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Dear friends, Our monastery building is making great progress and we are already looking at equipment and furniture for our kitchen and bathroom. We don’t currently have the funds to finish these rooms and any contribution – big or small…
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The metta sutta in Saarland: Es Metta-Sutta Was de Buddha iwwer die Liebe gesad hat Das do soll ma mache, wemma verstann hat, was gudd is, un wemma de Wää zum Friede kennt: Ma soll wisse, wie ma ebbes anpackt,…
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The book “The Authenticity of the Early Buddhist Texts” by Venerables Sujato and Brahmali is now available in a French translation by Alain Bernay. We would like to thank Alain for this great work. This is not an easy text…
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On the 25th of March 2018 at the AGM of the BUB (Buddhist Union of Belgium) held at Nalanda Institute in Brussels Samita ASBL’s recognition as a full associated member of this Belgian Buddhist umbrella organisation has been on the…
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By Bhikkhunī Vimala Find original post Our spiritual practice cannot not be seen as separate from the world we live in and the world we live in today in the West is vastly different from that of India at the…
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We are very happy to inform you that the new monastery building is going into it’s final phase: After the basement has been built and all parts of the upper structure have been pre-fabricated in the constructor’s workshop everything is…
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Although the Buddha’s teachings have been around for over 2500 years, you still can’t find a complete, easy to understand, and copyright free version of the texts online. Until now. After two years of intense translation and development, SuttaCentral.net is…
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The video series “Dhammathreads” with Bhante Sujato & friends offers some discussions about the verses of the Elder monks, the Theragāthā, in Bhante Sujato’s new English translation. These lovely recordings were made some time ago already and are now being published on YouTube. We…
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Last weekend we were planting some trees and a hedge on the land of Tilorien Monastery. Our local supporter had nicely prepared everything, so that when we gathered for this “busy bee” weekend the helpers knew exactly what they had…
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