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I have immense gratitude for the blessings this life has offered me and one of those blessings is having met you and having found the true Dharma. I consider what you offer for free to be some of the most valuable material this planet and life can offer. I wish there were words valuable enough to express such a gratitude. Thank you again!
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Online Retreat MeditatorEntering the Dhamma
Thank you so much! That was the best retreat of my life. The way you teach from your own translations is very special. It was the first time I can say I really understood Dependent Origination, the way you explained it. Amazing how words can make such a big difference. Thank you Bhante. 😊
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MeditatorJetvan Retreat
It is so heart warming to receive your support, especially since you've gone through this yourself and now seem to enjoy the bliss of the tranquil Metta practice. It's truly inspiring!
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MeditatorIndividual Guidance
Thank you Bhante! I never had a spiritual guide/mentor and having you is like truly having a refuge. I feel I have a strong support that wont let me falter , now I feel I wont get lost 🙂 I feel so relieved. Thank you so much!
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MeditatorJetvan Retreat
I Just wanted to share the retreat experience of my mom Bhante Ananda🙏 She is very happy with her first ever retreat and I can see that real happiness coming up whenever she calls me and talk about her experience at jetvan.🙏🙏 Eventhough she can't understand english, she got a faith on this great path and this is all happend because of the guidance which you gave and all others in the background who had helped🙏 Thank you soo much Bhante Ananda🙏🙏🙏 Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu😇😇🙏🙏
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MeditatorJetvan Retreat
Your contribution to our lives is immeasurable. May you have all the strength and resolve you need to do your work and have fun. My heartfelt Metta and good wishes.
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MeditatorJetvan Retreat
I wanted to thank you for helping me understand TWIM better, 6Rs better. You, your discourses, your daily guidance really really helped me understand the technique better. "Be kind to yourself" is like my Guru Mantra 🙂 I would never ever forget that. It really helps me be less demanding of myself, be more gentle with self and forgiving myself is a lot easier (It actually helped me survive these past days till I could pen down everything here) Thank you. Thank you for everything and thank you for being you!
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MeditatorJetvan Retreat
Thank you, Bhante 🙂 The tools you shared helped me gain clarity on the truth of “me”, and the strength to both follow and share it.
Rose on Buddhist Pilgrimage in Slocan Valley
MeditatorSlocan Retreat
Thank you so much Bhante!!! I am missing my meditation community 💕🙏🏼
Bhante Ānanda Buddhist Monk Pilgrimage Slocan Valley
MeditatorSlocan Retreat
Thanks Bhante, I really appreciate the time and effort from you and everyone else in hosting such an inspiring retreat.
Slocan Natural Samādhi Retreat Dhamma Hall Loving Kindness Boundless Love Retreat
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It is always so heart warming to receive your kind support; I must admit I have never encountered a monk who was this generous with his time and willing to go out of his way to assist other kaliyāna mittas. Allow me to thank you again 😊.
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MeditatorPersonal Guidance
“May you be the guiding light for many who are looking for the liberation. Great to be a part of your followers in Dhamma.”
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MeditatorFriend
Thank you for your guidance and encouragement. It is an honor to have been a participant in your retreat and to continue this journey alongside you.
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Past Retreats

Knuckles Forest Retreat, Sri Lanka

Natural Samādhi: Boundless Love Meditation to Nibbāna

A 10-Day – Loving-Kindness Meditation retreat with Bhante Ānanda
Natural Samādhi is the original teaching of the Buddha on how to develop mental collectedness

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Easter Retreat, California, US

This TWIM residential retreat spans Easter Holiday weekend. It will be led by Delson Armstrong, Rachael O’Brien, and Venerable Bhante Ananda.  They offer clarity in teaching meditation as described in the

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A Meditator's Story

Dear Bhante Ānanda,

At the end of a workshop at the meditation center, all participants had to draw a card which had something written on it to help and guide us at that time and for the future. My card said “love” and I thought it was such a good fit because of the Metta meditation and the retreats that I was able to do here.

 

This was just two days after you generously agreed to teach and guide me even after the retreat and during our stay in the months to come. I was overjoyed to be in this wonderful and lucky position since this was exactly what I had been wishing for for a long time before my trip to India – to practice TWIM and loving kindness meditation for an extended period of time under the guidance of a teacher. I had even asked to serve and stay at Dhamma Sukkha before coming to India but that wasn’t possible.

 

Now, the conditions and circumstances here with you were even better and more beautiful than what I could have ever wished and hoped for. I was able to learn this beautiful teaching of yours, have amazing and inspiring conversations and spend a lot of fun times together. I feel like I was able to make so much progress here and learned such a great amount from you from the time we had together.

 

After spending some time with you and practicing with your guidance it soon became clear to me what that card in the workshop was telling me. Of course, it told me to cultivate love for myself and others but it also directly pointed me towards you. Because what you represent for me is love. A living manifestation of unconditional love in this universe and in my life. When I was with you I felt like everything is okay, your smile always assured me that I am loved, that I can love myself. In your presence I felt like being in that ocean of love that I can tap into now. Your presence is pure love and I am sure you will continue to spread this amazing gift and help so many people with it.

 

Bhante, I want to thank you so much for your loving kindness and compassion towards me during all this time. Thank you for taking me in under your wings and showing me this amazing teaching through your beautiful books, videos, translations, retreats and interviews. Thank you for being there for me, asking me so many times if everything was okay and always uplifting my mind just at the right time when I needed it. Thank you for the fun times we spent, our trips to town, our walks, and the many jokes we made.

 

Thank you for being my wise friend.

 

Thank you for everything.