Vesak at Bodhivana Monastery

Dear all,

For your information, there are also Vesak celebration at the Bodhivana Monastery, one of the Forest Monk temples in Victoria.

Address:

Bodhivana Monastery
780 Woods Point Road
East Warburton
Victoria 3799
Australia

The current abott of the Wat is Ven. Ajahn Kalyano

Bio:

Ajahn Kalyano (Daniel Jones) was born in London in 1962. His interest in Buddhism awakened while still a student. After completing his university degree at Bristol University, he travelled to Thailand. In 1985 received ordination in the forest tradition of Ajahn Chah.

He has trained for many years with Venerable Ajahn Anan, one of several disciples of Ajahn Chah who have become highly regarded as meditation masters in their own right. In 2000, Ajahn Kalyano was invited to establish the forest tradition there. He is now the abbot of Bodhivana Monastery in East Waburton.

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Saturday 9th May
7.00 pm – Meditation
7.45 pm – Evening chanting
8.00 pm – Dhamma talk
9.00 pm – Refreshments
10.00 pm – All night silent meditation (all welcome)
4.00 am – Morning chanting
5.00 am – Finish

Sunday 10th May
10.00 am – All visitors gather at the monastery
10.45 am – Pindabata (alms round)
11.00 am – All visitors are invited to share lunch
12.15 pm – Dhamma talk followed by candlelit circumambulation of the Uposatha Hall
12.45 pm – Samanera (novice) ordination ceremony
1.30 pm – Guided tour of the monastery (please bring along strong walking shoes)
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For the benefit of those who may not know, the monastery only opens its forested areas to visitors twice a year: Vesak and Kathina. On other days visitors are not allowed to venture in because obviously that’s where the monks live and meditate. I encourage those who haven’t taken the tour to do so, as it is quite interesting and inspiring to see the monks’ kutis. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a tour guide (a monk) who’s willing to share a lot of interesting stories with you.

Happy Vesak!

With Metta,

MUBSS

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