News Updates, Page 15

Dear Friends,

As the Tisarana Kathina and 10 Year Anniversary weekend is fast approaching we wish to remind you of the event and update you on some changes.

We are sorry to say that we do not have any more room for overnight guests during the Kathina/Anniversary weekend. Please try to arrange your travel so you can be here with us regardless.

Again, for our 10 year anniversary, we will have many visiting Ajahns including: Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Jayanto, Ajahn Kusalo, Ajahn Punnadhammo, Ajahn Caganando, and Ayya Medhanandi. In addition, we are happy to have Venerable Atulo and Samaneri Anuruddha visiting us for this special occasion.

On Saturday, October 29, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, we are planning to have Ajahn Kusalo lead the afternoon sitting and Dhamma talk.

For the Kathina Ceremony and 10th Anniversary, Sunday, October 30, at Tisarana:

We will have a very large heated tent with seats for 250 people along with our smaller tent, where we will serve the food.

Please see the below schedule for the following changes we have made:

8:00 am: Early arrivals to help with setting up for the Kathina (anyone is welcome to arrive early and help us set up for the event.… Read the rest

Dear Friends:

We are happy to let you know that arrangements are well under way for the Tisarana Kathina celebration and Ten Year Anniversary scheduled to take place at Tisarana Monastery at 10:00 am on Sunday, October 30th. All friends of the Tisarana community are welcome to participate in this happy and auspicious occasion.

For the Ten Year Anniversary we have invited several Ajahns to take part in this celebration, including Luang Por Pasanno from Abhayagiri Monastery in California, Ajahn Jayanto from Temple Monastery in New Hampshire, Ajahn Kusalo (the former abbot of Tisarana) from Bodhinyanarama Monastery in New Zealand, Ajahn Punnadhammo from Arrow River Hermitage in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and Ajahn Caganando, also from Temple Monastery.

The Kathina will be held in several large tents on the Monastery’s front lawn. One of the tents will be used as a food servery. The tents will be enclosed and several heaters will be operating to keep everyone warm.

This year’s Kathina monetary contributions are being prioritized for Tisarana’s newly refurbished kitchen. There is a wish to stock the new kitchen with a complement of commercial kitchen wares and equipment so it can be efficiently run and organized. For more information about how to contribute to this year’s Kathina, please contact Anoma de Silva at: anomadesilva@yahoo.com… Read the rest

Ajahn Viradhammo will be showing slides of his 2015 pilgrimage to the Buddhist holy sites in India. There will be two showings, one in Ottawa and one at Tisarana:

Ottawa: Saturday, July 16 on the Day of Mindfulness around 2:30 pm at the Trinity United Church (1099 Maitland Ave, Ottawa). Please see the OBS website for more information: http://ottawabuddhistsociety.com/activities/days-of-mindfulness/

Tisarana: Saturday, July 23 after the 1:30 pm meditation (beginning around 2:30 pm)… Read the rest

Due to a lack of key members, necessary paperwork, and a working internet connection, the Tisarana Annual General Meeting scheduled for June 26 was canceled. It has been rescheduled to Sunday, July 24 at 3:00 pm. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.… Read the rest

This year’s 2016 Tisarana Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday, June 26, 2016, 1:00 pm at the Tisarana Dhamma Hall at 1356 Powers Road, Perth, Ontario.

The meeting was originally to be held on Sunday, June 12, but due to unforeseen circumstances, this date needed to be changed.… Read the rest

Dear friends,

Ajahn Punnadhammo, the abbot of Arrow River Forrest Hermitage, is looking for a steward to stay at his monastery. The hermitage is located in Northern Ontario, fifty miles southwest of Thunder Bay, with 92 acre of land in a beautiful mixed forest.

This year Ajahn is short handed after having had some cancellations of stewards. If interested, please write him at: arfh@xplornet.com

This week Bhante Rahula is visiting Tisarana Monastery, arriving June 10 and departing June 17. He will be invited to give the June 11 Saturday afternoon meditation session and Dhamma talk beginning at 1:30 pm (at Tisarana) as well as the June 12 Sunday evening meditation session and talk beginning at 7:00 pm (also at Tisarana). If Bhante Rahula is unavailable, Luang Por Viradhammo will offer one or both of these talks in his stead.

Bhante Rahula was born in Southern California as Scott Joseph DuPrez in 1948. He ordained as a novice Buddhist monk in 1975 at Gothama Thapovanaya, in Kalupaluwawa, Sri Lanka and had his upasampada (Bhikkhu) ordination at Wat Thai Los Angeles in May, 1979. From 1986 until 2010, Bhante Rahula lived at Bhavana Society Forest Monastery in West Virginia, USA along with Bhante Gunaratana. He is now traveling indefinitely and on an extended teaching tour.

You can find out more about Bhante Rahula by visiting his blog site at: http://bhanterahula.blogspot.ca/… Read the rest

Dear friends,

In case you missed the first announcement we wish to remind you that Tisarana will hold it’s annual Vesākha Pūjā on Sunday, May 22.

Vesākha Pūjā commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing away.

The commemoration will begin with the taking of the 5 Precepts at 10:45 am under the large outdoor tent (conditions permitting).

At 11:15 am the monks will receive the meal danā (a potluck lunch).

At 1:15 pm, after everyone is finished eating and the dishes have been cleaned, we will reassemble for blessing chants, a short sitting, and a Dhamma talk by Luang Por Vīradhammo.

Everyone is welcome to attend for all or part of the day.… Read the rest

Ajahn Punnadhammo, from Arrow River Hermitage in north west Ontario, is visiting Tisarana this week and will offer a Dhamma talk Thursday night, May 12th after the 7:00 pm pūjā and meditation.

Ajahn will also hold a tea time question and answer session on Monday evening, May 9th, beginning at 5:00 pm.

Ajahn Punnadhammo is Canadian, born in Toronto in 1955. In 1992, he was ordained in Thailand as a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) in the Ajahn Chah tradition.

Ajahn began studying and practicing the Dhamma in 1979 under Kema Ananda, the founder and first teacher at the Arrow River Center. Between 1990 and 1995 he spent most of his training time in Ubon Thailand at Wat Pah Nanachat, the International Forest Monastery of Ajahn Chah. In 1996 he took over as the abbot of Arrow River Hermitage and has been there ever since. Currently Ajahn is finishing a book on beings from the ten-thousand-fold universal system (brahmās, maras, devas, asuras, yakkhas, gandhabbas, nāgas, petas, and the like).

Please join us this week if you have time to stop by.… Read the rest

Dear friends,

Tisarana will hold it’s annual Vesākha Pūjā on Sunday, May 22. Vesākha Pūjā commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and passing away.

The commemoration will begin with the taking of the 5 Precepts at 10:45 am under the large outdoor tent (conditions permitting).

At 11:15 am the monks will receive the meal danā (a potluck lunch).

At 1:15 pm, after everyone is finished eating and the dishes have been cleaned, we will reassemble for blessing chants, a short sitting, and a Dhamma talk by Luang Por Vīradhammo.

Everyone is welcome to attend for all or part of the day.… Read the rest