The Ashokan Meditation Center (AMC) in New York State’s Hudson Valley has announced the launch of a free live-streamed meditation program for spring, titled Calm, Insight, and Loving-Kindness: Meditation as a Steady Anchor.
This free program will run from 14 April–30 May on Zoom and will be led by American-born Theravada monk Ajahn Wade Bhuripanyo, director of teaching at the center
“The series includes weekly meditation sessions, devotional and meditation practice, extended practice periods, open question-and-answer evenings, and a Visakha Puja daylong retreat,” Ajahn Wade shared with BDG. “Practices include mindfulness of breathing, loving-kindness meditation, chanting, Dhamma reflection, and guided sitting and walking meditation.”
Ajahn Wade Bhuripanyo was ordained in the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah in Thailand in 2014. He brings 32 years of experience in Buddhist practice and meditation to the classes. He also shares teachings on YouTube.
Although rooted in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, Calm, Insight, and Loving-Kindness: Meditation as a Steady Anchor is open to all practitioners.
“Some sessions are particularly suitable for newcomers, while others are intended for those with some prior meditation experience or an established practice,” the AMC explained. “Participants may register once and then attend whichever sessions fit their schedule.”
Programs in the series include “Loving-Kindness for Peace and Joy,” “Roots Meditation Series,” “Heart of Refuge: Worship and Meditation,” “Peace and Liberation Long Practice Sessions,” “The Lotus Path: Way of Skill and Awakening,” and “Ask the Ajahn” open Q&A sessions.
Selected programs
Tuesdays: 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time — Loving-Kindness for Peace and Joy
Thursdays: 7–8 p.m. Eastern Time — Roots Meditation Series
Saturdays: 7–8:30 p.m. Eastern Time — Heart of Refuge: Worship and Meditation
Sundays: 1:30–4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on 19 and 26 April, and 17 and 24 May — Peace and Liberation Long Practice Session
Sundays: 7–8:45 p.m. Eastern Time — The Lotus Path: Way of Skill and Awakening
Mondays: 8–9 p.m. Eastern Time, 20 April, 4 May, and 18 May — Ask the Ajahn Open Q&A Sessions
Saturday, 30 May: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern Time — Visakha Puja Daylong Retreat
“The series reflects a quieter development in contemporary Buddhist practice: small meditation communities forming around shared online practice,” the AMC remarked. “Participants are able to sit together regularly, hear reflections on the Dhamma, and deepen their relationship with meditation, sangha, and the Buddhist path, even when they live far from one another.”
The center added that the spring offering was aimed at presenting a contemporary example of how traditional monastic meditation instruction could be preserved and shared through online teaching.
“These teachings are offered freely as a gift of Dhamma,” Ajahn Wade emphasized. “The aim is to help people cultivate steadiness, clarity, loving-kindness, and wisdom in the midst of ordinary life.”
The Ashokan Meditation Center (AMC), in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York, is a non-profit organization that helps people discover, learn, and live meditation. The AMC specializes in traditional Thai Theravada Buddhist meditation. The center offers teachings emphasizing simplicity, ethical living, and direct experience of the Dhamma through practice.
From its base in New York’s Hudson Valley, Ashokan Meditation Center is extending lineage-based Theravada meditation practice beyond geography while maintaining the orientation of traditional Buddhist training.
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