Sunnataram Forest Monastery : Thai Forest Monastery Bundanoon, offering a Meditation Retreats program

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Every Sunday is a working bee. Please email us if you would like to help the monks working in the garden or cleaning. Thank you very much.

Every Tuesday

6 - 8 PM Buddhist Chanting, Guided Meditation & Dhamma talk by the monks. All are welcome.

Every Sunday

Buddhist talk and a short meditation session for people who are interested to learn Buddhism between 10 AM -12 PM.

Cancelled due to the highly infectious Delta variant virus. Please check this website for updates. Thanks.

Buddhism for HSC Students

After experiencing teaching Buddhism in many high schools, we have decided to include a section in our website to help those students studying Buddhism in HSC. Read more in 'Dhamma Teachings/Buddhism for Students'

Teaching Monks: Further Training in Australia

Sunnataram Forest Monastery now establishes a special training program: Teaching Monks: Further Training in Australia, to support international Buddhist monks who want to learn how to teach Buddhism in Australia and the West.

We welcome any non-Thai monk who would like to undertake this program to experience teaching Dhamma and helping Dhamma work in Australian culture for 3 months. Please email us.

Thank you & Sadhu

We would like to thanks to all friends who kindly donate Bunning Gift cards and other gift cards to the monks. We have been using them to purchase many building materials to maintain the monastery and to support our Dhamma teaching programs. May all happiness and wisdom be with all of us. Sadhu

A new release drone vdo of the monastery May 2021

Thanks to Mick Rattanapanyo for your kind help.

Wed 3 Mar 2021

Dhamma talk on Loving-kindness and a short meditation for Year 11 students at Frensham school, Mittagong.

Sat 6 Mar 2021

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10 AM -2 PM Dhamma talk and a short meditation for Bundanoon Garden Group at the monastery

Sun 7 Mar 2021

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10 AM -2 PM Dhamma talk and a short meditation for Chevalier Colledge student Year 11,.

Sun 4 Apr 21: Family Day for General Public

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Sun11 Apr 2021: Family Day for General Public

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Sun 18 Apr 2021: Family Day for General Public

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Sun 25 Apr 2021: Family Day for General Public

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Fri 30 Apr 2021:

 A very nice visit from a very special group of year 12 students, teachers and parent from Colo High School.

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Sun 2 May 21: Family Day for General Public

Sun 9 May 21: Happy Mother's Day

Tue 11 May 21

  Meditation workshop for Community Links Wellbeing staff

Fri 14 - Sun 16 May 21:

Meditation Workshop for University of New South Wales Buddhist Society

Wed 19 May 21

 Vesak Celebration at International Sham Shan temple, Morrisset

22-30 May 2021

Voice record of Dhamma teachings during Vesak Dhamma practise

Sun 6 Jun 21: Family Day for General Public

10.00 -11.00 AM            Guided meditation and Dhamma talk

11.00 AM- 12.00 PM    Lunch offering to monks and lunch for all.

1.00-3.00 PM              Visitors are welcome to help the monks working in the garden, cleaning or repairing the burnt monastery.

Sun 13 Jun 21: Family Day for General Public

10.00 -11.00 AM            Guided meditation and Dhamma talk

11.00 AM- 12.00 PM    Lunch offering to monks and lunch for all.

1.00-3.00 PM              Visitors are welcome to help the monks working in the garden, cleaning or repairing the burnt monastery.

Wed 16 Jun 21

 Chevalier College students visit the monastery

Sun 20 Jun 21: Family Day for General Public

10.00 -11.00 AM            Guided meditation and Dhamma talk

11.00 AM- 12.00 PM    Lunch offering to monks and lunch for all.

1.00-3.00 PM              Visitors are welcome to help the monks working in the garden, cleaning or repairing the burnt monastery.

Fri 25- Sun 27 Jun 21

Meditation Workshop for Australian National University Buddhist Society

Cancelled due to the spread of Covid-19

The monks are grateful and touched by all of your support and concerns.  We have received many phone calls and emails from many monks and nuns, supporters and retreat friends.  We wish everyone to be safe and peaceful.  With gratitude from all at Sunnataram Forest Monastery, Bundanoon.

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Account Name: Sunnataram Forest Monastery Incorporated

ANZ Bank, NSW, Australia

Swift code: ANZBAU3M

BSB: 012 547

Account No. 2370 37944

The monastery has been burnt twice by the Morton fire on 10 & 23 Jan 2020. We lost almost all Ladies' and Men's accommodation, 25 water tanks, water pumps, meditation bushland and a lot of building materials.

Thank you to everyone who has kindly made a donation to rebuild the monastery

Sadhu Anumodhana