Ven. Somā and Vimala: Gender in BuddhismWatch this video on YouTube

  Last Sunday a few of us went for a walk and picnic through the national park at Tilorien Monastery. The first time we could meet up again after the lockdown.    

A discussion between Venerables Somā (Empty Cloud Monastery, NJ, USA) and Vimala (Tilorien Monastery, Belgium) at Tilorien iSangha on 31st July 2020, 19.00-20.30h CEST (see here for other time zones). What does gender have to do with Buddhist practice? What does…
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Ayya Patācārā chants the Parittas (Buddhist Protective Verses)Watch this video on YouTube Ayya Patācārā was a Buddhist nun at Santi Forest Monastery in New South Wales, Australia for many years. She was ordained by Bhante Sujato, abbot of the monastery…
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Ayya Piyadassī: Finding SecurityWatch this video on YouTube

You are very warmly invited to join Ayya Piyadassī at the Tilorien iSangha (http://tilorien.org/en/isangha/) on Saturday 27 June at 9.30am CEST (see here for other time zones) for a Dhamma Talk, meditation and Q&A. Can a totally secure place be found…
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Ven Pannavati: the Buddhist view on greed, hatred & delusion, and how it relates to the BLM movementWatch this video on YouTube

You are very warmly invited to join Venerable Dr. Pannavati Bhikkhuni at the Tilorien iSangha (http://tilorien.org/en/isangha/) on Friday 19 June at 7pm CEST  (see here for other time zones) for a Dhamma Talk, meditation and Q&A.  Venerable Pannavati will speak…
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Over the past months Ayya Anopama has offered two courses in Insight Dialogue with participants joining from Europe, the US and as far as New Zealand. For the second course Ayya was joined by Juliane Dienemann joined as a co-facilitator….
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Ayya Anopama and Riët Aarsse offered a Vesak Day celebration in the iSangha virtual meditation hall which was well attended by many guests and monastics from around the world. There was the possibility to take the refuges and precepts, as…
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