Amaravati Buddhist monastery St Margarets, Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire chanting
Amaravati Buddhist monastery St Margarets, Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 3BZ England Chanting
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, London, UK
Amaravati is a Theravada Buddhist monastery run by British Monk at the Hemel Hempstead, London, England
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
Whilst living at Amravati Buddhist Monastery, a Thai forest tradition monastery located in Hertfordshire, a media student asked to make a documentary as his final year project. Three of us agreed to take part and in this version I have edited out the other two as I am no longer in contact with them so do not know how they would feel about their interview being made public! This was filmed towards the end of my six years as a monastic and a year latter I was to disrobe aged 34 and moved to London, where I now live and teach mindfulness classes and courses. I'm glad I took part in the project - it's interesting to be able to see and hear a previous version of myself!
The Serenity At Amaravati Buddhist Monastery In Hemel Hempstead YouTube
Buddhist Documentary: Amaravati Buddhist Monastery of Ajahn Sumedho
Amaravati monastery, UK
near Hemel Hempstead, UK
August 2010
Ajahn Amaro, Abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
'Kataññu-Katavedi' – the Embodiment of Gratitude by Ajahn Amaro, Abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, speaking at UK’s 150th Birth Celebrations of Anagarika Dharmapala held in London on Sept 21, 2014. Amaravati is a Theravada Buddhist monastery set in the tranquil setting of Great Gaddesden, at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in south east England. Established in 1984 by Ajahn Sumedho as an extension of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, the monastery has its roots in the Thai forest tradition and takes inspiration from the teachings of the community's founder, the late Ajahn Chah. Its chief priorities are the training and support of a resident monastic community, and the facilitation for monastic and lay people alike of the practice of the Buddha's teachings.
Exclusive video coverage of the event done by Waruna Lelwala.
Ajahn Sundara - Mind - The Sweet Liar
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Ajahn Sundara is a French-born ordained monastic in the Buddhist Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah.
She studied dance (contemporary dance) and worked as a dancer and dance teacher until her early thirties when she had the opportunity to meet Ajahn Sumedho in England and to attend one of his dhamma talks and then a retreat. She was one of the first four women ordained by Ajahn Sumedho in 1979 as an anagarika (eight precept novice) and in 1983 as a 10 precept nun. After living at Chithurst Monastery in England, Ajahn Sundara moved in 1984 to Amaravati Buddhist Monastery and was instrumental in founding the nuns' community there. She went to Thailand in the mid-1990s, where she spent more than two years, primarily on retreat at forest monasteries. She has been teaching and leading retreats in Europe and North America for 20 years. She currently resides at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery.
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Amaravati Buddhist Monastery - Hemel Hempstead - Ajahn Sumedho - ludovico einaudi
Amaravati is a countryside Buddhist temple located just outside of Hemel Hampstead in the rural south of England - founded by the disciple of Ajarn Chah - the American born Ajarn Sumedho it is a place of beauty,stillness and adherence to pure Buddhism felt from an open heart. After spending 4 days on retreat there in April 2012 I felt moved to make a video honouring the place and it's venerable founder. I hope you enjoy it and feel the special peace that is Amaravati.
Nothing is permanent - strive on with diligence - last words of the Buddha.
Chanting in Pali, in Amarawati Buddhist monastery, UK
See my article titled The Luxury of Silence or Роскошь Тишины in English and Russian, page 110 here
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40Years Chithurst Buddhist Monastery
1979-2019
40Years Chithurst Buddhist Monastery
Sunday 23 June 2019
Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, is a Theravada Buddhist Monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition. It is situated in West Sussex, England in the hamlet of Chithurst between Midhurst and Petersfield. It was established in 1979 in accordance with the aims of the English Sangha Trust, a charity founded in 1956 to support the ordination and training of Buddhist monks (bhikkhus) in the West.
monastery was established by Ajahn Sumedho under the auspices of his teacher, Ajahn Chah of Wat Pah Pong, Ubon, Thailand. Ajahn Chah visited the monastery at its inception and Cittaviveka is the first branch monastery of Wat Pah Pong to be established outside of Thailand. Although the style of the monastery has modified to accommodate Western climate and social conditions, it retains close links with Thailand especially monasteries of the Thai Forest Tradition and is supported by an international community of Asians and Westerners.
Drive to Harnham Buddhist Monastery (Belsay, UK)
Drive to the peaceful Buddhist monastery on a Sunny Day
[Wikipedia] Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
Amaravati is a Theravada Buddhist monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in South East England. Established in 1984 by Ajahn Sumedho as an extension of Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, the monastery has its roots in the Thai Forest Tradition. It takes inspiration from the teachings of the community's founder, the late Ajahn Chah. Its chief priorities are the training and support of a resident monastic community, and the facilitation for monastic and lay people alike of the practice of the Buddha's teachings.
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A typical week at Amaravati Family Camp
Letchworth Buddhist Temple 10 Years Part1
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This video is about memories of 10 years of the Letchworth Buddhist Temple UK. All the materials
10th Anniversary celebrations of the Letchworth Buddhist Vihara was successfully held last Sunday at the St. Michaels' church hall, Letchworth to celebrate the successful social, cultural and spiritual service .
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Amaravati Monastery
July 2010
Letchworth Buddhist Temple 10 Years Part2
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This video is about memories of 10 years of the Letchworth Buddhist Temple UK. All the materials
10th Anniversary celebrations of the Letchworth Buddhist Vihara was successfully held last Sunday at the St. Michaels' church hall, Letchworth to celebrate the successful social, cultural and spiritual service .
See the pictures of the event by clicking the following link,
Four things about retreats that can be surprising
This article is partly inspired by my own experience and partly by an article I read on Tricycle. Read more about Amaravati on their own website.
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Ajahn Sumedho - Kamma And Rebirth
Luang Por Ajahn Sumedho (Thai: อาจารย์สุเมโธ) (born Robert Kan Jackman, July 27, 1934, Seattle) is the senior Western representative of the Thai forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He was abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UK, from its consecration in 1984 until his retirement in 2010. Luang Por means Venerable Father (หลวงพ่อ), an honorific and term of affection in keeping with Thai custom; ajahn means teacher. A bhikkhu for 45 years, Sumedho is considered a seminal figure in the transmission of the Buddha's teachings to the West.
Ajahn Sumedho was born Robert Kan Jackman in Seattle, Washington in 1934.[1][2] During the Korean War he did military service for four years from the age of 18 as a United States navy medic. He then did a BA in Far Eastern studies and graduated in 1963 with an MA in South Asian studies at the University of California, Berkeley. After a year as a Red Cross social worker, Jackman served with the Peace Corps in Borneo from 1964 to 1966 as an English teacher. On break in Singapore, sitting one morning in sidewalk café, he watched a Buddhist monk walk by and thought to himself, That looks interesting. In 1966 he became a novice or samanera at Wat Sri Saket in Nong Khai, northeast Thailand. He ordained as a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk) in May the following year.
From 1967-77 at Wat Nong Pa Pong, trained under Ajahn Chah. He has come to be regarded as the latter's most influential Western disciple. In 1975 he helped to establish and became the first abbot of the International Monastery, Wat Pa Nanachat in northeast Thailand founded by Ajahn Chah for training his non-Thai students. In 1977, Ajahn Sumedho accompanied Ajahn Chah on a visit to England. After observing a keen interest in Buddhism among Westerners, Ajahn Chah encouraged Ajahn Sumedho to remain in England for the purpose of establishing a branch monastery in the UK. This became Cittaviveka Forest Monastery in West Sussex.
Ajahn Sumedho was granted authority to ordain others as monks shortly after he established Cittaviveka Forest Monastery. He then established a ten precept ordination lineage for women, Siladhara.
Until his retirement Ajahn Sumedho was the abbot of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery near Hemel Hempstead in England, which was established in 1984. Amaravati is part of the network of monasteries and Buddhist centres in the lineage of Ajahn Chah, which now extends across the world, from Thailand, New Zealand and Australia, to Europe, Canada and the United States. Ajahn Sumedho played an instrumental role in building this international monastic community.
Ajahn Sumedho's imminent retirement was announced in February 2010, and he retired in November of that year. His successor is the English monk Ajahn Amaro, hitherto co-abbot of the Abhayagiri branch monastery in California's Redwood Valley.[3] Ajahn Sumedho now dwells as a free agent in Thailand.
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