Luangpor’s birthday is on Monday 17th July. You are most welcome to join us all in wishing Luangpor a very happy birthday in-person on Sunday 16th July at The Forest Hermitage.

Celebrate with us at Wat Pah Santidhamma / The Forest Hermitage on Sunday 4th June from 10am.

Join us at The Forest Hermitage next Sunday 16th April from 10am to celebrate Songkran (Thai New Year).

The Forest Hermitage invites you to celebrate Magha Puja – commemorating an occasion when the Buddha met with 1,250 personal and Arahant disciples at the Bamboo Grove – on Sunday 5th March from 10.30am. Vegetarian food to offer and share.

Unfortunately we cannot hold meditation at the Forest Hermitage on Monday and Friday this week (16th & 20th January). However, you are welcome to join online.

We are urgently in need of a male live-in helper to enable us to keep the temple open for meditation. Please get in touch if you might be interested.

On Sunday 15th January we will gather at the Forest Hermitage (Wat Pah Santidhamma) to celebrate the life and teachings of Ajahn Chah.

January 16th is the anniversary of Ajahn Chah’s passing and is celebrated every year with thousands, monks, nuns and lay people, descending upon Wat Nong Pa Pong in Thailand to meditate and listen to Dhamma talks and to join in the mass circumambulation of the chedi containing his relics.

For convenience this year, since the 16th is on a Monday, we will remember him on Sunday, January 15th.

You are welcome to bring vegetarian food to offer and share at 10am.

ในวันอาทิตย์ที่ 15 มกราคม 2566 ขอเชิญชวนทุกท่าน ร่วมทำบุญรำลึกถึงหลวงปู่ชา สุภัทโท ณ วัดป่าสันติธรรม (The Forest Hermitage)

วันที่ 16 มกราคมเป็นวันครบรอบการมรณภาพของหลวงปู่ชา โดยในทุกๆปีพระภิกษุสงฆ์ สามเณร แม่ชี และศิษยานุศิษย์จากทั่วโลก จะรวมตัวกันที่วัดหนองป่าพง จ.อุบลราชธานี เพื่อนั่งสมาธิ ฟังธรรมเทศนา และปฏิบัติธรรมเพื่อเป็นอาจาริยบูชาและรำลึกถึงพระคุณคำสอนของหลวงปู่ชา

เพื่อความสะดวกในปีนี้ เนื่องจากวันที่ 16 เป็นวันจันทร์ ทางวัดเราจะระลึกถึงหลวงปู่ในวันอาทิตย์ที่ 15 มกราคม ท่านสามารถนำอาหารมังสวิรัติมาถวายเพลและแจกจ่ายแบ่งปันได้ในเวลา 10.00 น.

We would like to start by thanking all the visitors who have been coming regularly to offer food, to setup during festivals, to attend meditation and to keep the Forest Hermitage running as a place of practice for the Sangha and the lay community. If you aren’t in that group and you’d like to join the community (or perhaps you haven’t visited since the start of the pandemic) then we need you now more than ever to rebuild support to pre-covid levels. Feel free to reply to this email or simply turn-up to Mondays, Fridays or Sundays. We are open as usual!

Additional notice: The BDF (Buddha Dhamma Fellowship – the lay community associated with Forest Hermitage) will meet for an AGM on Sunday 22nd January at 5pm on Zoom. Launch Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/3145433923

We need a caring and committed Buddhist or two to live in and help with the day to day running of the Forest Hermitage.

Please contact us if you are interested.

Every Monday and Friday at 8pm we hold a meditation sitting at The Forest Hermitage which is simultaneously broadcast online.

If you would like to attend in-person then please note that we continue to be mindful of the spread of covid and the safety of others, hence we ask you to wear a mask at all times in the building.

The main gate will be closed 5 minutes before the start of the sitting (7.55pm) to keep disturbances to a minimum.

There is currently no permanent live-in support for the Sangha so occasionally there can be no admittance due to the unavailability of an attendant. However that will not affect the online version which will go ahead regardless. We are doing our best to ensure every Monday and Friday goes ahead as usual but if there is a last minute cancellation and you find the big gate closed then we apologise.