OBS Friday Evening Meeting and Saturday Day of Mindfulness with Venerable Sirimedho
Friday, June 16, 7:30 PM – 9:30PM & Saturday June 17, 8:45AM – 3:00PM EST
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 895 4487 9676
Passcode: 980219
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbAx9JDQUv… Read the rest
Dates
Jun 11 -Tan Sirimedho @TBC Morning Talk (10 am ET)
Jul 23 – Luang Por Viradhammo@TBC Morning Talk (10 am ET)
Aug 27 – Ajahn Pavaro @ TBC1/2 DOM (8:30 am to 12 pm ET)
Sep 24 – Tan Amarasiri@ TBC1/2 DOM (8:30 am to 12 pm ET)
Oct 29 – Tan Amarasiri@ TBC1/2 DOM (8:30 am to 12 pm ET)
Nov 26 – Ajahn Pavaro@TBC Morning Talk (10 am ET)
Dec 10 – Tan Sirimedho @TBC Morning Talk (10 am ET)
Zoom link
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Beginning in May 2023, Tisarana will once again be hosting a regular on-site meditation, followed by a Dhamma talk offered by a Sangha member.
The weekly sessions will take place on Sundays (9:30 – 11am) and begin on May 7th. Please plan to arrive by 9:15. This will enable you to be nicely settled when the meditation begins.
Following the Dhamma talk, visitors are welcome to join the community for the midday meal. If you wish to stay for the meal please bring a pot luck dish if possible. The meal begins at 11:30.
The weekly sessions will take place in our current meditation Sala, so are not weather dependent. … Read the rest
Friday Evening Meeting April 7, 7:30 PM – 9:30PM – online only
Friday Evening Meeting April 21, 7:30 -9:30PM – in-person with online access
&
Saturday Day of Mindfulness April 22 8:45 – 3.00PM – in-person with online access
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89950478744?pwd=aUdTQUswWEtTMC9nSzRFaDErMnpTUT09
Meeting ID: 899 5047 8744
Passcode: 111716
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/ktwg6aIs7… Read the rest
As the monastic community comes out of winter retreat, we will get into planning Tisarana’s calendar from April to December 2023. However, here’s some important information that may be relevant:
New Visitor Orientations will commence as of May 2023 and dates will be posted on our calendar sometime around the third week of April. Please note that we are unable to process New Visitor bookings prior to April 30th this year.
Regular visitors (those who have stayed with us for at least three or more visits) are welcome to request overnight stays for the month of April by emailing the Guest Monk.
The booking form has been disabled till April 30th.
For those who have been applying over the winter months, please note that we are unable to hold and process applications in queue. You are welcome to apply again after April 30th, should you wish to stay at Tisarana.
As always, we are open for day visits and those bringing Dana are welcome to book by contacting the Kitchen Steward.
Warmest regards from our entire community.… Read the rest
Padīpo Bhikkhu (Daniel Nyssen) was born and raised in Mexico City. At the age of 20 he took his first meditation course and became very interested in the practice. After finishing his studies, and working in the family´s environmental consulting business for a few years, he travelled to India, Nepal and Sri Lanka to deepen in the Vipassana Goenka Tradition for one year. Once back in Mexico he frequently visited Dhamma Vihara, a Theravada Buddhist Monastery in the state of Veracruz. In December 2021, he came to stay and shortly after took Anagarika precepts in January 2022. On June 2023, he ordained as a Samanera (novice).… Read the rest
Dear friends and supporters,
At the beginning of every year, the Finance Team at Tisarana strives to send out Tax Receipts to all Canadian donors. Prior to that, we try to collect donor information that is missing.
If you have donated to Tisarana for the first time, or have recently started donating, we request you kindly send us your full official name and complete postal address via email to tbmtreasurer.tisarana@gmail.com.
Please note that we can only send out Tax Receipts to Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents or donations originating in Canada and the donor having a Canadian postal address.
We have received many donations by Interac eTransfer recently, but we have no donor records for these generous donations.
Please keep in mind that even if you prefer not to claim credits based on these donations, as a charity, Tisarana is responsible for sending you tax receipts. Please help us fulfill this important obligation by providing us with the relevant information.
As always, we are very grateful and appreciative of your continued support and friendship.… Read the rest
Luang Por Sumedho’s Visit — Ajahn Pavaro
It’s a normal summer morning: The big lawn is being mowed; rooms are being cleaned; hardwood planks are being worked on the jointer; a trip to the dump has cleared our recycling bins. The Dhamma Hall is also slowly being raised, block by block. Yet over much of July things were charged with a unique spirit, as all the normal routines and tasks of the monastery were weighed and variously considered in preparation for the visit by Luang Por Sumedho.
The first week of the stay was kept deliberately quiet, as Luang Por – accompanied by his skillful, longtime upatak Ajahn Asoko – settled in after a full period at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery and on the West Coast. It was Luang Por Viradhammo’s wish that the visit contain plenty of open time for our senior-most Elder. This meant it was not feasible to arrange public talks or events beyond a day or so in advance. Nevertheless, the Tisarana community, some additional guests, and fortunate day-visitors did have several opportunities to hear Dhamma reflections, pay respects, and receive Luang Por Sumedho’s blessings.
Some talks are now posted on Tisarana’s YouTube channel, including one here, which he delivered on Asalha Puja, as Buddhist monastics the world over enter the Rains season.… Read the rest
Luang Por Viradhammo and the community are delighted to report that after several
years of careful pondering and planning (and a two-year delay) Tisarana’s Dhamma
Hall is now formally under construction.
Following the excavation work which began in early May, in the past two weeks, the
final surveying has been done, the forms have been laid, concrete poured, and the
first rows of eco-friendly, insulated blocks have been set in place for the foundation.
On June 2 these blocks were filled with another round of concrete. When cured,
this will leave the site ready to be backfilled and have established the level of the
Hall’s floor. Far from the site, meanwhile, massive Douglas fir and pine posts and
beams are being meticulously crafted. Many architectural elements of the Dhamma
Hall make this building unusual, recently prompting one of the workmen to remark
that for him the project may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Proving that it’s
not only the monks who are enjoying the show!
As admittedly absorbing (from our on-site perspective) as it is to watch these skilled
workers ply their trades, our pleasure in witnessing these ‘bricks and mortar’ details
is animated by an ongoing appreciation for the myriad forms of encouragement,
generosity, and hard work that have brought us to this stage.… Read the rest
