400w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-English.png 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1247 size-fusion-200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-Portuguese-200x39.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-Portuguese-200x39.png 200w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-Portuguese-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-Portuguese-400x79.png 400w, https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Language-Button-Portuguese.png 573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-3 projetos\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ffffff;--awb-background:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-3\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Projects<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projecto.sumedharama.pt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to access the site of the Sumedharama construction project<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-modal modal fade modal-4 directions_pt\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-labelledby=\"modal-heading-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"--awb-border-color:#ffffff;--awb-background:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"modal-dialog modal-lg\" role=\"document\"><div class=\"modal-content fusion-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-header\"><button class=\"close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close\">\u00d7<\/button><h3 class=\"modal-title\" id=\"modal-heading-4\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">DIRECTIONS<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"modal-body fusion-clearfix\">\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Coming from Lisbon (by car)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Take the A8 towards Leiria and leave for the A21 (Exit 5) towards Ericeira. Follow the A21 to the end and at the roundabout, exit at the third exit, towards Fonte Boa dos Nabos. After 550 meters turn right, where it says Fonte Boa dos Nabos. After the tunnel, always go straight ahead, on General Humberto Delgado Street, passing through the center of the village. At the intersection, continue on Rua do Vale Grande until you find on your left the Caminho do Vale Grande (before a yellow house with a<br \/>\nwhite wall). In 800m, after a stretch of dirt road, you will reach Sumedharama.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Coming from Lisbon (by bus)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Take bus 2740 from Carris, in Campo Grande, to Ericeira.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving at Ericeira you can take a taxi to the monastery (3kms)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Coming from Porto<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are two possibilities:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>via Aveiro \u2013 coming by IC1 (A17\/A8) to find the A21 near Venda do Pinheiro. After that, you can follow the same indications as in \u201cfrom Lisbon\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>via A1 Porto-Lisbon, and near Alverca leave for CREL (A9). Then leave for the A8 towards the North and follow the same indications as in \u201cLisbon\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><div class=\"modal-footer\"><button class=\"fusion-button button-default button-medium button default medium\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\">Close<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;\">Present<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-custom-z-index\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-z-index:1;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The institution \u2018Budismo Theravada da Floresta \u2013 Comunidad Religiosa\u2019 was officially recognised as a Religious Collective under the \u2018Lei da Liberdade Religiosa\u2019 (Law on Religious Freedom), with NIPC 592010040 in July 2010 and attested to its Radication in Portugal on 21 June 2018. The main objective is to promote the Teaching of Lord Buddha through the establishment and support of a residence for Buddhist monks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This non-profit religious community (Sangha) was established at the invitation of Portuguese laity, with the endorsement of the General Council of the Senior Monks of the Recognized Monastic Communities, of the Thai Forest Tradition of the Ajahn Chah Line, with the aim of establishing a Monastery of Tradition in Portugal, having, for this purpose, designated the two monks who signed the Statutes of the Community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The monks invited to lead this movement follow the traditional Buddhist Scripture training (Vinaya) in line with the Thai Forest Tradition of Wat Nong Pah Pong Monastery, which was founded by Ajahn Chah. This tradition was brought out of Thailand by Ajahn Sumedho and other Western disciples. The contact that people establish with the monastic community will allow them to cultivate generosity, virtue and wisdom both in people and in society at large. This is how beings can be liberated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mendicant monastic life depends on people's goodwill for material needs. From July 2012 the monks began to live in Lisbon. In the medium and long term we are looking for a more suitable place as a monastery, with space for monks to live and people to visit the monastery for short and long periods of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Religious Community, which will be governed by these Statutes and by the Religious Freedom Law, has therefore acquired legal personality as a religious legal person under this Law, and will benefit from the advantages of this new legal status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>According to them <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/estatutos\/\"><b>Articles of association<\/b><\/a><b>, the Community shall have as its object:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To promote the teachings of the Buddha (Buddha Sasana);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To promote and sustain the worship and service of temples and monasteries;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practicing benevolence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fundamental goal is to promote the teachings of the Buddha (Buddha Sasana).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To this end, the Religious Community shall provide, maintain and support, in accordance with the principles of Theravada Discipline (Vinaya), residential establishments for a Monastic Community (Sangha) of persons who have assumed the Rules of Instruction (Sikkhapada), shall support lay persons in the practice and teachings of the Buddha, and shall also use any other means which may in due course be deemed expedient to accomplish this end and all else provided for in the statutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>STATEMENT OF FAITH<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Essential Principle of the Faith Doctrine and Philosophy of Theravada Buddhism of the Forest Tradition of Thailand)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Buddha was totally free from all Confusion, Covetousness, or Hate. Totally free from all ignorance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Buddha taught how human beings can free themselves from all ignorance. Human beings can train themselves to be completely free from all confusion, greed, or hate. Human beings can train themselves to be more perfect.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>III.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Buddha founded his Doctrine on the \"Four Noble Truths\", from which he developed the extensive Teaching on the Path of Human Liberation and Spiritual Salvation, namely:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The truth about suffering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The origin of suffering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Extinction of Suffering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The path that leads to the extinction of suffering and the realization of spiritual \"salvation\", namely through \"The Noble Eightfold Path\" (Virtude and Moral Code) composed of eight factors:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1.<span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">Right understanding<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2.Right thinking<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">3.Right Word<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">4.Correct Action<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">5.Support Correct<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">6.Right Commitment<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">7. Correct Consciousness<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">8.Correct concentration<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Buddhists maintain as their Sacred Refuge the \u201cJ\u00d3IA TRIPLA\u201d, namely:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Buddha (The Awakened, the Enlightened)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Dhamma (The Truth and Teaching of Liberation)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Sangha (the Monastic Community) (Within the monastic principles corresponds to the three vows: Poverty, Chastity and Obedience).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Buddha did not define the existence of God. He didn't deny it, but he didn't encourage any speculation about it either. He inspired everyone to discover Reality and Truth through practice and direct knowledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There is an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed. If this Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed did not exist, then the exit from the world of the Born, the Originated, the Created, and the Formed would not be possible. But once there is this Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed, it is possible to get out of the world of the born, the originated, the created, and the formed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>VII.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ultimate goal of Buddhist practice is to achieve what the Buddha has accomplished, which is Enlightenment, Truth and Nirvana, Liberation from the Cycle of Earthly Reincarnations and all related suffering, towards the Unconditioned - Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>PRACTICE INTRODUCED IN PORTUGAL<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The practice of ceremonies and rituals of the Buddhist Theravada Monastery of the Forest Tradition is only possible with the presence of the monks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meditation is the principal spiritual practice of the daily rule and discipline practiced by the monk. Methods of Buddhist meditation can be practiced by both monks and lay people individually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Meditation Retreats are held frequently from weekend periods to ten days, in which appropriate practices are officiated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-line-height:10;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-custom-z-index\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-z-index:1;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The institution \u2018Budismo Theravada da Floresta \u2013 Comunidad Religiosa\u2019 was officially recognised as a Religious Collective under the \u2018Lei da Liberdade Religiosa\u2019 (Law on Religious Freedom), with NIPC 592010040 in July 2010 and attested to its Radication in Portugal on 21 June 2018. The main objective is to promote the Teaching of Lord Buddha through the establishment and support of a residence for Buddhist monks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This non-profit religious community (Sangha) was established at the invitation of Portuguese laity, with the endorsement of the General Council of the Senior Monks of the Recognized Monastic Communities, of the Thai Forest Tradition of the Ajahn Chah Line, with the aim of establishing a Monastery of Tradition in Portugal, having, for this purpose, designated the two monks who signed the Statutes of the Community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The monks invited to lead this movement follow the traditional Buddhist Scripture training (Vinaya) in line with the Thai Forest Tradition of Wat Nong Pah Pong Monastery, which was founded by Ajahn Chah. This tradition was brought out of Thailand by Ajahn Sumedho and other Western disciples. The contact that people establish with the monastic community will allow them to cultivate generosity, virtue and wisdom both in people and in society at large. This is how beings can be liberated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mendicant monastic life depends on people's goodwill for material needs. From July 2012 the monks began to live in Lisbon. In the medium and long term we are looking for a more suitable place as a monastery, with space for monks to live and people to visit the monastery for short and long periods of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Religious Community, which will be governed by these Statutes and by the Religious Freedom Law, has therefore acquired legal personality as a religious legal person under this Law, and will benefit from the advantages of this new legal status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>According to them <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/estatutos\/\"><b>Articles of association<\/b><\/a><b>, the Community shall have as its object:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To promote the teachings of the Buddha (Buddha Sasana);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To promote and sustain the worship and service of temples and monasteries;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practicing benevolence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fundamental goal is to promote the teachings of the Buddha (Buddha Sasana).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To this end, the Religious Community shall provide, maintain and support, in accordance with the principles of Theravada Discipline (Vinaya), residential establishments for a Monastic Community (Sangha) of persons who have assumed the Rules of Instruction (Sikkhapada), shall support lay persons in the practice and teachings of the Buddha, and shall also use any other means which may in due course be deemed expedient to accomplish this end and all else provided for in the statutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>STATEMENT OF FAITH<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Essential Principle of the Faith Doctrine and Philosophy of Theravada Buddhism of the Forest Tradition of Thailand)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Buddha was totally free from all Confusion, Covetousness, or Hate. Totally free from all ignorance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Buddha taught how human beings can free themselves from all ignorance. Human beings can train themselves to be completely free from all confusion, greed, or hate. Human beings can train themselves to be more perfect.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>III.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Buddha founded his Doctrine on the \"Four Noble Truths\", from which he developed the extensive Teaching on the Path of Human Liberation and Spiritual Salvation, namely:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The truth about suffering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The origin of suffering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Extinction of Suffering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The path that leads to the extinction of suffering and the realization of spiritual \"salvation\", namely through \"The Noble Eightfold Path\" (Virtude and Moral Code) composed of eight factors:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1.<span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); color: var(--body_typography-color); font-family: var(--body_typography-font-family); font-size: var(--body_typography-font-size); font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal); font-weight: var(--body_typography-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--body_typography-letter-spacing);\">Right understanding<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2.Right thinking<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">3.Right Word<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">4.Correct Action<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">5.Support Correct<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">6.Right Commitment<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">7. Correct Consciousness<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">8.Correct concentration<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Buddhists maintain as their Sacred Refuge the \u201cJ\u00d3IA TRIPLA\u201d, namely:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Buddha (The Awakened, the Enlightened)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Dhamma (The Truth and Teaching of Liberation)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Sangha (the Monastic Community) (Within the monastic principles corresponds to the three vows: Poverty, Chastity and Obedience).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lord Buddha did not define the existence of God. He didn't deny it, but he didn't encourage any speculation about it either. He inspired everyone to discover Reality and Truth through practice and direct knowledge.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There is an Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed. If this Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed did not exist, then the exit from the world of the Born, the Originated, the Created, and the Formed would not be possible. But once there is this Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed, it is possible to get out of the world of the born, the originated, the created, and the formed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>VII.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ultimate goal of Buddhist practice is to achieve what the Buddha has accomplished, which is Enlightenment, Truth and Nirvana, Liberation from the Cycle of Earthly Reincarnations and all related suffering, towards the Unconditioned - Unborn, Unoriginated, Uncreated, Unformed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>PRACTICE INTRODUCED IN PORTUGAL<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The practice of ceremonies and rituals of the Buddhist Theravada Monastery of the Forest Tradition is only possible with the presence of the monks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meditation is the principal spiritual practice of the daily rule and discipline practiced by the monk. Methods of Buddhist meditation can be practiced by both monks and lay people individually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Meditation Retreats are held frequently from weekend periods to ten days, in which appropriate practices are officiated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-line-height:10;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:16.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:11.52%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:11.52%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":150,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-766","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17998,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions\/17998"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sumedharama.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}