This year’s Vassa, or Rains Retreat, is coming to a close on October 29th. An annual three-month period of stability for Buddhist monks and nuns for over 2,500 years, the Vassa marked the monsoon time when the typical wandering of samanas (renunciant monks and nuns) from place to place would become impractical and risk damaging […]
Visakha Puja Saturday, May 25 2024 One of the most celebrated and the most important of Buddhist festivals is Visakha Puja Day or “Vesak” celebrating 3 events; the birth, enlightenment, and the passing away of the Buddha. These events occurred when the moon was in the Visakha (usually in May), which is why the day […]
Asalha Puja / Beginning of Rains Retreat Saturday, July 20th 2024 Dhammasala Forest Monastery 14780 Beardslee Road, Perry, MI 48872 Asalha Puja is the celebration of the Buddha’s first Dhamma talk given to the five former ascetics whom he once practiced with. This first Dhamma talk is called the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta เป็นวันคล้ายวัน(the turning of the […]
