Little Bangkok Sangha

Meditation can have a big effect on sleep, but it is not always what you might expect. The party line, that you will hear on meditation retreats is that if you are practising mindfulness, you will need less sleep. This may well be true, but making it an expectation is not the way of Dhamma. Really you should be looking at what is there, rather than grabbing expectations. The truth is people have widely varying sleep needs, patterns and problems. Less Sometimes meditation can ruin your sleep. If you are an 8 hour/day sleeper, you may be disheartened to find … Continue reading →

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 92,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 4 days for that many people to see it. Click here to see the complete report.

Friday 6th January 2012 An Audience with Ajahn Pasanno At DMG (Amarin Tower) Chit Lom This January we are again honoured with the presence of Ajahn Pasanno, abbot of Wat Abhayagiri in California. Ajahn Pasanno is the most senior Western disciple of Ajahn Chah, other than the now-retired Ajahn Sumedho. He was formerly the abbot of the International Forest Monastery in the North-East of Thailand for many years before moving to California to head the new temple there. Hailing from Canada, he has a warm and engaging presence, and a wealth of wisdom from his nearly 40 years as a … Continue reading →

Our Little Bangkok Sangha is back in business this January! Wednesday 4th January Michelle McDonald will share her extensive wisdom gained from teaching meditation retreats for several decades. She is a founder of Vipassana Hawaii, along with one of our regular teachers Steven Smith, and has been a long term meditation teacher in the Mahasi school (Burma) where she is one of the foremost teaching followers of Sayadaw U Pandita. This event will be at  the beautiful Ariyasom Villa, Sukhumvit soi 1 6:00 – 6:30pm Gather in the Library for refreshments and chat 6:45 – go up to the Dhamma … Continue reading →

Time is fast coming to a close to book for our Mountain Retreat. Steven Smith, founder/teacher of Vipassana Hawaii, will be leading things with Mae Chee Brigitte teaching the meditation. A great team! The venue is perfect – up in the cool crisp mountain air, with lots of space, and some free time with a relaxed schedule to soak up the atmosphere. So, are you in???? http://littlebang.org/2011/10/03/mountain-retreat-30th-nov-9th-december/

Long time dhamma supporter and practitioner Tom Upson passed away recently, in undisclosed circumstances. It seemed he died in his hotel room some weeks ago. Tom was a beautifully polite man, even by Canadian standards. He gave me a lot of encouragement in the early days of littlebang, and was always supportive and reassuring. Friends with the ‘old crowd’ who used to frequent the WFB monthly talks, and Tony’s Int. Med. Club, his job at the AUA and then abroad meant he had little contact with us in recent years. More lately some ill health (his legs and hips) kept … Continue reading →

it was inevitable really …. but we had to cancel this talk. We will reschedule and be back next year.  If you want to be put on the email list for big events (3 or 4o times a year) including A. Jayasaro, head over to the CONTACT page and let us know. Thursday November 10th An Audience with Ajahn Jayasaro “Finding Out for Yourself” We are happy to announce an audience with Ajahn Jayasaro on Thursday November 10th, at the Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives, near Mor Chit. Dhamma Talk is in English only Free of charge (donations welcome) No need for … Continue reading →

Report on the Dhamma Talk Series 2011, comprising 8 talks at the Dance Centre General Every year during the Rainy season monks and nuns are not supposed to travel. They stay in their temples and usually undergo extra activities as a group – usually scholarly. Many Thai people will join the temple for this period, or undergo a special vow such as staying off alcohol, or other behaviours. The general announcement of the Talks Series 2011 So each year we have a Dhamma Talk Series at this time. Those who make the effort and join every week say it is … Continue reading →

Here’s the latest info from the Korean Zen club (slightly confusing to figure out what days to meet …) You can mail “Eunyoung Lee” < jayooda@gmail.com>”Young”: 087 593 8139 to confirm details … Hi, everybody- Hope this email finds all of you in peace and in wellness. I would like to share the Hanmaum Seon Centre English session schedules: Currently we are running two different sessions alternatively with 2-3 weeks’ intervals: Here are the schedules of the session until the end of this year (Tentative): 1. Sutra Reading Sessions: 1) 8 October 2011 (Sat) 6- 8 pm (Heart Sutra) 2) … Continue reading →

received information (with the typos) is as follows: World Buddhist Forum this month : Programme : WBU BUDDHIST SUNDAY FORUM Topic : “Mindfulness and Wisdom : Dhamma for Enlightenment” Date & Time : October 9th, 2554 (2011) 12:00 – 13.30 : P.M. Speaker : Dr. Sman Ngamsnit About the Speaker : Associate Professor Dr. Sman Ngamsnit Experience : Former TV program host, Report from the U.S., a television Series produced in theU.S.A.and sent to air on Channel 9 inThailandfor 10 years Former Member of Parliament (MP),UbonratchataniProvince. Former Dean,School ofCommunication Arts, Sukhothaitammatirat Open University (STOU) Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence,School of Film,Ohio University, Athens, … Continue reading →

received information as follows – this is not organised by Little Bangkok Sangha, so it pays to double check the information with the organisation. However, it is pretty certain that the WFB will hold a session every first Sunday of the month. Sunday 2nd October After a very well received one-day workshop in Jan 2010 and open meditation session in Feb 2011, Mae Chee Brigitte will be back in Bangkok to lead the monthly afternoon workshop at the WFB headquarters, near to the Emporium. Click here to link to her website, which includes the touching story of how she came … Continue reading →