MONASTERY REPORT for Annual General Meeting in November
 
Comings & Goings
          Monks

1. Luang Por Tiradhammo will be visiting New Zealand 26 Oct – 16 Nov and to Thailand 13 Dec – 2 Feb 
2. Ajahn Khemavaro will be away the following dates:

            2 – 9 November in Thailand
            17 Nov to 7 Dec in USA
             25 Jan to 5 Feb in Singapore and Thailand

1. Ven Pannyananda left for Vietnam on 20 October. 
2. Ven Caranadhammo will be coming on 30 Dec and will stay for one year.  

Long-term Lay Guests

1. Megan is visiting her family in Melbourne for a few weeks in Dec
2. Annie currently has no travel plan for 2023
3. Yuliana is staying for a while and probably for a longer term
4. David is planning to stay until Dec

 
Retreats
Regular retreats with Ajahn Khemavaro were held monthly from early 2022 until the commencement of Rains Retreat in July. The next retreat is the 4-day New Year Retreat (30 Dec–2 Jan) and the registration is open.  4—Day Easter Retreat is from 7^th to 11^th April (For further info, see below)
 
Completed Projects 2022
Bush toilet opposite the kitchen
Lay Open Sala
Laundry shed
Flooring repair for Granny Flat
Kempsey–New water tank, Meditation platform, drop toilet built.
Dhammacakka Forest Monastery – the first Vietnamese Theravada monastery in Australia
Land purchase finalized in July and first Robes Offering Ceremony in October 2022
 
Building Projects for 2022/2023
Road repair around the monastery after prolonged rain/flood
Electricity upgrade for Yurt
Roof repair and lighting reconnection for Dorm
Sink and toilet for Kyle House
Decking and roof renovation for Cynthia House
Decking, window and roof restoration for Family House
Decking for Old Kitchen
Bathroom upgrade for Yurt
Workshop near car park

LP Thiradhammo’s book has arrived.
Hard copies of LP Thiradhammo’s new book:  Beyond I-Making, A Contemplative Investigation of the Concept of Anatta and the Path to its Realization, has arrived.  If you would like a copy, please contact the office at wbdoffice@gmail.com.
Otherwise, a digital copy, is available here:  Beyond I-Making

Picture Gallery:  Robes Offering 2022

Picture Gallery:  Robes Offering Queensland

Ajahn Khemavaro attended the Kathina Ceremony at Ajahn Dtun’s Monastery in Thailand. Picture Gallery:  Boonyawad Kathina 

Upcoming Retreats

Spiritual Indulgence
4–Day Easter Retreat
with Ajahn Khemavaro
Friday 7^th to Monday 11^th April 2023
Weekend Retreat Registration

To register for upcoming retreats, please register at Eventbrite or click on link attached to that retreat. 

Rains Retreat 2023
1^st August to 29^th October
You are cordially invited to spend the
Rains Retreat at the Wat. 
To serve and to deepen your practice. 
Minimum stay of one month and priority will be given to those who can commit for the entire three months. 

To register for the Rains retreat, please complete the application form on the WBD website.

For more info regarding the monastery, visit our website www.wbd.org.au.  For further enquiries, please email wbdretreats@gmail.com or call the office at 0409-389-887 between 9 – 12 noon.

Recent Dhamma Talks on YouTube

How to Get to Wat Buddha Dhamma

Sutta Class Session #7
The Real Meaning of Kamma, Vipaka, and Rebirth 
by Ajahn Tiradhammo

Sutta Class Session #8
Feelings & States of Mind 
by Ajahn Tiradhammo

Using Calm & Insight to End Suffering 
by Ajahn Tiradhammo

Enjoy the Simplicity 
by Ajahn Khemavaro

Four Ways of Letting Go
by Ajahn Khemavaro

The Right Angle:  Everybody Benefits, Nobody Loses

The entire world and everyone in it needs the Dhamma as a protection.  We all survive and find comfort in life with the support of the knowledge and skills, mindfulness and wisdom, of countless others.  Without their help we would all perish as soon as we left our mother’s womb.  We’d have no food to eat, clothes to wear or house to live in.  Our parents, whose faces we have never seen before, give us life and all the things we need to make us healthy and strong.  For our clothes and living places, and all the various skills we learn, we are entirely–indebted to others.  From the first moments in our mother’s womb, all of us have a debt of gratitude owed to innumerable other people–no need to mention our parents and all our teachers, to whom the sense of gratitude we should feel is incalculable.

Even people of one nation have much to be grateful for those living in another.  This is something which, if you think about it, is not too hard to see.  Knowing and acknowledging with gratitude the debt we have to others, and placing them above ourselves, is called katannuta.  The effort to repay the debt is called katavedita.  The ones who know what has been done for them are called katannu.  And those who return the favor gratefully are called katavedi.

Katannu-katavedita:  acknowledging the debt we owe to others and paying it back with acts of gratitude are spiritual qualities which protect the world from harm, help society to function, and lead to peace and happiness.


Excerpt from The Life and Teachings of Luang Por Liem Thitadhammo pg 135

For more teachings from Luang Por Liem, please click here:  LP Liem Teachings