Vassa Schedule (Rains Retreat)

At least one nun will be present for the morning and afternoon/evening sits.

Vassa commences on Thursday 30^th July.

Morning Meditation

5am – 5.15am Chanting (All to participate)

5.15am – 6.30am – Sitting (All to participate). (Person on breakfast preparation will leave at 6am)

6.30am Breakfast for Sangha

6.45am Breakfast for lay residents

7.10am Breakfast clean-up

7.30am Finish Breakfast clean-up

8am – 11am – Sit and Walk

Dana Preparation

9am Commence dana prep, if NO left-overs to be used

10am Commence dana prep, if left-overs to be used

11am Lunch dana for Nuns

11.30am After chanting blessing for food offering, lay residents to commence lunch

Please notify someone if you are not intending to attend lunch

Lunch Clean-up

ALL to participate with clean-up.

12.15 – 1pm Lunch clean-up including sweeping if necessary outside the building

1pm – 3pm – Rest and attend to personal matters

3pm – 4pm Ajahn Brahm Rains Talks (for Nuns)

4pm – 6pm sit and walk (Lay Residents – please be seated by 4pm the latest)

6pm – 7pm Evening tea/juice for lay residents

7pm – 8pm Short chanting and sit (All to participate)

8pm onwards Sit and Walk

Note: Wednesday and Saturday evenings are open to the public

Wednesday

7pm -8.30pm – Talk (Ajahn Brahmali Meditation Sutta Retreat) followed by Dhamma or Meditation Q&A

Saturday

7pm – onwards short chanting and meditation and questions on meditation can be asked by the public

Weekend lunch dana

Ayya Nirodha will answer questions upon request by the dana supporters.

Note:

Please enjoy Noble silence during this Vassa Period.

 

Wednesday and Saturday Evening Sits

The evening sits are suspended for the time and will commence again on the 25th of July.

New Kwan Yin statue arrived

We are happy and privileged to have received a magnificent big marble Kwan Yin statue, carved in Vietnam, on Saturday, 6th June 2015, which resides in front of our big cave.

Kwan Yin, a bodhisattva of compassion, is a timely reminder of forgiveness, love and compassion to everyone.

We are very grateful to our Vietnamese donors and supporters and we thank Gia Hieu, Tam Ngan, and our reliable builder Patrick for the perfect handling.

For a video of the installation of the statue, click here.

        

Upcoming Retreat

Dear friends and supporters of Santi,

We are happy to inform you and hope for your understanding that for the month of May (30 April – 05 June) a wonderful opportunity has arisen for our Santi community. We are taking this time off for an intensive in-house meditation retreat. Hence our program has to change and we hope for your support. Unless there is an urgent matter the nuns will not be available for after dana discussion in the library; however, we envisage a short Dhamma desana after lunch clean up (or possibly just before).

Please be aware that the monastic and the lay community are on intensive retreat, and please keep noble silence whenever possible. Thank you for supporting our practice in this way, also.

Basic time frame for lunch time activities:

Monastic Dana and Anumodana 11.00

Lunch for everyone 11.30 – 12.00

Communal clean-up 12.00 – 12.30

Dhamma Desana about 12.30

We ask you to leave quietly thereafter.

We will be a community of about 8 monastics and 5 resident lay-people.

This much needed retreat is only possible through your ongoing generosity and we are truly most grateful for your support during this time. We hope that the benefits gained through our practice will also flow onto you.

Please be aware that the above schedule replaces our daily routine as on the web for the time of retreat (no public meditation and talk Wednesday and Saturday etc.)

Invitation to celebrate Vesak at Santi: Saturday June 13

Dear friends and supporters we would love to see you join us for our yearly Vesak celebration.

9 – 9.30 Arrival

10.30 Rice Pindabath followed by Dana and Anumodana

1.00 – Walk to Big Cave

Short Dhamma Reflection, auspicious chanting and meditation.

Short walks around the monastery for those interested.

Tea and Coffee available before departure.

Busy Bee – Volunteers Needed!

Santi FM is organizing a busy bee this Saturday, 21st March. A few people are required to rake and chop some wood, either morning or afternoon. You are most welcome to join us for lunch dana. What you can do is bring your own axe / hatchet if possible.

Please call us on 02.4883.6331 and ask for Ven. Jenti to confirm.

Nuns taking action!

On the 11th and 12th February 2015, Venerables Sukhi, Vajira and Vimalanyani took an inhouse chainsaw course at Santi. Alan Thompson was the very patient and competent trainer.