Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
The Dhamma of Drought
September 18th was to be a full moon time alms-giving ceremony to honour our ancestral mother – the Buddha’s surrogate mother – Arahant Mahapajapati Gotami Mahatheri. That is no longer possible for us. Under the present conditions, we are unable to accommodate visitors and…
Sunday Meditations
Our last Sunday Meditation for 2018 will be held on December 3lst to bring in the New Year. We welcome you to join us for chanting, meditation and a Dhamma teaching from 1:30-3:30 pm. The monastic community and a group of dedicated practitioners will…
Sayadaw U Pandita
With palms on my heart, I remember and pay homage to a very rare and great being – Sayādaw U Pandita-bhivamsa of Burma – Theravāda Buddhist meditation master, teacher of teachers and practitioners and great spiritual warrior who left an indelible legacy of the…
Winter Without Discontent
Winter’s silent retreat – a time for contemplating the ways of the world, the mind, and the way of peace. In a world full of fear, fear need not be an obstacle. We can approach it with the mind of a doctor, inquisitive, attentive,…
Practical Abhidhamma Course
We are pleased to inform you that Rob Moult’s Practical Abhidhamma Course is now available free online in book form. This is the digital version of the Practical Abhidhamma workshop Rob taught at Sati Sārāņīya Hermitage in Oct0ber, 2015. The course on the Abhidhamma,…
Sāmaņerī Anuruddhā’s Pabbajja Ceremony
We are blessed to have a new sāmaņerī Buddhist nun. On September 13, 2015, with great joy we gathered for Sāmaņerī Anuruddhā’s pabbajja – ‘Going Forth’ ordination ceremony – in the meditation hall at Sati Saraniya Hermitage (to see the slideshow, click on any…
A Samaneri in September
“Although it is difficult to cross over the storm-swept sea of passion, those who live in accord with the well-taught Dhamma reach the other shore.” With great happiness, we would like to share with you the news of a samaneri ordination. On Sunday, September…
Friendship with the Lovely
Continuing on the theme of noble friendship, in the Upaddha Sutta, Half of the Holy Life, Samyutta Nikāya, 45.2, we read as follows: “Thus have I heard. On one occasion, the Blessed One was dwelling among the Sakyans in the town of Nāgaraka. Then…
~ Dhammapada Verse 54