by a Meditator I started to meditate when I was 24. However, it fell by the wayside after age 30 because I became focused on a yoga...

by Sanghamitta My husband died with no warning. Alive one day, hiking in the mountains, healthy, no problems. Then gone. I spent two...

by April Crocker The circumstances of my birth broke me, over and over. Adulthood was a tooth and nail struggle for survival. I was...

Sanghamitta's personal email was hacked. The situation is resolved.

My personal email has been compromised....I don't receive messages to it.....please use the CTBC email. Metta, Sanghamitta

Dear Meditators, Ayya Brahmavara will be in residence in Canmore starting April 20, 2022. Ayya trained at Amaravati in England with Ajahn...

Mar 1: Tonight we listened to part of Ajahn Sona's Dhamma series on Satipatthana, Part 8. Bonus talk: This is a wonderful five day...

Feb 1: We are continuing with our study of the Satipatthana. Tonight we listened to Part 5 by Ajahn Sona. Bonus Dhamma:...

Tan Nisabho of Clear Mountain Monastery in Seattle, WA offered a zoom retreat on this topic in January 2022. He gave three Dhamma talks....

Jan 4: We started off the New Year by returning to our Theme of the "Gradual Training". We have reached the step of MIndfulness, step 7...

The distance between where we are and where we want to be is the degree to which we suffer. Meditation helps us develop the skill to...

Revised April 27, 2021 How to end suffering by ending craving. The Four Noble Truths are a summary of the Buddha's teachings. The second...

Dec 3: In the gradual training, after sila/morality comes a focus on living simply. Sanghamitta read and recorded an article on this...

In addition to breath meditation while sitting, we can also use the other postures of the body for meditation: walking, standing and...

We can lessen our suffering by letting go of our mental anguish that accompanies all the negative emotions we experience. The calming...

Nov 2: Tonight Bhante Bodhidhaja spoke about Right Speech (Part V) and started on the topic of intoxication. We will conclude this final...

Wishing good health, happiness and peace to all beings is part of this practice. And feeling happy for someone who has met good fortune...

Wanting, the fault finding mind, restlessness and worry, dullness and doubt about what to do are the stumbling blocks on the path to...

We are where we are in life due to past causes like habits. The Buddha gave us an eight step path that leads to the end our suffering....

Oct 1: Today we continued with sila, morality by Ajahn Brahmali and Bhante Bodhidaja. They encouraged us to see moral behaviour as a...