The Irish Sangha Trust (IST) was established in 2011 to support and foster teaching and meditation practice in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in Ireland. The Irish Sangha Trust is non-profit Buddhist organization, entirely dependent on the generosity of the public for voluntary donations.
Our annual schedule includes regular workshops, retreats and meditation sittings. Events are open to everyone from beginners to experienced practitioners. We welcome you to join our spiritual friends network and experience the profound benefits of meditation practice.
Insight Meditation Retreat with Ven. Ajahn Dhammanando from Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, UKSaturday, November 3rd - Sunday, November 4th, 2012
Dates: SAT 3RD NOV - SUN 4TH NOV2012, 9.30am – 5pm, with a break for shared vegetarian lunch. New Venue:The new venue is Tai Chi Ireland, No 41a Pleasants St, off Camden St, Dublin 8. See map here Note: Still places are available and feel free to contact us for booking at info@irishsanghatrust.ie or 087 2877837. Flyer: Click here to view the flyer Booking To book a place please click 'Register' button below. Please complete the form by clicking the REGISTER button below to make an online booking for the Skills of Awakening meditation retreat. Your booking process is not complete until you have made the registration payment on the following page. For more information, please contact info@irishsanghatrust.ie More information regarding the theme will be forthcoming Teacher: Ven. Ajahn Dhammanando
Ajahn Dhammanando grew up in Carshalton, Surrey, a fairly typical suburb of South London. He attended Mitcham Grammar school and went on to study English and History at Keele University in Staffordshire at a time when the curriculum there was broad and multi-disciplinary. He was aware of certain deep questions, barely articulated, on the inside, however he did not pursue a spiritual quest to find answers as the religions which he encountered in the UK appeared to him only marginally relevant. It was after graduation on going to Thailand as a volunteer teacher for VSO that he found some initial signposts, although at that time he had almost no understanding of Buddhism. In 1985 he took a year off work in order to spend time as an Anag?rika in Amaravati and Chithurst monasteries. Four and a half years ensued during which he studied for an MA at Essex University, among other things. The realisation gradually dawned that Going Forth was what he really needed to do and that his more worldly interests were of lesser importance. In 1991 he returned to Amaravati to re-ordain as an Anag?rika. In July 1993 he took Upasampada with Luang Por Sumedho at Chithurst and trained initially with Ajahn Sucitto as his Acariya. Between 1997 and 2004 he went on to train in Switzerland, then Italy, followed by a return to Amaravati and then to Chithurst again before going overseas to Australia and New Zealand, spending time in different monasteries in Australia before living two years at Bodhinyanarama in Wellington. He returned to the UK in May 2007 to be nearer his parents and, ever since then, he has been resident at Amaravati but has also made occasional trips abroad to teach in France, Slovenia and Hungary. Currently he makes regular teaching visits to a local prison in Bovingdon and assists in receiving school groups at the monastery. |
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