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Ajahn Amaro Coming to Visit

Ajahn Amaro, abbot of the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in southern England, is coming on May 10-20, 2018 to reside at Tisarana and during that time he will be offering several teachings.

Scheduled events:

12 May, Sat: Meditaion and public talk by Ajahn Amaro at Tisarana, 1:30 – 3:00PM
13 May, Sun: Afternoon meditation and Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Amaro at Sati Saraniya

    • 1:30 – 4:30 pm – meditation, Dhamma talk and Q&A.

19 May, Sat: Vesak Day-long with Ajahn Amaro at Tisarana

    • 9:30 – 11:00 meditation & reflections
      11:15 – 12:30 – Meal / dana (Please contribute)
      1:30 – 5:00 Meditation & teachings
      5:00 – Tea in the Sala with Ajahn Amaro

20 May, Sun: Vesak Celebration. Special guest: Ajahn Amaro

      • 10:30 Precepts:
        11:00 Rice pindapat /dana /meal
        1:30-ish: Dhamma talk from Ajahn Amaro

About Ajahn Amaro:

Small image of Aj. Amaro
Ajahn Amaro

One of the direct Western disciples of Ajahn Chah and currently the abbot of Amaravati monastery in the UK. Ajahn Amaro founded Abhayagiri monastery in California and was co-abbot there with Ajahn Pasanno for 14 years, is author of several books on Buddhism, and is a wonderful teacher and friend of Tisarana. Read a more complete biography for Ajahn Amaro here.… Read the rest

Transpersonal: The Place of Don’t Have To

Ajahn Sucitto describes how our efforts to be good and “get it right” tend to come from a constricting place. Such efforts are accompanied by self-consciousness, criticism and stress which block access to the innate good qualities of our own heart. This talk outlines a way to move from the strategies of the head to the opening of the heart by coming into the body.
(Talk given at Tisarana on 23-Mar-2017. Duration = 27:44)… Read the rest

Relying on Your Gut Intelligence

In this morning talk, Ajahn Sucitto points to a gut intelligence we all have that can be relied on to save us from the thinking mind. The thinking mind creates suffering. Our embodied (gut) intelligence is a saviour, a source of safety; it always tells the truth. (Talk given at Tisarana on 22-Mar-2017. Duration = 24:09)… Read the rest

What Makes a Sangha Thrive

Ajahn Viradhammo compares a healthy Sangha to a living organism. For it to flourish, members cooperate through skillful observation of each other’s needs, and find a healthy balance between solitude and community. (Talk given at Tisarana on 11-Feb-2017. Duration = 37:25)… Read the rest

Gratitude to Parents 2018

An Invitation to Gratitude to Parents Day (From Sati Saraniya)

– April 22, 2018, co-led by monastics from Tisarana Buddhist Monastery & Sati Saraniya Hermitage Time & Venue: 10-2:30 Sati Saraniya Hermitage

Please save a special date in your calendar: April 22, 2018. We are planning to host a Gratitude to Parents Day at Sati Saraniya Hermitage. In honouring our parents on this day, we will be joined by Ajahn Viradhammo and members of the Tisarana community, sharing together in chanting, a traditional dana meal and spiritual food in the form of a Dhamma talk. The programme will be something like this:

10:15 am Rice pindapat & Blessing Chants

11:00 Shared Meal and cleanup

1:00 pm Precepts & Meditation

1:15 Dhamma Talk

2:oo Circumambulation of stupa & Dedications to our Parents

2:30 Closing

We invite you to bring a small photo of your parent/s to place on a shrine for the occasion.… Read the rest

Spring 2018 Events at Tisarana

Spring Events

We’ve just emerged from our Winter Retreat and want to let you know about upcoming events to be held at Tisarana, or involving the Tisarana community. See also our public calendar
20 April, Fri: Ajahn Viradhammo teaching at the Quaker House in Ottawa,
sponsored by the Ottawa Buddhist Society.
21 April, Sat: Day of Mindfulness with Ajahn Viradhammo at the Tu-An Pagoda,
sponsored by the Ottawa Buddhist Society
22 April, Sun: Gratitude to Parents Day with Ajahn Viradhammo and Ayyā Medhānandī at Sati Saraniya:

    • 10:15 am Rice pindapat & Blessing Chants
      11:00 Shared Potluck Meal
      1:00 pm Precepts & Meditation
      1:15 Dhamma Talk
      2:00 Circumambulation of Stupa & Dedications to our Parents
      2:30 Closing

27 – 29 April, Fri-Sun: Non-residential retreat with Ajahn Viradhammo in Toronto.
Sponsored by Sati Panna and Theravada Buddhist Community of Toronto

04 May, Fri: Ajahn Viradhammo teaching at the Quaker House in Ottawa,
sponsored by the Ottawa Buddhist Society.

10 -20 May: Ajahn Amaro visits Tisarana

12 May, Sat: Special public talk by Ajahn Amaro at Tisarana, 1:30 – 3:00PM
13 May, Sun: Afternoon meditation and Dhamma Talk with Ajahn Amaro at Sati Saraniya

    • 1:30 – 4:30 pm – meditation, Dhamma talk and Q&A.
… Read the rest

Q&A: Speaking to the Silence

Ajahn Sucitto answers questions about re-entering mundane life after a retreat, allowing space into our practice and daily life, the relationship between drawing and meditation, and dealing with a sense of density during meditation. (Talk given at Tisarana on 04-Feb-2017. Duration = 1:04:25)… Read the rest

Pushing the Door that’s Already Open

Ajahn Sucitto begins the talk by explaining the reason behind re-establishing ritual contact on Lunar Observance day, then moves on to describing our two fundamental needs, safety and warm affection. Trying to fulfill these needs through the mind that judges and self-denigrates is like pushing against a door that’s wide open. The answer lies in our awareness of the body. With all of its sensations and feelings, it is the body that does not judge. (Talk given at Tisarana on 27-Jan-2017. Duration = 53:49)… Read the rest

The Joy of Undoing the Meditator

Tan Cunda draws on an episode from his life as a new monk to explore the benefits of kindness towards oneself as a way of uncovering the joy of practice. This kindness can be extended to ourselves when we allow the meditator to stop the meditation project, “not doing meditation, but letting the meditation do you”. (Talk given at Tisarana on 20-Jan-2017. Duration = 29:35)… Read the rest

Stillness Flowing – The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Chah

“Stillness Flowing – The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Chah” by Ajahn Jayasaro, the long-awaited biography of Ajahn Chah in English, with an introduction by Luong Por Sumedho.

850 pgs, Panyaprateep Foundation, 2017.

From Ajahn Jayasaro’s preface:

“Although it has been my intention that this book should be, as far as possible, a biography as opposed to a hagiography, I am not sure that I have been completely successful. My love for Luang Por and my belief in his enlightenment inevitably colour the text. What I have not done is suppress any scandalous or embarrassing information out of concern for his good name. Hard as it may be to accept nowadays when there is so much – and often well-founded – cynicism about the integrity of religious figures, Luang Por Chah had absolutely nothing to hide. The only skeleton in a cupboard at Wat Pah Pong was the one hanging on public display in the Dhamma Hall. In fact, that is one of the strongest reasons for my belief that the life of Luang Por Chah is so worthy of study.”

Available as PDF

Bound copies available by pick-up at our free distribution table at the monastery, or by following these instructions.… Read the rest