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Fundraising for kutis at Tilorien Monastery

On our way to build Tilorien Monastery we have already achieved a lot! We’ve purchased a piece of land and established a small main building including a Dhamma hall. All this would have never been possible without the support of…
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Celebrating the opening of Tilorien Monastery

On 28 of October 2018 we hosted an Open Day at Tilorien Monastery and also the official opening ceremony of the monastery. When the Buddhist Union of Belgium (BUB) asked us last year to participate in its project to organize…
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Saccavadi’s story

This article, that has been published by Bhante Sujato on his blog in 2010, has now been translated into German.

Law and love

By Bhante Sujato We think of Buddhism as a way of peace and love, a philosophy and way of life guided by the highest of principles. So it can be a little surprising to find that the Buddhist texts deal…
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Open Day at Tilorien Monastery

We are organising an Open Day at Tilorien Monastery on 28th October 2018. Program 10:00: Arrival, Introduction to our Project 11:00: Meal Ceremony, Chanting, Meal in Silence, Cleanup 12:30: Talk: Monastic Life and Practise 13:30: Talk: Introduction to Early Buddhism…
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Enlightenment has no gender

(By Anagarika Sabbamitta; revision for English version by Ayya Vimala & Ayya Kathrin) „Every morning we would observe the monks from the nearby monastery come out to the village for alms. They would stand in one row, silently, and the…
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Changing Genders, Changing Buddhists

(By Ayya Vimala) I sit down with my cup of tea this morning and open up the paper. I don’t usually read newspapers but one of the headlines has caught my eye. It reads: “Are you ready for the sensitive…
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Contributing your language skills (French & Dutch)

As you may know we are establishing Tilorien Monastery in Belgium, a country with multiple languages. French, Flemish (Dutch), and German are official languages in Belgium, the German border is not too far from the monastery, and the Luxembourgian border…
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