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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.

Update on Bushfire: The Monks are Back

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Saturday, 14th December

  • Sala Still Intact

On Thursday, 12th December, the monks were allowed to return to the monastery.   We were pleased to see that the majority of the infrastructure were still intact.  The following were untouched by the fire:  kitchen/office area, Sala, Sangha House,  all the cabins in the lay village, and last but not least, the WBD sign at the entrance.  The fire consumed:  three meditation huts (Thera Kuti, Rock Kuti, and Kuti #7),  three water tanks, 9 wooden meditation paths, woodpile near lay shower block and a many meters of plastic water pipes.   The pictures below does not properly capture how amazing it is that most of the structures were not burnt.  In many cases, the bush around the huts were decimated, charred and burnt to the ground, yet the huts themselves  show little signs of fire/smoke damage.  For this we have the Rural Fire Service to thank for with the water bombing from the helicopters.   However, without the help of our friends in Thailand ie Luang Por Piak and Tan Ajahn Dtun, we think the damage would have been much much worse. 

Our first priority is to get water to the Monks Area as the water tanks are empty due to the pipes being damaged from the fire.  However, the kitchen/office area is fully functional and people are able to come and offer dana.  As there is still an active fire in the area, the Wisemans Ferry Road is closed to non-residents.  Fortunately, visitors to the monastery are exempted from the road block, if you tell them you’re coming to bring food to the monks.   We will be organising Good Karma Weekends to help with the clean up and restoration of the monastery over the next few weekends.  

Again, we would like to express much gratitude for the outpour of support and good wishes from local and overseas friends.

Photos of Bushfire at WBD