Thanks a gazillion, Bhante!

Thanks Venerable and dagon!

By the way, could you please tell me what is written after the phone number?

Hi all, In my last Goenka vipassana retreat, I met a young Thai samanera, who is a student of U Rewata and Ajahn Jayasaro. He was travelling in India for the goal of completing a few thousand hours of meditation, mostly in the caves of Griddhakuta mountain at Rajgir. Although he wasn't fluent in eng...

May she be well and happy!

Here's an interview with her about her experience of learning under Sayagyi U Ba Khin and subsequently teaching in India:

Interview with Mataji

Ok thanks, I wasn't sure where to post it.

Mandala is a 1981 South Korean film about Buddhist monks in Korea. This is considered by many critics to be director Im Kwon-taek's breakthrough film as a cinematic artist. The film follows the differing lives of two Buddhist monks in Korea. By following their lives and their interaction throughout ...

Hi No_Mind, I agree to most of your points, albeit most of your points were not related directly to identifying colonialism as a 'justification' for terrorism/extremism. My friend, I think you are making the classic mistake of equating correlation with causation: it is true that colonial powers have...

If France, Britain, and other European countries had resisted the imperial temptation — if they had never sent armies to places like Syria, Iraq, India, or North Africa — they would not be facing the terror that afflicts them today. Sorry, I find this statement ignorant at best and disingenuous at ...

Dear friends,

A dhamma talk by the Late Ajahn Maha Boowa, recounting the moment Dhamma arose in him.

Here's an interesting interview of a burmese nun. I don't personally agree to her claims, but i found the interview inspiring nonetheless.

Vipassana made my cancer dissapear

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

What a wonderfully written piece with wit and humour interspersed with peace and stillness, and the tremendous requirements of discipline in a monk's life.

Thank you, Bhante!

Personally I would never do the free 10 day goenka retreat. I have thought about it many times and in the end I decided that its just way too austere. It even comes across as quite cultish from some of the reports I have heard. I understand that its important to have no distractions etc but there a...

Thanks everyone! I had a very peaceful time up at Dhamma Sikhara, in the foothills of the Himalayas. I recommend this centre to anyone who wants to do a course in India. As for the serving, it was a rich experience, although very difficult for me! It is a great opportunity to practice metta bhavana ...

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions, and apologies for my delayed reply.

Tomorrow I'm going to start a retreat (sitting) and then follow it up immediately as a server. Wish me luck!

Thanks for your reply, randall. Although serving is on my to-do list, this time I am looking to sit both times. I was hoping to sit at the same centre, but if they don't allow this I might have to do it in different centres.

Thanks again,