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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.

An interesting book is about to be published, if you help support its printing. As part of the crowdfunding campaign (at https://bit.ly/SupportMindfulness) you can support the publication of the book “Mindfulness: what they haven’t told you yet”, which the author is František Lomský, who, among other things, has been active for many years in the Buddhist association Buddha Mangala.

Below you can watch the English-language transcripts of the International Buddhist Conference held online on March 5-6, 2021. The topic was tisikkha/trishiksha (three teachings) according to the Pali and Sanskrit traditions. Bhante Dhammadípa also participated in the conference as the only representative for the Czech Republic (second day in the section dedicated to samadhi).

Yesterday, on February 8, 2020, after a long and serious illness, Juraj Porubský left this earthly world. Juraj was a great supporter of Buddhism, among his greatest merits is the establishment of the Buddhist meditation center Javorie, whose operation he subsequently financed

Dear friends of Buddha’s teachings, we wish you a successful start to 2021, health, love, inner peace and joy. In the words of Bhante Dhammadīpa: And above all, may we all become wiser and rid ourselves of unnecessary suffering.

Those interested in a long-term individual meditation option now have the opportunity to devote themselves to their practice at the Shanta Vana Buddhist center in Sněhov near Malá Skála. For this purpose, we managed to complete the reconstruction of the former woodshed.

An interesting portal dedicated not only to the Pali language is being created at the web address pali98.webnode.cz. This study portal is intended to serve all those interested in the Pali language, the canonical language of Theravada Buddhism.