Yoga Samadhi studio in White Salmon has hosted the regular Tuesday night sits, half-day retreats and special events, free of charge, for five years now. The monks took a moment Tuesday night, after Ajahn Thanissaro’s (Geoff) talk, to express their deep gratitude to owners Kathy and Jim Kacena and give them the beautiful Buddha image …
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Birken Mini-Retreat 2015
The stars aligned and circumstances converged recently in a way that allowed a small group of Gorge practitioners to enjoy a six-day retreat at Birken Forest Monastery, while at the same time taking Ajahn Sudanto and Tan Suhajjo up to Birken’s Kathina (alms-giving celebration similar to our Pah Bah) and a brief retreat of their …
Ven. Thanavaro Joins Hermitage Residents
Venerable Thanavaro will join the Hermitage residents for about four weeks, starting Thursday evening, November 5, bringing the number of monastics back the three for awhile. Venerable Thanavaro was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1978. He studied philosophy and comparative religion before joined the monastic community at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, England. He received the anagarika …
Register for 2016 Birken Retreat
Birken Retreat: May 4-13, 2016 Registration is now open (Closed) for the Pacific Hermitage meditation retreat at Birken Forest Monastery, near Kamloops, BC. Ajahn Sona, Abbot of the monastery, will lead the retreat. At this time, the monastery can guarantee places for at least 12 lay participants. We will fill those 12 slots and keep a …
2015 Pah Bah :-)
Some 150 people gathered in White Salmon on September 20 to offer support to the Pacific Hermitage. They came from near and far — as near as “just down the road,” to as far away as Thailand. The Pah Bah sponsors, Pichit Wathanapaisal and Kanchana Umpai, came all the way from Illinois. Donations totaled over $38,000 …