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Covid Restrictions

f you have no previous experience of the Mahāsi meditation method, please read the short booklets recommended on the Retreats Page.

Calendar 2021

Download this PDF (1.53 Mbytes) to make your own calendar. It shows the observance days (uposatha), one-day retreats, and sunrise times at the beginning of each month. Moon phases and sunrise data is from timeanddate.com.

• The Buddhist year is currently 2564. The Buddhist Year of 2,565 begins on the Full-moon day of Vesākha in May 2021.
• First light, the earliest time to offer almsfood, is approximately one hour before sunrise.
• British Summertime (BST) changes to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) at 1:00am on Sun, 31st October, 2021.
• The entire website can be downloaded from the home page to read when you have no Internet connection. PDF files and MP3 audio files are not included to reduce the size of the download.

Recent Changes

(Most Recent First)

• Updated archives on the Home Page (11/4/2021)
• Added the Dīghāvu Vatthu (11/4/2021)
• Updated PDF files for Selected Discourses from the Dīghanikāya, Majjhimanikāya, Aṅguttaranikāya, Saṃyuttanikāya, and Suttanipāta (21/3/2021)
• Added the Devadūta Sutta (17/3/2021)
• Added the Ciraṭṭhiti Sutta (10/3/2021)
• Added the Jaṭā Sutta (10/3/2021)
• Added the Brahmāyācana Sutta (9/3/2021)
• Updated the Somā Sutta (4/3/2021)
• Updated the Vajirā Sutta (4/3/2021)
• Updated the Photo Gallery (27/2/2021)
• Added the Dahara Sutta (27/2/2021)

Please let me know if you find any errors. I can only fix what I know about.