The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to a two-day Days of Mindfulness online retreat with Ayya Medhanandi on Saturday and Sunday, September 26-27, 2020. 

Ayya Medhanandi

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: 

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 Ayya’s Hermitage, Sati Saranaya for this event, please use the 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 September 26-27.  Each day will start at 8:30 EDT in the morning and run to 3:30 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 

The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to a Day of Mindfulness on Sunday, August 9, 2020 with 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: 

TBC Online Zoom Session

Meeting ID: 861 7591 7944

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

The Day of Mindfulness is by donation to Tisarana Buddhist Monastery. If you would like to make a donation to the Monastery, please use this link: Tisarana Buddhist Monastery Donations

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, August 9. 

Day of Mindfulness With Venerable Khemako

Sunday, August 9

8:30 am to 3:30 pm EDT

8:30 AM – 8:40. Zoom Check-In

8:40 – 8:45. Announcements and Introduction of Venerable Khemako
8:45 – 9:00. Opening Chants and Reflections
9:00 – 9:45. Sitting Meditation (some guidance)
9:45 – 10:30. Walking Meditation (some guidance)
10:30 – 11:15. Sitting Meditation
11:15 – 11:20. Announcements

11:20 – 12:40 PM. Lunch Break (Zoom will remain open)

12:40 – 12:45. Announcements
12:45 – 1:30. Walking Meditation
1:30 – 2:15. Dhamma Talk
2:15 – 3:00. Questions and Answers
3:00 – 3:25. Sharing Merit, Closing Chant
3:25 – 3:30. Final Announcements

Chant Files:

Opening and Closing Chants

Dedication of Offerings and Verses of Sharing and Aspiration

The Buddha’s Words on Loving Kindness

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 

The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to a Day of Mindfulness on Sunday, July 12, 2020 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.

To join our Zoom Meeting, click on this link: 

TBC Online Zoom Session

Password: 795234
Meeting ID: 853 2804 4194

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

The Day of Mindfulness is by donation to Tisarana Buddhist Monastery. If you would like to make a donation to the Monastery, please use this link: Tisarana Buddhist Monastery Donations

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, July 12. 

Day of Mindfulness With Ajahn Viradhammo

Sunday, July 12

8:30 AM – 8:40. Zoom Check-In

8:40 – 8:45. Announcements and Introduction of Ajahn Viradhammo
8:45 – 9:00. Opening Chant
9:00 – 9:45. Sitting Meditation (some guidance)
9:45 – 10:30. Walking Meditation (some guidance)
10:30 – 11:15. Sitting Meditation
11:15 – 11:20. Announcements

11:20 – 12:40 PM. Lunch Break (Zoom will remain open)

12:40 – 12:45. Announcements
12:45 – 1:30. Walking or Sitting Meditation
1:30 – 2:15. Dhamma Talk
2:15 – 3:00. Questions and Answers
3:00 – 3:25. Sharing Merit, Closing Chant
3:25 – 3:30. Final Announcements

Chant Files:

Opening and Closing Chants

Dedication of Offerings and Verses of Sharing and Aspiration

The Buddha’s Words on Loving Kindness

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
May 24	Ayya Medhanandi	—	10 am – 11:45 am
June 7	—	Ajahn Viradhammo	8:45 am – 3:30 pm
June 28	Bhante Atulo	—	10 am – 11:45 am
July 12	—	Ajahn Viradhammo	8:45 am – 3:30 pm
July 26	Venerable Khemako	—	10 am – 11:45 am
Aug 9	—	Venerable Khemako	8:45 am – 3:30 pm
Aug 23	Bhante Atulo	—	10 am – 11:45 am
Sep 26/27	—	Ayya Medhanandi	8:45 am – 3:30 pm
Oct 18	Ajahn Pavaro	—	10 am – 11:45 am
Nov 7/8	—	Venerable Khemako	8:45 am – 3:30 pm
Dec 13	Ayya Medhanandi	—	10 am – 11:45 am

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Update:

Here’s a link to the book on the Four Noble Truths that Ajahn Viradhammo mentioned in his talk:

https://www.urbandharma.org/pdf/wordofbuddha.pdf

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The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to a Day of Mindfulness on Sunday, June 7, 2020 with Ajahn Viradhammo. 

Please join the Zoom meeting around 8:30 AM.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81996340945

The Day of Mindfulness is by donation to Tisarana Buddhist Monastery. If you would like to make a donation to the Monastery, please use this link: Tisarana Buddhist Monastery Donations

No registration is required. 

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, June 7/20. 

Please refrain from sharing this invitation with others due to a limited meeting capacity.

Day of Mindfulness With Ajahn Viradhammo

8:30 AM – 8:45. Zoom Check-In

8:45 – 8:50. Introduction of Ajahn Viradhammo
8:50 – 9:00. Opening Chant
9:00 – 9:45. Sitting Meditation (some guidance)
9:45 – 10:30. Walking Meditation (some guidance)
10:30 – 11:15. Sitting Meditation
11:15 – 11:20. Announcements

11:20 – 12:40 PM. Lunch Break (Zoom will remain open)

12:40 – 12:45. Announcements
12:45 – 1:30. Walking or Sitting Meditation
1:30 – 2:15. Dhamma Talk
2:15 – 3:00. Questions and Answers
3:00 – 3:25. Sharing Merit / Closing Chant
3:25 – 3:30. Final Announcements

Chant Files:

Opening and Closing Chants

Dedication of Offerings and Verses of Sharing and Aspiration

The Buddha’s Words on Loving Kindness