The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to a Day of Mindfulness on Sunday, June 27, 2021 with Ayyā Medhānandī

Ayyā Medhānandī

In 1988, at the Yangon Mahasi retreat centre in Burma, Ayyā requested full ordination as a bhikkhunī from her teacher, the Venerable Sayādaw U Pandita. This was not yet possible for Theravāda Buddhist women. Instead, Sayādaw granted her ordination as a 10-precept monastic vows on condition that she keep them for life.

When a military coup closed Myanmar’s border, Sayādaw blessed her to join the Ajahn Chah Thai Forest Saņgha at Amaravati, UK. Ten years later. Ayyā felt called to practice as a hermit nun in New Zealand for 6 years and later in SE Asia.

In 2007, after nearly 20 years as a novice alms-mendicant nun, Ayyā fulfilled her long-held wish for full bhikkhunī ordination at Ling Quan Chan Monastery in Keelung, Taiwan. In 2008, on invitation from the Ottawa Buddhist Society and Toronto Theravāda Buddhist Community, Ayyā returned to her native Canada to establish Sati Sārāņīya Hermitage.

To join our Zoom Meeting, click on this link: 

No registration is required. If you would like to make a donation to Ayya’s Hermitage, Sati Saranaya for this event, please use the TBC donation page and include a message that the donation is for Ayya’s Days of Mindfulness retreat. 100% of all donations will be passed on to the Hermitage.

The chants used during Days of Mindfulness can be printed out ahead of time, and are available at this link.

We look forward to you joining us on June 27, 2021.  The day will start at 8:40 AM EDT in the morning and run to 4:00 PM in the afternoon. The Zoom waiting room will open at 8:30 AM.

Day of Mindfulness Schedule

The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to

a Day of Mindfulness on Sunday, May 16, 2021

with Ajahn Punnadhammo.

Ajahn Punnadhammo lives and teaches at Arrow River Forest Hermitage and meditation centre near Thunder Bay. He has been studying and practising Buddhism since 1979.

Ajahn Punnadhammo began his studies under Kema Ananda, the founder and first teacher at Arrow River. After this, he went to Thailand and was ordained in the forest tradition of Ajahn Chah in 1990. Between 1990 and 1995 he was based at Wat Pah Nanachat, Thailand. In 1995 he returned to Canada to assume the management of Arrow River Forest Hermitage. Ajahn Punnadhammo is a skilled and popular meditation teacher who leads retreats and shares dhamma on his YouTube channel.

Please join the Zoom meeting around 8:45 AM EDT

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To join our Zoom Meeting, click on this link: 

TBC Online Zoom Session

Password: 883290
Meeting ID: 741 749 355

Zoom telephone numbers for Canada, if connecting by phone:

+1 204 272 7920

+1 438 809 7799

+1 587 328 1099

+1 647 374 4685

+1 647 558 0588

+1 778 907 2071

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If you would like to make a donation to the Arrow River Forest Hermitage for this event, please use the TBC donation page and include a message that the donation is for Ajahn Punnadhammo’s Day of Mindfulness. 100% of all donations will be given to the Hermitage.
 
No registration is required.  This day includes meditation, mindfulness instruction and Dhamma talks. The chants we’ll be using during the session will be displayed on the Zoom screen at the appropriate times.
 
We look forward to you joining us on Sunday, May 16, 2021.
 
 

Day of Mindfulness With Ajahn Punnadhammo

Sunday, May 16, 2021

8:45 AM – 8:55 EDT. Zoom Check-In

8:55 – 9:00. Announcements and Introduction of Ajahn Punnadhammo
9:00 – 9:15. Opening Chants and Greetings
9:15 – 9:45. Meditation
9:45 – 10:15. Reflections on a Buddhist Sutta or Teaching
10:15 – 11:00. Meditation

11:00 – 12:40 PM. Lunch Break (Zoom will remain open)

12:40 – 12:45. Announcements
12:45 – 1:30. Meditation
1:30 – 2:15. Dhamma Talk
2:15 – 3:00. Questions and Answers
3:00 – 3:45. Meditation
3:45 – 3:55. Sharing of Merit and Closing Chants

The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to a Day of Mindfulness on Sunday, April 18, 2021 with Ajahn Viradhammo. 

Ajahn Viradhammo is the founder and abbot of Tisarana Buddhist Monastery in Perth, Ontario. He took bhikkhu (monastic) ordination in Thailand in 1974 at Wat Pah Pong with Ajahn Chah. He was one of the first residents at Wat Pah Nanachat, the international monastery in north-east Thailand. In 1977, he was asked by Ajahn Chah to join Ajahn Sumedho at the Hampstead Vihara in London. Later, he was involved in the establishment of both the Chithurst and Harnham monasteries in the UK. In 1985, he moved to New Zealand, where he lived for 10 years, setting up Bodhinyanarama monastery. In 1995, he went to the UK to assist Ajahn Sumedho at Amaravati and stayed for four years before returning to New Zealand, where he lived until 2002. He then returned to Ottawa where he cared for his mother for nine years. He is now a full time resident at Tisarana Buddhist Monastery.

Please join the Zoom meeting around 8:30 AM EDT

To join our Zoom Meeting, click on this link: 

TBC Online Zoom Session

Password: 469297
Meeting ID: 863 4096 9931

(if you wish to join by telephone, Zoom phone numbers are provided below)

If you would like to make a donation to Tisarana Buddhist Monastery for this event, please use the the TBC donation page and include a message that the donation is for Ajahn Viradhammo’s Day of Mindfulness retreat. 100% of all donations will be passed on to the Monastery. No registration is required. This day includes meditation, mindfulness instruction and Dhamma talks. The chants we’ll be using during the session are attached below. If you would like to participate in the chanting, please print them out ahead of the session. We look forward to you joining us on Sunday, April 18.  

Day of Mindfulness With Ajahn Viradhammo

Sunday, April 18

8:30 AM – 8:40 EDT. Zoom Check-In

8:40 – 8:45. Announcements and Introduction of Ajahn Viradhammo
8:45 – 9:00. Opening Chant, Reflections
9:00 – 9:45. Meditation
9:45 – 10:30. Reflections on a Buddhist Sutta or Teaching
10:30 – 11:15. Meditation

11:15 – 12:40 PM. Lunch Break (Zoom will remain open)

12:40 – 12:45. Announcements
12:45 – 1:30. Meditation
1:30 – 2:15. Dhamma Talk
2:15 – 3:00. Questions and Answers
3:00 – 3:45. Meditation
3:45 – 3:55. Sharing of Merit and Closing Chants

Chant Files:

Opening Chant

Verses of Sharing and Aspiration

The Buddha’s Words on Loving Kindness

Closing Homage

Buddha Dhamma Sangha Guna

Zoom telephone numbers for Canada, if connecting by phone:

+1 204 272 7920 
+1 438 809 7799 
+1 587 328 1099 
+1 647 374 4685 
+1 647 558 0588 
+1 778 907 2071 

Date	Sunday Meeting	Day of Mindfulness	Details
Mar 14	Ayya Santussika	—	10 am – 12 pm
Apr 18	—	Ajahn Viradhammo	8:40 am – 4:00 pm
May 16		Ajahn Punnadhammo	8:40 am – 4:00 pm
Jun 27	—	Ayya Medhanandi	8:40 am – 4:00 pm
Jul 18	Ajahn Pavaro	—	10 am – 12 pm
Aug 21, 22	—	Elliot Johnson (Khemako)	8:40 am – 4:00 pm (2 days)
Sep 26	Ayya Medhanandi	—	10 am – 12 pm
Oct 24	—	Ajahn Pavaro	8:40 am – 4:00 pm
Nov 21	Ayya Nimmala	—	11 am – 12 pm
Dec 12	TBA		10 am – 12 pm

These events will be offered online using Zoom meetings.

To join our Sunday Meeting with a Monastic you can use the Zoom link for our regular Sunday meetings, available in the announcement on the Home Page “TBC Goes Online”

For a Day of Mindfulness, we’ll be providing a new Zoom link closer to the day of the event. If you’ve signed up for email notifications you’ll receive an email when it’s available; otherwise the appropriate link will be available on the website on the day of the event.

We’re looking forward to having you join us.

For more information about these events, contact us at [email protected]

The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to a two-day Days of Mindfulness online retreat with Venerable Khemako on Saturday and Sunday, November 7-8, 2020. 

Venerable Khemako

Venerable Khemako was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1959 into a large Catholic family and received his education from priests and nuns at the local Church-run schools. His long-standing interest in the core questions of philosophy and religion led him to begin lay Buddhist practice in 1997. Eventually he abandoned a career in Silicon Valley and found his way into the order of monks, ordaining as a Bhikkhu on June 2, 2012 with Ajahn Pasanno as preceptor, at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in California. In June of 2014 Ven. Khemako moved to Tisarana.

To join our Zoom Meeting, click on this link: 

The Days of Mindfulness will include meditation, mindfulness instructions and Buddhist reflections.

No registration is required. If you would like to make a donation to the Tisarana Monastery for this event, please use the TBC donation page and include a message that the donation is for Venerable Khemako’s Days of Mindfulness retreat. 100% of all donations will be passed on to the Monastery.

The chants used during Days of Mindfulness can be printed out ahead of time, and are available at this link.

We look forward to you joining us on November 7-8.  Each day will start at 8:30 EST in the morning and run to 4:00 in the afternoon.

Daily Schedules

Zoom telephone numbers for Canada, if connecting by phone:

+1 204 272 7920 
+1 438 809 7799 
+1 587 328 1099 
+1 647 374 4685 
+1 647 558 0588 
+1 778 907 2071