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Episodes 09-13 - WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
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Welcome to Episodes 09-13 of the Vibe with Venerable series, where we talk “live” to Buddhist masters together. Each Episode is 1-hour long.
WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
Join Venerable Thubten Chodron and other Sravasti Abbey Monastics for a month-long exploration of what love is, what it is not, and why we might want to cultivate this mental state not just for our own well-being but also extend it to all living beings.
Each Venerable speaker will share their unique perspective on the immeasurable quality of love, and we encourage you to attend all sessions if you can.
VENERABLE SPEAKER SCHEDULE
EP 09 - Jun 1, 5pm Pacific time: Venerable Thubten Chodron, Founder & Abbess of Sravasti Abbey
EP 10 - Jun 8, 5pm Pacific time: Venerable Lamsel, Bhikshuni, Sravasti Abbey
EP 11 - Jun 15, 5pm Pacific time: Venerable Damcho, Bhikshuni, Sravasti Abbey
EP 12 - Jun 22, 5pm Pacific time: Venerable Gyatso, Sramanera, Sravasti Abbey
EP 13 - Jun 29, 5pm Pacific time: Venerable Chonyi, Bhikshuni, Sravasti Abbey
ABOUT SRAVASTI ABBEY
Sravasti Abbey is among the first of its kind—an American Buddhist monastic community where nuns and monks and lay students learn, practice, and live the Buddha’s teachings.
Founded in 2003 by author, teacher, and fully ordained nun Venerable Thubten Chodron, we practice Tibetan Buddhism in the tradition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
While monastic training is the focus, lay guests are also welcome to experience community life, offer service, and experience the kindness of others.
The Abbey’s network is much wider than the 370-acre property in rural Washington State. Through the web, Sravasti Abbey is interconnected with friends around the world.
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Vibe with Venerables Episode 07-08: WAS BUDDHA A SOCIAL ACTIVIST? BODHISATTVAS IN THE CHARNEL GROUNDS with Roshi Joan Halifax
Welcome to Episode 07 and 08 of the Vibe with Venerable series, where we talk “live” to Buddhist masters together.
Episode 07 (May 20) - WAS BUDDHA A SOCIAL ACTIVIST?
Description: We explore one view of Buddha's life and the lives of some of his radical successors, a two thousand five hundred year leap through time and space. Not all agree with this version of history and of Buddhism, but history is a way we can illuminate our lives, learn from the past, discover the present, and make a new road into the future. And Buddhism has many dharma doors, including ones that seem unlikely or for some, that seem very congruent with actualizing practice to be of benefit to others.
Episode 08 (May 27) - BODHISATTVAS IN THE CHARNEL GROUNDS
Description: The charnel grounds are where we all practice, from between your ears to between warring nations. This is what Bodhisattvas do. They do not seek easy situations. This talk explores the Bodhisattva attitude and seven keys to meeting the suffering in our world today.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D. is a Buddhist teacher, Founder and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a social activist, author, and in her early years was an anthropologist at Columbia University (1964-68) and University of Miami School of Medicine (1970-72). She is a pioneer in the field of end-of-life care. She has lectured on the subject of death and dying at many academic institutions and medical centers around the world.
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Welcome to Episode 06 of the Vibe with Venerable series, where we talk “live” to Buddhist masters together.
THIS EPISODE: ANUSSATI, THE OTHER MINDFULNESS
9 May 2025 (Friday), 3pm US Pacific, 6pm US Eastern, 11pm London
10 May 2025 (Saturday), 6am Singapore, 8am Brisbane/Sydney
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Mindfulness meditation has become extremely popular of late, to the extent of overshadowing other meditations the Buddha taught. In his talk, Bhante will explore a less well known mindfulness practice called anussati in which memory, self-examination, one’s relationships and potential are evoked to enrich one’s spiritual journey.
ABOUT THE VENERABLE
Bhante Shravasti Dhammika was born in Australia in 1951 and became a Buddhist at the age of 18. In 1973 he went to Thailand with the intention of becoming a monk and from there to Laos, Burma and finally to India. For the next three years, he traveled around India learning yoga and meditation and finally ordained under Venerable Matiwella Sangharatna, the last disciple of Anagarika Dharmapala. In 1976 he went to Sri Lanka where he studied Pali at Sri Lanka Vidyalaya and later became one of the co-founders of the Nilambe Meditation Centre and one of its teachers. Since then, he has spent most of his time in Sri Lanka and Singapore and represented Theravada Buddhism at the European Buddhist Millennium Conference in Berlin in 2000. Bhante Dhammika written over 25 books and scores of articles on Buddhism and related subjects, and his recent book, Footprints in the Dust, has received much comment for its unique approach to the life of the Buddha.
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Welcome to Episodes 03-05 of the Vibe with Venerable series, where we talk “live” to Buddhist masters together.
Soryu Forall will join us for 3 consecutive episodes, all on the topic of prapañca.
You are highly encouraged to attend all 3 if you can.
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Episode 03. The Mind’s Tendency to Spread Conflict: What is Prapañca
Prapañca (Pali: papañca; Chinese: 妄想) is an important concept in the Buddhist understanding of how conflict arises at the individual and collective level. We will explore texts that explain prapañca and describe how to cut through clinging to it, for our benefit and the benefit of the world.
We will review texts from several traditions to understand this term, it’s connection with other terms such as samjna and sanskara, and how we work with it in our meditation practice.
15 April 2025 (Tuesday), 8am US Pacific Time, 11am US Eastern, 4pm London, 11pm Singapore (Timezone convertor).
Episode 04. The Mind’s Tendency to Spread Conflict: Why does Prapañca cause conflict
We will look into a few critical texts from the Theravada school of Buddhism to understand the source of conflict in our world, our relationships, and our own minds. We will also consider how to resolve these conflicts.
22 April 2025 (Tuesday), 8am US Pacific Time, 11am US Eastern, 4pm London, 11pm Singapore (Timezone convertor).
Episode 05. The Mind’s Tendency to Spread Conflict: What should we do about Prapañca
We will describe how to use Buddhist practice to overcome our tendency to engage in prapanca. We will see how clearing our minds is an act of compassion.
29 April 2025 (Tuesday), 8am US Pacific Time, 11am US Eastern, 4pm London, 11pm Singapore (Timezone convertor).
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Vibe with Venerables Episode 02: Emotional Management Techniques, with Bhante Buddharakkhita
Welcome to Episode 02 of the Vibe with Venerable series, where we talk “live” to Buddhist masters together.
Do you always experience emotional hijack? Using emotional intelligence, mindfulness and wisdom, this session will explore various ways of turning difficult emotions such as greed, guilt, remorse, grief, fear and confusion into insight, knowledge and wisdom.
The arising of difficult emotions is beyond our control, but mindfulness of them can make a big difference between being in bondage, and being free, happy and peaceful.
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12 April 2025 (Saturday), 9pm US Pacific Time
13 April 2025 (Sunday), 7am Uganda, 12pm Singapore, 2pm Sydney (Timezone convertor)
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Alot of you have asked and wondered who is running Buddhism.net.
Here is his (Chade-Meng Tan) story.
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Vibe with Venerables Episode 01: Freedom from Anger, with Bhante Buddharakkhita
Welcome to Episode 01 of the Vibe with Venerable series, where we talk “live” to Buddhist masters together.
Do you find yourself hijacked by anger? Are you overwhelmed with irritation, disappointment and frustration? This episode will introduce various ways of dealing with anger using emotional intelligence, mindfulness and wisdom. We will explore skillful ways of working with anger, including characteristics, functions, manifestations and proximate causes of anger. Mindfulness of anger can make a huge difference between being caught up in anger and being free.
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5 April 2025 (Saturday), 9pm US Pacific Time
6 April 2025 (Sunday), 7am Uganda, 12pm Singapore, 2pm Sydney (Timezone convertor)
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Come Vibe with Venerables, and Engage with Buddhist Elders
Friends,
Good news: We are thrilled to introduce the Vibe with Venerables series where each week, we get to talk “live” to a Buddhist master together.
Here is the idea:
⏺ Live, interactive, and open to all. We will meet online and learn together, “live”, with a Venerable. The Venerable can choose to pre-record the talk, but the Q&A will always be “live”—because real dialogue is where wisdom deepens.
⏺ Exposure to different Venerables. We will be inviting different Venerable teachers from all three major schools of Buddhism to lead the Dharma & dialogue sessions with us.
⏺ One hour. We begin with a roughly 30-minute Dharma talk by a Venerable monastic, followed by 30 minutes of “live” Q&A, where attendees can ask questions and engage directly with the speaker.
⏺ Cadence. We plan for a weekly cadence of the live Dharma & dialogue, with a specific Venerable. Then, we might break for a little bit, and another Venerable will be invited to lead the next few sessions.
⏺ Consistent and structured. We commit to a fixed day and time each week for the same Venerable, starting with a 2-4 week series per Venerable. When another Venerable comes on, the time and date of the week may change.
⏺ 100% donation-based. You are welcome to attend completely free. All donations go entirely to the Venerable’s organization in the spirit of dāna, the practice of cultivating generosity.
Why This Matters
The Buddha named good spiritual friendship (kalyāṇa mittatā), which includes having both good spiritual friends and good spiritual teachers, as “the first vital condition for the development of the factors of enlightenment.” [Ref: Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.1] We hope that in addition to learning Dharma, this series will also help you gain the good spiritual friendship necessary for your eventual enlightenment.
We can’t wait to meet you online. More details coming soon.
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Happy Vesak Day!
We have curated some celebrations around the world, as well as teachings that you can listen to, to remind yourself to awaken the pure mind in you and to look deeply into the nature of your mind and your life.
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Friends, We are pleased to announce that the is now available in, and it has already made their bestsellers list. And yes, they ship worldwide!
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