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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Wed, 08 May 2013
A mistake was found and fixed in the 2013 calendar moonday dates, 2013 Dec 31 is a New Moon day.
If you have added the moonday calendar to your Google Calendars, it might take a few hours before the changes take effect.
The PDF downloads are updated, this includes the photo calendar and the year planners.
If you are using the year planner, we recommend to download the updated PDF.
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Fri, 19 Apr 2013
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Wed, 09 Jan 2013
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sun, 23 Dec 2012
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sat, 08 Dec 2012
All of the books currently available at www.fsbooks.org can now be accessed via iTunes in 17 countries in Sth America and New Zealand.
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sat, 13 Oct 2012
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sat, 04 Aug 2012
The List of Community Members as of 2012 August, is available for download: [PDF]
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Mon, 30 Jan 2012
To coincide with the commemoration of the twentieth-anniversary of Ven. Ajahn Chah’s passing away, there was a gathering of senior Western monks and nuns at Wat Pah Nanachat, the ‘International Forest Monastery’ in Ubon, NE Thailand. Luangpors Liem and Sumedho opened the gathering by offering encouraging addresses and Luang Por Khemadhammo presided over the meetings. More than forty monks and nuns, hailing from monasteries in Canada, USA, Europe, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia and New...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Fri, 06 Jan 2012
For those who are using iTunes, we have made some of the ebooks on fsbooks.org available through the iTunes store, for free download.
To find them, search the iTunes Store for "Ajahn Chah", or go to the free books section of the "Religion / Buddhism (Theravada)" category.
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Tue, 13 Dec 2011
See the webcast here:
http://www.justin.tv/ajahnchahrd
"The Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day (ACRD) is a special day devoted to one of the great contemporary Buddhist monks in Thailand, Venerable Ajahn Chah who is also known as Ajahn Chah Subhaddo. [...] The two-day event on the 17th & 18th of December 2011, will be held at the SJK (C) Yuk Chai (Taman Megah) school hall. Monks from the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Malaysia will...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sat, 19 Nov 2011
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Thu, 27 Oct 2011
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Thu, 15 Sep 2011
A new website,
www.forestsanghapublications.org, has been released. Electronic versions (.pdf, .epub, .mobi) of most of our Dhamma books are now available. This site also replaces dhammatalks.org.uk and dhammathreads.org, i.e. audio files are offered for listening live and download, and CDs are available for posting upon request.
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Wed, 17 Aug 2011
The Kathina dates for our European monasteries this year are as follows:
16th Oct- Hartdridge, Santacittarama, Dhammapala
23rd Oct- Harnham
30th Oct- Chithurst
6th Nov- Amaravati
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sun, 07 Aug 2011
A talk in English by Ajahn Jutindharo (Preechar) – “Memories of LP
Chah” – given on LP Chah's birthday (17th June) at Amaravati
Monastery, can be downloaded here:Read more...
FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sun, 17 Jul 2011
On Sunday the 10th of July 2011 at Cittaviveka Forest Monastery the ordination of five new bhikkhus and one samanera took place, thirty years and one week since Luang Por Sumedho had conducted the first ordination (upasampada) on the old croquet lawn of what was then Chithurst House. This time the five new bhikkhus were ordained by Ajahn Amaro. This event was also significant in that it was the first ordination to be...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Wed, 17 Nov 2010
As the voices of the assembled Sangha recited the words of the Discourse on the Turning of the Wheel of Dhamma – the Buddha’s primal teaching on the Middle Way and the Four Noble Truths – we filed up, one by one, and offered our gratitude to Luang Por Sumedho.
Each member of the monastic community of the European branch monasteries had previously been given a small card in a golden envelope; we were...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Luang Por!
On behalf of the monastic and lay community of your disciples, I would like to ask you to accept our heartfelt and unreserved invitation to return to this country at any time that you should wish and to stay at any of the monasteries that you have founded, especially here at Amaravati.
In addition we would like to let you know that we are comitted and eager to provide suitable accommodation for you...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Wed, 17 Nov 2010
Over 1000 friends and supporters of the Sangha gathered together at Amaravati Monastery on Sunday 15th November to participate in the Kathina ceremony. This annual occasion for reaffirmation of spiritual community is always poignant, but this year was made particularly so with the awareness that our teacher, Luang Por Sumedho, would soon be leaving to return to live in Thailand.
H.E. Mr. Kitti Wasinondhi offered the Kathina cloth on behalf of His Majesty the...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2009
Open or Save the PDF - recommended
The following article concerns our ongoing efforts to balance the needs involved in living Sangha life in the West. As many of you know, sometimes this is easier, and sometimes more difficult. For many of us, both monastic and lay community members, this past year has been challenging. We hope you will recognize in the following account the sincerity of our attempts to be skilful; and...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Thu, 05 Nov 2009
I'm aware that currently there are certain misunderstandings regarding our communities in Europe that may be causing hurt and confusion for some people. We plan to offer a response after careful consideration together.
[link] (mp3) Download Luang Por Sumedho's recent...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Wed, 04 Nov 2009
Appendix
Receiving ordination as a bhikkhu in Thailand, entails acceptance of the authority not only of the Vinaya, but also that of the Mahatherasamakom, (the Thai Sangha's governing body) and the laws of the land. The Wat Pa Phong Sangha considers as a matter of course, that all of its members are ethically bound to respect their commitments to the Mahatherasamakom and to the Thai State. Ajahn Brahmavamso deliberately and unilaterally...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sat, 31 Oct 2009
Some of you will have caught wind of a recent disruption in the Wat Pah Pong community of monasteries. This has come about because of a perceived breach of trust in the process of decision making. More specifically, the manner a decision was taken in Australia to proceed with Bhikkhuni ordination even though the process of suitable consultation and agreement within the wider Sangha was very far from complete. The ordination in question actually took...
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Mon, 26 Oct 2009
This new photo site is a place to catch a glimpse of what Buddhism in the Theravada tradition looks like – in its traditional context of the East and as it is unfolding in the West.
Please go to www.allisburning.org to see the site.
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sun, 16 Aug 2009
Anyone who has travelled to Asia and has digital images of Buddhist sites and would like to make them available to the Sangha for use in publications please email us at fsinfo @ forestsangha.org (FAO Ajahn Munindo).
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FOREST SANGHA:
Posted on Sun, 16 Aug 2009
The Saranaloka Foundation was established in 2005 to invite siladhara to visit and teach in North America, with the longer term vision of establishing a monastery for siladhara in the US. In January and February this year, Ajahns Anandabodhi, Metta and Santacitta opened a temporary vihara in San Francisco, on the invitation of Saranaloka Foundation. Sister Sumedha joined them for the month of February.
The project proved very successful. Everyone was delighted by...
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