Newsletters

This Winter issue of Looking Ahead, Amaravati Buddhist Monastery’s Newsletter, contains a personal account of Sister Tisārā’s sabbatical in Thailand, starting November 2017. Also included is an update on building … Read More

Ten years have passed since my first trip to Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, in 2008… I recalled the conversation between Luang Pu Chah and Luang Por Sumedho when Luang Por Sumedho … Read More

Amaravati is unusually dry for this time of year. Like much of the country, the grass is parched and yellow and the heat wave we are experiencing continues day after … Read More

As the winter quietude and chill gives way to the warmer spring weather and longer days, as the snowdrops pass on and an abundance of daffodils and primroses appear, budding … Read More

Looking back on the year 2017, living at the monastery, it feels that we have been blessed on so many fronts – blessed with the presence of many of our … Read More

All through the wintertime, except when he was on personal retreat, members of the resident community of monastics and lay people gathered to listen to Ajahn Amaro give teachings and … Read More

The Winter 2017 issue of Looking Ahead, Amaravati’s quarterly newsletter is now available. This issue has information about the schedule and activities during the 3 months of the winter retreat as … Read More