A Day-Long Retreat using Mindfulness of Breathing to Quiet the Modern Mind Mindfulness of breathing, or ānāpānasati, is frequently taught as the practice of simply bringing attention to a single… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!A brief discourse giving an overview of the Buddha’s 16-step meditation instructions for practicing mindfulness of breathing, from the initial… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!The Buddha gave numerous analogies for the nature of the concentrated mind in Majjhima Nikaya 39 and elsewhere. From a… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!A brief discourse giving an overview of the Buddha’s 16-step meditation instructions for practicing mindfulness of breathing, from the initial… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Encoded in the Bible are numerous subtle references to the breath. Finding resonances between these and the Buddhist tradition can… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Tune in with your questions and ask them real-time to the monastic Sangha! If you would like to support the… Read More
Our resident monastics will be at Montclair Farmers' Market on pindapata, the Buddhist practice of collecting alms food from 9am to 10:00am.Buddhist monastics rely on the generosity of others. Pindapata… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!The Buddha teaches a householder named Soṇa not to be conceited about the five aggregates. You can find the text… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!The Buddha acknowledged the danger that is a part of life and taught various means of protecting oneself. From his… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Venerable Sāriputta gives a detailed explanation of right view, the first factor of the noble eightfold path. At the prompting… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!The Buddha acknowledged the danger that is a part of life and taught various means of protecting oneself. From his… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!The six fields of contact lead to suffering if left unguarded, but if guarded lead to happiness. Join Ayya as… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Tune in with your questions and ask them real-time to the monastic Sangha!
Our resident monastics will be at Montclair Farmers' Market on pindapata, the Buddhist practice of collecting alms food from 9am to 10:00am.Buddhist monastics rely on the generosity of others. Pindapata… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Join us for a Special Sutta Study celebrating the Elder Enlightened Bhikkhunis during the Therigatha Festival: https://therigathafestival.net/
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Ayya Suvijjana will explore the Buddha's teaching on materiality in terms of the four great elements: Earth, Water, Fire and… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Join us for a Special Sutta Study celebrating the Elder Enlightened Bhikkhunis during the Therigatha Festival: https://therigathafestival.net/
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Is there a difference between Hirī-Ottapa and the concepts of Shame, Guilt, and dread? In this talk, Ayyā Somā will… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Join us for a Special Sutta Study celebrating the Elder Enlightened Bhikkhunis during the Therigatha Festival: https://therigathafestival.net/
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Tune in with your questions and ask them real-time to the monastic Sangha!
Join us for an afternoon of gardening at Empty Cloud MonasteryWe have lots of outdoor work to do at the monastery to build our garden under the principles of sustainability… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!In this Sutta the Buddha addresses nine ways of removing resentment. You can find the text here: https://suttacentral.net/an9.30/en/su...
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Karma is action - so what about inaction? Bhante Suddhāso speaks about the karma of action and the karma of… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!A deva explains how they can tell which humans are fully enlightened and which still have more work to do… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Ajahn Pasanno explains how to contemplate the five khandhas (components of body-mind) during one's meditation practice.
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Ajahn Pasanno describes how to stabilize one's mind through concentration meditation, so that it is capable of clearly seeing the… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Everything is impermanent, unsatisfying, and impersonal - Ajahn Pasanno speaks about how we can recognize these three traits of all… Read More
Join the monastery outdoors to celebrate the Buddha's birthday, enlightenment, and passing away, with senior guest monk Luang Por Passano!A day of celebration and a potluck meal.Join us for a… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!The Buddha gives several practical ways of overcoming drowsiness during meditation, as well as advice on how to live in… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Bhante Suddhāso explains how to use the Buddha's 16-step "Mindfulness of Breathing" method when working with meditation objects other than… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!A Theragatha verse by Ānisaṁsa on the benefits of stream entry. You can find the text here: https://suttacentral.net/an6.97/en/sujato
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Tune in with your questions and ask them real-time to the monastic Sangha!
Our resident monastics will be at West Orange Farmers' Market on pindapata, the Buddhist practice of collecting alms food from 9:30-10:15am.Buddhist monastics rely on the generosity of others. Pindapata is… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Over the next few weeks, we’ll read and discuss suttas connected with the last years of the Buddha’s life, and… Read More
Join us for online meditation, Dhamma discussions, sutta studies, and more!Tune in with your questions and ask them real-time to the monastic Sangha! If you would like to support the… Read More
Our resident monastics will be at West Orange Farmers' Market on pindapata, the Buddhist practice of collecting alms food from 9:30-10:15am.Buddhist monastics rely on the generosity of others. Pindapata is… Read More
At 6 pm, gather safely in the front lawn of Empty Cloud Monastery and practice meditation with Buddhist monks.The Buddha often encouraged practitioners to meditate outdoors, at the foot of… Read More
