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Wat Enew December 2025

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MONASTERY REPORT
 

LP Piak Answers Questions at the Sala April 2025
Black-eyed Susan Blooming
Wild Warratah at the Wat

 Comings & Goings
          WBD
Monks

  1. Anagarika Luke became Samanera Satimanto on 21st June 2025. 
  2. Luang Por Tiradhammo will be in Maylaysia and Thailand in December for Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day and LP Chah Memorial Celebrations in Ubon.  He will leave 24th December and return around end of January 2026
  3. Venerable Nanda is expected to arrive 7th December and stay for about 1-2 years.  He has spent five rains at Wat Boonyawad. It’s his first time at WBD.  
  4. Ajahn Khemavaro will be visiting the USA in early February.

Wat Buddha Metta (WBM)

  • Robes Offering on Sunday 23rd November.  Donations from the event will be used to upgrade the track to the sala.
  • Ajahn Boh  and Ajahn Noi will be traveling to India from 25 February to 6 March 2026.
  • During this period, Ajahn Wichian and Ajahn Maha Air from Nigrodharama Forest Monastery in Melbourne will reside at Wat Buddha Metta.
  • Ajahn Bom is currently staying at Vimokkharam Hermitage in VIC.  
  • Ajahn Noi will return to Thailand in March after his visit to India.  Ajahn Boh will come back to WBM with Ajahn Dtun in March.
  • LP Dtun will bring Phra Praphan from Thailand, who will join Wat Buddha Metta as a resident monk.

Dhammacakka Forest Monastery (DFM)

  1. Ajahn Sumangalo from Seymour Monastery plans to be at DFM from January for about 1-2 months.
  2. Venerable Pannya plans to visit around December. He’s awaiting approval for his visa.

   
Retreats
New Year Retreat 2024-2025 with Ajahn Khemavaro was held in December. The next retreat is the 5-day New Year Retreat (28 Dec–1 Jan). To register, please see below. Easter Retreat dates will be confirmed later.
 
Potential Visits from Senior Monks
Ajahn Dtun plans to visit Australia in March 2026.
LP Piak also plans to visit WBD in 2026. More details will be available in March/April 2026. 
 
Completed Projects 2025
Abbot’s kuti was finished end of 2024.
Upgrade of Solar Powered System (54 panels, 10 X 2.5 kW Lithium Batteries)
 
Building Projects for 2026
Earth work around Old Kitchen and Cynthia’s House
Decking and roof renovation for Cynthia House
Decking for Old Kitchen

The Wisdom of Stillness
5-Day New Year Retreat
with Ajahn Khemavaro
Sunday 28th December to Thursday 1st January 2026
To register, click on link: 
New Year Retreat Registration
 
Vesak Weekend Retreat
with Ajahn Khemavaro
Friday 29th to Sunday 31st May 2026
 
Rains Retreat 2026
30th July to 23rd October
Rains Retreat at the Wat. 
To serve and to deepen your practice. 
Minimum stay of one month and priority will be given to those who can commit for the entire three months. 


Recent Dhamma Talks on YouTube

Good Questions Good Answers
by LP Piak

Understanding the Stages of Samadhi
by LP Piak

Sutta Class 2:  Right View:  Finding the Roadmap to  Life
by Ajahn Tiradhammo

Sutta Class 3:  Causality:  Finding the Root Cause of Suffering
by Ajahn Tiradhammo

How to be in Love with Life
by Ajahn Khemavaro

The Bliss of Stillness
by Ajahn Khemavaro

Picture Gallery:

Ajahn Dtun at Wat Buddha Metta 2025

Luang Por Piak 2025

A Time to Love
 
Devotion is from the heart; it’s not a rational thing.  You can’t make yourself feel love or devotion just because you like the idea of it.  It’s when you’re not attached, when your heart is open, receptive and free, that you begin to experience what pure love is.  Loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity—these come from an empty mind; not from a sterile position of annihilating feeling, but from a heart that is not deluded, not blinded by ideas of self or others, or by passions of some kind or other.  
 
When the heart is free from illusions of self, a loving quality arises in the pure joy of being.  It’s not expected to last or be permanent.  It is not to be made into anything.  It’s just the natural way of things.  So when you contemplate in that way, that is the way of faith and trust and devotion. 

Excerpts from A Time to Love
Volume 3 of The Anthology by Ajahn Sumedho

To register for upcoming retreats, please register at Eventbrite or click on link attached to that retreat. For more info regarding the monastery, visit our website www.wbd.org.au.  For further enquiries, please email wbdretreats@gmail.com or call the office at 0409-389-887 between 9 – 12 noon.

Robes Offering Ceremony

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Sunday 16th October 2022

Arrival                                9:00  – 10:00 am                                   
Almsround & Lunch         10:00  – 12:00 pm
Ceremony                        12:00  –   1:00 pm
Guided Tour                       1:00  –   2:00 pm

The Robes Offering Ceremony marks the end of the Rains Retreat. On this occasion we rejoice in having spent the past three months at the Wat dedicated to the cultivation peace and kindness. This is a rare opportunity to take part in an old and inspiring Buddhist ceremony and a chance to connect with other practitioners.

The core values that are celebrated during the Kathina are those that make living together in harmony possible; qualities like kindness, compassion, patience and acceptance.  In our sometimes confusing and competitive world, it is important to remember that our own sense of well-being cannot be secure unless it is founded on acts of generosity and goodwill to others.

The ceremony will include taking the Three Refuges and Five Precepts, auspicious chanting and Dhamma talks by Luang Por Tiradhammo and Ajahn Khemavaro. After the ceremony there will be a monastery tour, where visitors can see some monks’ huts.

For further info, please call 0409 389-887 between 8-10 am and 11am -1 pm or email: wbdoffice@gmail.com.

Robes will be available for offering at the monastery.  
 

Community List for Rains 2022

Monks
LP Tiradhammo               
Ajahn Khemavaro                                                    
Venerable Panyannda

Layguests

Megan
Annie
Tommy
Jackie
David
Yuliana 

The Beauty of Simplicity and Silence
Weekend Retreat
with Ajahn Khemavaro
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th October 2022
Weekend Retreat Registration

Wisdom of Stillness
New Year Retreat
with Ajahn Khemavaro
Friday 30th to Monday 2nd January 2023
New Year Retreat Registration                             

Recent Talks on YouTube:

Sutta Class Rains Retreat 2022 Session #2
Three Cardinal Discourses of the Buddha
by Ajahn Tiradhammo

Sutta Class Rains Retreat 2022 #3
The Progressive Path to Freedom
by Ajahn Tiradhammo
 
The Life and Teachings of Ajahn Chah 
by Ajahn Tiradhammo

Guided Meditation 
by Ajahn Tiradhammo

Freedom from Desire Not Freedom of Desire
by Ajahn Khemavaro

Transcending Suffering Through Understanding
by Ajahn Khemavaro

Kathina 2019


For further enquiries, please email:  wbdoffice@gmail.com or call the office at 0409-389-887 between 8 – 12 noon.

Doubts and Other Demons


Q: What can I do about doubts? Some days I’m plagued with doubts about the practice or my own progress or the teacher.

A: Doubting is natural. Everyone starts with doubts. You can learn a great deal from them. What is important is that you don’t identify with your doubts. That is, don’t get caught up in them, letting your mind spin in endless circles. Instead, watch the whole process of doubting, of wondering. See who it is that doubts. See how doubts come and go. Then you will no longer be victimized by your doubts. You will step outside of them, and your mind will be quiet. You can see how all things come and go. Just let go of what you’re attached to. Let go of your doubts and simply watch. This is how to end doubting.

Q: These days, there seem to be so many teachers and so many different systems of meditation that it’s confusing. Which one should I follow?

A: It’s like going into town. One can approach from the north, from the southeast, from many roads. Often these systems just differ outwardly. Whether you walk one way or another, fast or slow, if you are mindful, it’s all the same. There’s one essential point that all good practice must eventually come to-not clinging. In the end, you must let go of all meditation systems. Nor can you cling to the teacher. If a system leads to relinquishment, to not clinging, then it is correct practice.

You may wish to travel, to visit other teachers and try other systems. Some of you have already done so. This is a natural desire. You will find out that a thousand questions asked and knowledge of many systems will not bring you to the truth. Eventually you will get bored. You will see that only by stopping and examining your own heart can you find out what the Buddha talked about. No need to go searching outside yourself. Eventually, you must return to face your own true nature. Right where you are is where you can understand the Dharma. 

An excerpt from Still Forest Pool by Ajahn Chah