From the full moon of July to the full moon of October the community enters the traditional three-month ‘Rains Retreat’ or Vassa.
For these three months there is a public Dhamma talk scheduled to take place every Sunday afternoon. They are held in the sālā, starting at 2pm, followed by a 15 minute break for tea, then a question and answer session to 4pm.
Everyone is warmly invited to join for the talks and discussions.
Vassa Sunday Talks: Titles & Speakers
| Date | Title | Speaker |
| 29 July | The good the bad and the Unconditioned | Ajahn Amaro |
| 5 Aug | Is compassion out of fashion? | Ajahn Sundarā |
| 12 Aug | Fearing to leave fear behind | Ajahn Amaro |
| 19 Aug | ‘Why is peace so boring and the idea of Nibbāna so off-putting?’ | Ajahn Sundarā |
| 26 Aug | Buddhism and the pursuit of wealth | Ajahn Amaro |
| 2 Sept | ‘Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?’ |
Ajahn Amaro |
| 9 Sept | ‘Decorum in Dacorum’ – life as a monastic in the 21st century | Ajahn Kongrit |
| 16 Sept | ‘How can I take the Precepts if I don’t even exist?!’ | Ajahn Ariyasilo |
| 23 Sept | Enslavement to technology | Ajahn Amaro |
| 30 Sept | Have you come here to die? | Ajahn Nyanadassanno |
| 7 Oct | Dukkha – an inconvenient truth | Ajahn Sundarā |
| 14 Oct | Wisdom develops samādhi develops wisdom | Ajahn Kongrit |
| 21 Oct | ‘Gods, demons and kind spirits…’ – meaningful myth and Buddhist cosmology |
Ajahn Amaro |
The talks & Q&A will be also be available on the Audio Page www.amaravati.org/audio-and-books/