News and Announcements

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.

Email: monasterysecretary AT amaravati DOT org

Phone: (01442) 842-455

posted 16 May 2013

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. You can read the cover article of this issue below.

posted 13 Apr 2013

Forest Sangha Newsletter 2013

The 2013 issue of Forest Sangha Newsletter is now available for download by clicking here. The Forest Sangha Newsletter represents the monasteries founded by Luang Por Sumedho, with an emphasis on those in Britain. It is currently published once a year.

posted 26 Nov 2012

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!

posted 11 May 2013

Kathina Photos

Thanks to all of you who refrained from taking photos at the Kathina ceremony last month; it helped support a quiet, attentive atmosphere. As promised, our Kathina Photographer, Gary Morrison, has now posted his photos of the event on a website for those of you interested, to view and download for your personal use. (Please do not publish any of them without first asking the monastery via the Publications Secretary – thank you!). You can find them available on this website.

posted 15 Dec 2012

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