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Rains Retreat 2023

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2nd August to 30th October

During the Rains Retreat the community at WBD will focus on formal meditation practice, cultivating stillness, compassion, and wisdom. While people are welcome to visit the monastery during the day, we will not be able to accommodate overnight guests.  

Emails will be answered between 5-7 days. If it’s urgent please call the office at 0409-389-887 between 11 am and 12 noon.  Thank you for your support.


Community List

Monks
LP Tiradhammo               
Ajahn Khemavaro
Bhante Siriratano
Ajahn Chaiyaporn
Venerable Bhuripannyo
Venerable Sammavaca
Venerable Caranadhammo 

Nuns
Venerable Ajita                                                   

Layguests
Anagarika Annie
Bryce
Megan
Araliya
Luke
Lotus
Lionel
MarieW

WBD Dhamma Talks on YouTube


Kathina Ceremony
Sunday 5th November 2023
Activities include: Shared Meal, Auspicious Chanting, and Dhamma Talk
10 – 3 pm

Reflection on Impermanence
All conditioned things are impermanent; 
All conditioned things are dukkha;
Everything is void of self.
Life is not for sure;
Death is for sure;
It is inevitable that I’ll die
Death is the culmination of my life;
My life is uncertain;
My death is certain.
Indeed,
This body will soon
Be void of consciousness
And cast away.
It will lie on the ground
Just like a rotten log,
Completely void of use,
Truly conditioned things cannot last,
Their nature is to rise and fall,
Having arisen things must cease,
Their stilling is true happiness. 

Kempsey Hermitage

True and False Refuges
To many refuges they go–
To mountain slopes and forest glades,
To parkland shrines and sacred sites–
People overcome by fear. 

Such a refuge is not secure,
Such a refuge is not supreme,
Such a refuge does not bring
Complete release from suffering.

Whoever goes to refuge
In the Triple Gem
Sees with right discernment
The Four Noble Truths;

Suffering and its origin
And that which lies beyond–
The Noble Eightfold Path
That leads the way to Suffering’s end. 

Such a refuge is secure,
Such a refuge is supreme,
Such a refuge truly brings
Complete release from all suffering.  

Dhammapada Verses #188-191

Robes Offering Ceremony

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Sunday, 7th November 2021

Meditation Hall 
        Arrival             10:00  -  10:30 am
        Lunch               10:30  -  12:00 pm
        Ceremony            12:15  -   2:00 pm
        Guided Tour          2:00  -   3:00 pm

The Robes Offering Ceremony marks the end of the Rains Retreat. On this day we rejoice in having spent the past three months at the Wat dedicated to the cultivation peace and kindness. This is a rare opportunity to take part in an old and inspiring Buddhist ceremony and a chance to make new friends.

The core values that are celebrated during the Robes Offering Ceremony are those that make living together in harmony possible; qualities like kindness, compassion, patience and acceptance. In our sometimes chaotic and competitive world, it is important to remember that our own sense of well-being cannot be secure unless it is founded on acts of generosity and goodwill to others.

The ceremony will include taking the Three Refuges and Five Precepts, auspicious chanting and Dhamma talks by Luang Por Tiradhammo and Ajahn Khemavaro. After the ceremony there will be a monastery tour, where visitors can see some monks’ huts.

For further info, please call 0409 389-887 between 8-10 am and 11am -1 pm or email: wbdoffice@gmail.com.

Rains Retreat 2020

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Rains Retreat 2020
6th July to 2nd October 

During the Rains Retreat the community at WBD will focus on formal meditation practice, cultivating stillness, compassion, and wisdom. The monastery is open for day visits, however, we will not be able to accommodate overnight guests.  Regarding day visit, please follow instructions below. Emails will be answered between 5-7 days. If it’s urgent please call the office at 0409-389-887 between 11 am and 12 noon.  Thank you for your support.


Community List for Rains 2020
Monks
LP Tiradhammo               
Ajahn Khemavaro
Ajahn Sudhammo                               
Ajahn Chaiyaporn                      
Venerable Panyannda

Layguests
Annie
Araliya
Daniel
Miles
David
Cuc
                               
Videos of Saturday Night Dhamma Talks 

WBD Dhamma Talks on YouTube

ATTENTION ALL VISITORS
Please keep the monastery safe

PLEASE DO NOT VISIT if you have
ᴓ been feeling unwell
ᴓ any flu like symptoms – including fever, cough, sore throat or loss of taste/smell
ᴓ travelled to any hotspot location identified by NSW Government in the last 14 days
ᴓ been in close contact with any confirmed cases of COVID or persons awaiting test results
ᴓ been tested positive of COVID or awaiting test results
If you meet any of the above criteria please leave the monastery and contact your doctor for advice

If you are safe to enter, please follow the guidelines below:
√ Complete COVID logbook for contact tracing
√ Wash your hands regularly with soap and water or sanitiser
√ Avoid touching your face with your hands
√ If you cough or sneeze, use a tissue and bin after use
√ Keep 1.5 meter distance from others

 
Kathina Ceremony
Sunday 11th October 2020–TBC
Activities include: Shared Meal, Auspicious Chanting, and Dhamma Talk
10 – 3 pm.
 
For further enquiries, please email:  wbdoffice@gmail.com or call the office at 0409-389-887 between 9 – 12 noon.

True Refuge
To many places beings withdraw
to escape from fear:
to mountains, forests, parklands and gardens;
sacred places as well.
But none of these places
offer true refuge,
none of them can free us from fear.

The Buddha, the Dhamma, the Sangha
these are true refuge;
these are supreme;
these lead to Liberation.

Dhammapada Verse #188-191