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🌿☸️ 𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐇𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐇𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐈’𝐒 𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐀𝐊 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐄 🪷🌿

Join Buddhist Fellowship (BF) for an inspiring spiritual journey in the lead-up to Vesak Day, featuring renowned Buddhist teacher Ajahn Brahmali.

As we approach this most significant day commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha, immerse yourself in a series of illuminating Sutta studies and Dhamma talks that bring ancient wisdom into practical, modern life. Known for his clarity, warmth, and deep insight into the Pali teachings, Ajahn Brahmali offers guidance that is both accessible and profoundly transformative, including a 1-day Workshop on 27th May for BF Members and Vesak Day Celebrations at Chui Huay Lim Club on 31st May, open to everyone.

Whether you are new to Buddhism or a long-time practitioner, these talks promise to deepen your understanding and bring joy to your heart. Come and experience clear, practical teachings rooted in the early Buddhist texts.

A rare opportunity to learn from an internationally respected monk, let it be a meaningful preparation for Vesak - a time to reflect, renew, and awaken.

In fact, we have jam-packed Vesak period with lots of fun talks and activities! Come!

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𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 at Buddhist Fellowship 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 👋🏻
📍: 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 310 Lavender Street, Singapore 338815
📍: 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐢 𝐇𝐮𝐚𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛, 190 Keng Lee Rd, Level 2, Singapore 308409

📅: 𝐖𝐞𝐝, 𝟐𝟕 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 (For BF Members Only)
⏰: 𝟗 𝐚𝐦 - 𝟓 𝐩𝐦
Check out this rare and delicious theme from the celebrated translator of the Vinaya
1-DAY DHAMMA WORKSHOP Fellowship
🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻 “MN 51 Kandarakas Sutta: 𝐴𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑎’𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔”
🔗: https://abrahmali202605.eventbrite.sg (FULLY BOOKED, please submit your contacts for waitlist via [email protected])

📅: 𝐓𝐡𝐮, 𝟐𝟖 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
⏰: 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦 – 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦
SUTTA STUDY Fellowship
☸️ “𝑆𝑛𝑝 5.1 𝐴𝑗𝑖𝑡𝑎-𝑚𝑎̄𝑛̣𝑎𝑣𝑎-𝑝𝑢𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑎̄ 𝑆𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑎”

📅: 𝐅𝐫𝐢, 𝟐𝟗 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
⏰: 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦 – 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦
SUTTA STUDY Fellowship
☸️ “𝐴 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑎’𝑠 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔”

📅: 𝐒𝐚𝐭, 𝟑𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
⏰: 𝟕 𝐩𝐦 – 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦
VESAK EVE Fellowship
𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐤 𝐄𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 & 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
☸️ “𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟”

📅: 𝐒𝐮𝐧, 𝟑𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
⏰: 𝟗 𝐚𝐦 – 𝟒 𝐩𝐦 (Refer to Vesak Day Celebrations poster for more details)
VESAK DAY CELEBRATIONS HUAY LIM CLUB
⏰: 𝟗:𝟓𝟎 𝐚𝐦 “𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑎 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐸𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 (Part 1)”
⏰: 𝟐 𝐩𝐦 “𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑢𝑑𝑑ℎ𝑎 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐸𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑃𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 (Part 2)”

📍: 190 Keng Lee Rd, Level 2, Singapore 308409
🔗: https://vesak2024.eventbrite.sg

🙋‍♂️About the Teacher:
𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐡𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚̄𝐥𝐢 was born in Norway in 1964. He first became interested in Buddhism and meditation in his early 20s, while on a visit to Japan. After hearing teachings from Ajahn Brahm, he decided to travel to Australia to train at Bodhinyana Monastery where he took full ordination in 1996, with Ajahn Brahm as his preceptor. 2025 is Ajahn Brahmāli’s 29th year as a Buddhist monk.

Ajahn Brahmāli is renowned for his excellent knowledge of the Pali language and his enthusiasm for teaching the suttas. He is also well known as a scholar of the Vinaya—the monastic rules and procedures—which he is currently translating into Finnish. Ajahn Brahmāli’s clear and insightful talks help make the Buddha’s teachings accessible to all. He is regularly invited to conduct retreats in Australia, South-East Asia, Sri Lanka, Europe and USA.

Ajahn Brahmāli has also published numerous essays on important points of Dhamma, including the legitimacy of bhikkhuni ordination, of which he is a supporter. He received an honorary doctorate degree in Buddhist Studies from Maha Chulalongkorn Rajavidyalaya University in Thailand in December 2022.

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𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐯ā𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯ā𝐝𝐚 𝐀𝐛𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚(6th Edition)
by KL Dhammajoti 法光

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Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma. (6th Edition)
Author: Venerable Professor K L Dhammajoti

Publisher: The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong
(Hong Kong, 2026). pp. 760++
ISBN: 978-988-76863-5-4

Published with the sponsorship of Glorious Sun Charity Group, Hong Kong

CONTENTS
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Abhidharma – Its Origin, Meaning and Function
1.1. Origin of the Abhidharma
1.2. Definitions of Abhidharma
1.3. The soteriological function of the Abhidharma
1.4. The Abhidharma enterprise as soteriological phenomenology
Chapter 2 The Ābhidhārmika – Standpoint, Scope and Methodology
2.1. Fundamental standpoint of the Ābhidharmikas
2.2. Arguments for Abhidharma being buddha-vacana
2.3. Scope of study of the Ābhidharmikas
2.4. Ābhidharmika methodology for dharma-pravicaya
2.5. Classification of dharmas
Chapter 3 The Sarvāstivāda School and Its Notion of the Real
3.1. History of the Sarvāstivāda
3.2. Sarvāstivāda vs. Vibhajyavāda
3.3. Proof of the thesis of sarvāstitva in VKŚ, MVŚ and AKBh
3.4. Sautrāntika critique of the epistemological argument
3.5. Notion of the real/existent
3.6. The various components of the Sarvāstivāda school
Chapter 4 The Abhidharma Treatises of the Sarvāstivāda
4.1. Seven canonical treatises
4.1.1. Treatises of the earliest period
4.1.2. Later, more developed texts
4.2. Development of the Sarvāstivāda manuals
4.2.1. Abhidharma-mahāvibhāṣā (MVŚ)
4.2.2. Development of the more concise manuals
Chapter 5 Sarvāstitva and Temporality
5.1. The big debate
5.2. Time and temporality
5.3. The four main theories of the Sarvāstivāda
5.4. Comments on the four theories and Frauwallner’s observations
5.5. The Vaibhāṣika theory of kāritra
5.6. Saṃghabhadra’s theory — an innovation?
5.7. Bhāva, svabhāva and the dharma
5.8. Concluding remarks: temporality and the Ābhidhārmika enterprise
Chapter 6 Theory of Causality I: The Six Causes
6.1. The 6 hetus, 4 pratyayas and 5 phalas — their correlation
6.2. Special importance of the doctrine of causality for the Sarvāstivāda
6.3. Definitions of the six causes
6.4. Saṃghabhadra’s defense of simultaneous causation
6.5. Explanations in the Yogācāra system
6.6. Summary of the notion of the co-existent cause given in the various sources
6.7. Doctrinal importance of the co-existent cause for the Sarvāstivāda
6.8. Conclusion
Chapter 7 Theory of Causality II: The Four Conditions and the Five Fruits
7.1. Doctrine of the four conditions (pratyaya)
7.2. Differences between a cause and a condition
7.3. Five fruits (phala)
7.4. The ‘grasping’ and ‘giving’ of a fruit
Chapter 8 The Category of Matter (rūpa)
8.1. General nature and definition of rūpa
8.2. Primary and derived matter
8.3. ‘Atomic’ theory
Chapter 9 The Categories of Thought and Thought-concomitants (citta-caitta)
9.1. Definitions of citta, manas and vijñāna
9.2. Thought-concomitants (caitta/caitasika)
9.3. Development of the theory of caitasika
9.4. Sarvāstivāda doctrine of conjunction (saṃprayoga)
9.5. Dārṣṭāntika and Sautrāntika Doctrine of successive arising
9.6. Difference in functionality between citta and caittas
9.7. Difference between the first five and the sixth consciousnesses
9.8. Original nature of thought
Chapter 10 Theories of Knowledge
10.1. Sarvāstivāda realism: From epistemology to ontology
10.2. Various modes of operation of prajñā
10.3. Reflexive knowledge and omniscience (sarvajñā)
10.4. Prajñā of the Buddha and the two yānas
10.5. Instrument of perception
10.6. Important Sarvāstivāda thought-concomitants involved in discriminative cognition
10.8 Ontological status of the objects of knowledge
10.8. Direct perception, ākāra, sākāra-vijñānavāda, nirākāra-jñānavāda and the Sarvāstivāda
Chapter 11 The Category of the Conditionings Disjoined from Thought (citta-viprayukta-saṃskāra)
11.1. Doctrinal evolution of the category
11.2. Definition of conditionings disjoined from thought in later texts
11.3. Classic list in AKBh
Chapter 12 Defilements
12.1. The goal of spiritual praxis and the abandonment of defilement
12.2. Kleśa and anuśaya as the generic terms for defilement
12.3. Other doctrinal terms denoting defilements
12.4. Defilements as the root of existence
12.5. Ābhidharmika investigation of defilements
12.6. Classification of defilements
12.7. Relationship between defilements and the mind
12.8. Operation of the defilements
12.9. Abandonment of defilements
12.10. Traces (vāsanā) of the defilements and distinction between the wisdom of a Buddha and of an Arhat
Chapter 13 The Doctrine of Karma
13.1. Meaning and general nature of karma
13.2. Classification of karma
13.3. Informative (vijñapti) and non-informative (avijñapti) karma
13.4. Definition and intrinsic nature of informative and non-informative karma
13.5. Non-information as restraint, non-restraint and neither-restraint-nor-non-restraint
13.6. Paths of karma (karma-patha)
13.7. Rationale for the doctrine of non-informative karma
13.8. Role of the non-informative in the process of karmic retribution
Chapter 14 Karma and the Nature of its Retribution
14.1. Karmic retribution as a Middle Way doctrine
14.2. Six causes affecting the gravity of a karma
14.3. Determinate and indeterminate karma
14.4. A karma that has been done, and one that has been accumulated
14.5. Projecting and completing karmas
14.6. Karma in terms of pratītya-samutpāda
14.7. Past karma of the arhats and the Buddha
14.8. Man’s karma and his environment, and collective karma
Chapter 15 The Path of Spiritual Progress
15.1. Doctrine of gradual enlightenment
15.2. Preliminaries for the preparatory stage
15.3. Different stages of the path
15.4. Direct realization (abhisamaya), path of vision (darśana-mārga) and stream entry (srotaāpatti)
15.5. Non-retrogressibility of stream-entry
15.6. Path of cultivation (bhāvanā-mārga)
15.7. Attainment of the four fruits of the spiritual life
15.8. Out-of-sequence attainments
15.9. Retrogressibility of an arhat
Chapter 16 The Unconditioned (asaṃskṛta) Dharmas
16.1. Three unconditioned dharmas of the Sarvāstivāda
16.2. Cessation through deliberation
16.3. Cessation independent of deliberation
16.4. Space
Select Bibliography
Glossary
Index

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In loving memory of Professor Yakupitiyage Karunadasa, one of the most respected scholars in Buddhist Studies, who has served as a board advisor since our foundation’s inception. May he attain the supreme bliss of nibbana!

Y. Karuṇādāsa (1934–2026): An Intimate Remembrance - Buddhistdoor Global Remembering Prof. Y. Karunadasa, whose scholarship and humility embodied the Buddha's middle way and whose legacy will carry on for generations

A special Dhamma talk with Ajahn Brahmali Friday 12th June in Oxford!

Speaking on the characteristic of impermanence, Ajahn Brahmali will bring his signature style to this gathering as he begin the session with a short meditation, followed by the talk and a Q&A in which audience participation is encouraged!

Ajahn Brahmali's teachings are firmly rooted in the early Buddhist texts and decades of personal mediation practice under the tutelage of Ajahn Brahm. With great enthusiasm, he brings the teachings to life in a fresh, joyful and relevant way, making the Buddha seem closer to us as our personal guide.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to meet an inspiring teacher who lives the teachings in an integrated and graceful way. You can also ask Ajahn Brahmali anything - he loves a good challenge as well as a laugh!

For full details and bookings, visit https://anukampaproject.org/events/ajahn-brahmali-dhamma-talk-so-you-think-you-understand-impermanence/

2026 March | 9 Day Sutta Retreat (7/26)| Ajahn Brahmali & Ayya Karunika 9 Day Sutta Retreat with Ajahn Brahmali & Ayya Karunika at Jhana Grove Retreat Centre in Serpentine, Western Australia, from 6th - 15th March 2026. Track 7 : – GUIDED MEDITATION , Q & A - 8th March 26 . See the full retreat on bswa.org here. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhistsocie...

Guided Meditation | Ajahn Hasapanna | 4 April 2026 Ajahn Hasapanna conducts an intermediate/ advanced meditation class for approximately one hour. Ajahn teaches methods to calm down and minimise thinking at the beginning of meditation, so that eventually we can drop the thinking altogether. Ajahn gives the simile of a very fast car slowing down - it...

A Meditator's Peace | Ajahn Santutthi | Roleystone Meditation Group 19th March 2026 Ajahn Santutthi hosted this week's meditation session at the Roleystone Family Centre. Roleystone Meditation Group’s weekly classes are about an hour long and include a talk on meditation, meditating together, and questions & answers. The sessions are led by a Buddhist monk fro...

There is a room available for a male guest keeping the 8 precepts to stay at Hermitage, 48 Stocker Road in Roleystone.

If you’re a male layperson and you’re interested in staying, you can contact Kusala on 0444 556 032 or email [email protected]

Duties include:
🤎 Be available to offer breakfast each morning at 7am. No cooking is required.
🤎 Clean up kitchen after meal.
🤎 Occasional driving duties including shopping trips and appointments for monks.
🤎 Work periods – typically 3 afternoons per week.

Guests must keep the 8 precepts while at Kusala and may wish to bring the following:
🔸️Work clothes, including boots and gloves.

You will have plenty of time for seclusion, peace & meditation. Shorter and longer stays can be arranged.

https://bswa.org/room-available-male-guest-kusala-feb-mar-2/
https://bswa.org/location/kusala-hermitage/

AN3.65 Kesamutti Sutta - With the Kālāmas of Kesamutta | Ajahn Nibbuto | 22 March 2026 Ajahn Nibutto discusses sutta AN3.65 from the Anguttara Nikaya: Kesamuttisutta Sutta, “With the Kālāmas of Kesamutta” using this translation. Read AN3.65 on Sutta Central here.“How to navigate among different spiritual opinions.”, Sutta Central. Support us on https://ko-fi.com/thebuddhists...