Contribution

Bhante was born in 1976 in Iran, where two years later the Islamic revolution took place and the regime of Shia fundamentalists was established in the country. Despite this, the bhante, according to his statement, never accepted the belief in a single Creator God.

We would like to invite you to a meditation retreat (sesshin), which will be held on November 25-27. 2022 in the Buddhist center on Mala Skála. The weekend retreat (retreat, sesshin) is focused on the intensive practice of Zen meditation in sitting (zazen), walking (kinhin) and simple daily activities in the traditional Japanese Zen school of Soto master Dogen.

We cordially invite you to the New Year’s meditation course, led by the Lithuanian nun Ayya Piyadassī in Tuněchodský Mlýn. Ayya ​​​​Piyadassī is a Lithuanian nun practicing Dhamma since 2007. After attending a center with the teachings of the Buddha through vipassana retreats in the Goen tradition, she fully immersed herself in the practice of Dhamma in Burma, where she was ordained as a nun in 2013.

We cordially invite you to the summer meditation, which traditionally takes place at the beginning of autumn in the form of a meditation stay in a retreat in a calm and relaxed atmosphere. The stay is suitable for both beginners and more advanced people.

Dear friends, we would like to invite you in to the Lotus center Prague, where a ceremonial Buddhist puja (mass) will be held in the tradition of Theravada Buddhism and meditation – led by Buddhist monk Wimala Thero, Sammudra Theera Vihara, Sri Lanka.

The manual of vipassana, or perspective meditation for everyday life, contains thirty-one meditations for every day and shows us in short chapters exactly how to build our daily meditation practice so that it steadily develops relaxation, freshness, joy, peace, wisdom and awakening. Author Sayadaw U Tejaniya Sayadaw is a Theravādin Buddhist monk of Chinese descent and the meditation teacher at the Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Forest Center in Yangon, Myanmar whose teachings have attracted a global audience.

In July 2022, the Sri Lankan monk Venerable Nyanakusala (in Sinhala transliteration Gnanakusala) will reside on Shanta Vana. If you would like to visit the center during this period, it is possible to talk to the Venerable about Dhamma practice or monastic life in Sri Lanka.

We offer emergency accommodation for refugees from Ukraine in the Buddhist Centre of Forest Peace (Shanta Vana) in Bohemian Paradise. Accommodation is suitable for people who tend to Buddhism or a similar spiritual direction and like peace and solitude, as the centre is very secluded and located in the middle of the forest. In the centre it is possible to accommodate approximately 20 people in two cottages.

Venerable Ratthapála was one of the important disciples of the Buddha, who is, among other things, the main actor of the Ratthapála-sutta, the canonical text of Theravada Buddhism. The text (sutta) describes in particular Ratthapála’s visit to his parents in his hometown and ends with a conversation between the venerable Ratthapála and King Kóravya, part of which is unfortunately still relevant…

It is with regret that we announce that on 16/11/2021, our friend and friend in the Dhamma, Petr Entner, passed away at the age of 60. Petr practiced insight meditation (vipassana) for many years. He attended meditation courses with a number of teachers, including Sayadaw U Tejaniya, whose meditation center he visited in Mynmar (Burma). About a year ago, he was diagnosed with a serious illness, to which he succumbed on November 16.