Peter’s ordination: 15 Dec 2017 –  email message from Luong Por Viradhammo: Peter is now officially Samanera Sirimedho. We had a simple Pabajja ceremony this morning and Sirimedho is radiant in his new robes – happy fellow. I’ll try to get some photos to you shortly.  The ordination took place in Chennai, India with Luong […]

In our monastic training tradition a monk spends his third year “abroad”. Tan Khema completed his 3rd rains retreat (Vassa) in October. Today he left to visit family and friends before heading to Bodhivana Monastery near Melbourne, Australia, where Ajahn Kalyano is the abbot.  The community at Tisarana wishes safe travels and good faring for […]

Abhayagiri’s Firefighter Stories: From Ajahn Jotipalo: About the “Loop Trail”  I asked the crew from New Mexico how it was fighting the fire.  They had been on the property for about 5 days.  They said it was the weirdest thing, like the monastery refused to burn.  They said one evening (probably the day Timothy Luke […]

Ajahn Jotipalo of Abhayagiri Monastery in California posted this news tonight after having visited the property today and talking with the fire crews there: “We just got back from the property.  About as good of news as we could have hoped for.  There are still about 100 personnel on the property, as fires are still […]

This is to remind our community that due to the Annual General Meeting on the 21st of October, our regular Saturday public meditation is cancelled. However, we welcome everyone to participate and attend the AGM.

On Sunday October 8th, the Tisarana community will celebrate the end of the Rains Retreat by offering the Kathina cloth to the monastic community. The event will be held at the monastery (1356 Powers Road, Perth ON) and will start at 10.45 AM, followed by the meal blessing and a meal. At 1 PM, the […]

The Directors of the Board of Tisarana Buddhist Monastery invites all members of good standing to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 1.30 PM. Please note that the public meditation normally scheduled for Saturday afternoons will be cancelled on the 21st of October due to our AGM.

Starting Saturday 23rd till Saturday 30th September 2017, the monastics and residents at Tisarana will be on retreat. The public meditation sessions on Saturdays (23rd & 30th) will happen as scheduled. However, there will be no Dhamma Talk on the Lunar Observance Day on Thursday, September 28th. On Saturday 23rd September at 1,30 PM there […]

On the New Moon of Wednesday 20th September, Luang Por Viradhammo will act as Preceptor as Anagarika Siddarth takes on Samanera precepts and joins the Tisarana Sangha as a Samanera at 7 PM. The evening will start with a meditation sit, followed by the ceremony of ‘Going Forth – Pabbajha’ and reflections by Ajahn V.

Here is a link to Tisarana’s 2017 Kathina wish list. It contains recommendations of useful objects that would help to support the monastery. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vwdsOXxCJPgPh9JT_LPWrjueMn___vG9-tJbcrIauy4/edit Please be sure to cross off any object that you have purchased, by following the instructions on the first page, so that others will know what has already been purchased. The […]

Click on the image below to read “Journey Towards The Deathless” a poem-recollection of the recent trip to England by Khema Bhikkhu:

This week, the Lunar Observance falls on Tuesday 8th August and our monastics will be in Perth on Alms Round Tuesday 8th August. All other details remain the same. If you would like to offer alms Tuesday alone, please email before 9 PM Monday 7th August with the words “Alms Round” in the subject […]