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

 เพื่อป้องกันการระบาดของเชื้อไวรัส ทางวัดบันดานูน จึงได้ให้ความร่วมมือกับองค์การอนามัยชุมชน ยุติการชุมนุมของประชาชน ที่จะมาทำบุญที่วัดฯ จนกว่าจะปลอดภัย จึงขออภัยในความไม่สะดวกมา ณ ที่นี้ หากสาธุชนปรารถนาจะทำบุญ หรือทอดผ้าป่าonline กรุณาโอนปัจจัยเข้าสู่บัญชีธนาคารของวัดได้โดยตรง ขอให้ทุกท่านหลีกเลี่ยงการชุมนุม หมั่นออกกำลังกายภายใน ทานอาหารสมุนไพร เครื่องแกงไทย ๆ และหมั่นสวดมนต์ ทำสมาธิภาวนา เสริมพลังลมปราณ ไทจิ หรือโยคะ และเจริญวิปัสสนา เห็นทุกอย่างเป็นอนิจจัง ทุกขัง อนัตตา ปล่อยวางความกังวล ทำจิตให้สบาย ขอคุณพระรัตนตรัยได้อภิบาลคุ้มครองรักษา ให้ทุกท่านมีความสุข ความเจริญยิ่งไปเทอญ

To prevent the spread of coronovirus amongst our communities and friends, the monastery needs to follow advises from health organizations by locking down the monastery until further notice. However, people can still support the monastery by making direct deposit to the monastery account for food and general expenses of the monks and the monastery. The monks wish all of us to exercise regularly, staying away from a big gathering, eat healthy food, do more chanting and meditation to keep calm and enhance our immunity. Practise Vipassana meditation by reflecting on Impermance and Non-self to overcome stress, fear and anxiety. May the Blessings of the Buddha protect all of us from this disease. May all of us have good health, longivity, prosperity and wisdom. Sadhu

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.

Update May 2020

Thank you for all kind helpers and donation. During this lockdown, monks have been cleaning up the monastery everyday non-stop since Jan 20. Please stay safe and practise more mindful breathing at home. All monks send our Metta to all of us. Please click here to see more photos in Gallery/ 2020

Please click on the photos to see update records

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 a new meditation hall and a dinning & kitchen hall.

To protect everyone’s kind donation and the monastery, we do not allow anyone to do advertising or raise funds on behalf of the monastery, without approval from the committee of Sunnataram Forest Monastery Incorporated.

We are most grateful for your direct deposit to our account:

Thank you very much. Sadhu Anumodhana

Thank you for your kind thought, however the monastery is locked down due to the coronovirus pandemic. The working bee operation will be resumed after the virus has gone.

Instagram

To follow up our current activities, please visit Instagram @kimmcsweeney52  or   #sunnataramforestmonastery.

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 11 AM -2 PM.

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