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Opportunity to live at Amaravati as a longterm lay resident

A volunteer lay residential position is now available at Amaravati, to help manage the monastery kitchen. If you would like to live and practise with the monastic community for a year or more, while serving to coordinate kitchen activities, please contact the monastery office. Trial periods can begin immediately. While the work involved is voluntary, grants can be made available upon request. Read more ...

Wesak Celebration Sunday, 26 May

Please join us for this year's celebration of Wesak Day, celebrating the birth, enlightenment and parinibbāna of the Buddha, on Sunday, 26 May 2013. The day will begin at 10 a.m., with Paritta Chanting and an opportunity to take the Precepts, and then a rice-pindapat (almsround) at around 10.30–11 a.m. We will have a visiting Thai elder from our family of monasteries in Thailand, Luang Por Kampong (Pra Kru Sudhammaprajoti), abbot of Wat Pah Pitaktam, with us this year, who will offer a Dhamma Talk at 2 p.m. Everyone is very welcome!

Looking Ahead Spring 2013 issue published

The Spring 2013 issue of Looking Ahead, Amaravati's newsletter, is now published and available for download on our new Newsletters webpage. This issue includes the Amaravati Retreat Centre 2013 schedule. Paper copies are available at the monastery.