Dear dhamma friends,
As we approach the end of the year, we would like to invite you to join us in our Saturday meditation retreat.
On Saturday, December 30th, the retreat will start at 8:30 am and finish at 4:30 pm. The day will include a Dhamma talk and meditation discussion.
All are welcome. Feel free to bring friends, family, or anyone interested in practising mindfulness
Location: OBV Oxford
As every year, OBV holds Kathina ceremony. This year it will fall on Sunday 29th of October from 10am – 2.30pm.
Please check our events page for more information.
Beginners retreat: 10-Day course from the 11th to the 20th of May.
Experienced meditators retreat: 15-Day course from the 21st of May to the 4th of June.
Both retreats will be led by Sayadaw U Uttara (U Shan), Tainggyi, Shan State, Myanmar.
Dear all,
Thank you so much for all the help and support you offered at Songkran this year. It was wonderful to see everyone after such a long time, making it a very special occasion.
We also have great pleasure in announcing a talk Ajahn Bramali will be giving. He originally comes from Norway but he is a close disciple of Ajahn Brahm, living in Perth.
This Dhamma Talk will be held at Oxford Buddha Vihara, 356-358 Abingdon Road, Oxford, OX1 4TH.
Right View is a unique discovery of the Buddha and the first step on the Noble Eightfold Path. How do we develop a wise perspective on life in line with the Buddha’s teachings, so that the other factors follow automatically as a consequence? In this talk, Ajahn Bramali will share what the Buddha said about Right View, at both the preliminary and deeper levels, and explore how it relates to our lives and meditation practice.
This talk is donation based and there is no need to register – please just turn up!
With Metta,
Ven Maha Sena
We are delighted to announce that our day meditation retreat at OBV Oxford for this month will be on Saturday 25th of March. It will run from 8.30 am until 4 pm. Please feel free to join.
Please also note that Venerable Bhikkhuni Canda will join us in the afternoon. She is currently establishing a Bhikkhuni Vihara in Oxford and we would like to extend her a warm welcome.
It will be a good opportunity to have a dhamma discussion with her after mediation.
All are welcome.
with Metta
OBV Sangha
The OBV Christmas retreat 2022 is going to be held at OBV Forest of Dean, Park Farm from the 24th to the 29th of December.
For more information and to book your place please visit our Events page.
Sunday, 30th October 2022
Dear Dhamma Friends,
You are cordially invited to join us in the meritorious robe-offering ceremony (Kathina) of the Oxford Buddha Vihara (OBV) which will take place at Tingewick Hall, John Radcliffe Hospital. There will be an alms-round during which devotees can offer food to the monks gracing the ceremony.
Please click here for more details.
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
She was much loved and will be greatly missed.
May she rest in peace.
We have meditation instruction and discussion on Friday evenings at OBV Oxford and on Monday evenings at OBV Forest of Dean.
We shall be holding a meditation day on the last Saturday of the month starting on 24th September. This will be from 8:30am to 5pm. More information to follow.
At OBV Forest of Dean, we shall resume retreats on the second weekend of the month starting from coming October, Sat 8th and Sun 9th, from 7:30am to 20:30.
WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE NO COVID SYMPTOMS BEFORE COMING.
We look forward to seeing you all.