2025 Visit and Meditation Practice

Sayalay Sudassi and Sayalay Upasama will be at Pa Auk Georgia from April 9 to July 27. Welcome to visit us or to meditate with Sayalays during Sayalays’ stay.

Pa Auk Georgia will welcome meditators  who are interested in practicing the meditation method of Pa Auk tradition taught by the Buddha and will abide by the rules and regulations of the monastery during the entire stay.

Visitor or Meditator is required to submit a visit request long form and download, sign and email us a waiver form before coming to the monastery. In the form you will be asked for a brief statement about your meditation practice history and list of teachers you had followed. For your subsequent visit, we only need your visiting date and travel plan, please submit a 2nd visit form.

For meditator staying more than one day is required to fill out an additional accommodation form . Since our accommodation is very limited, meditator who will stay overnight or multiple nights is required  to receive an approval from the monastery for the duration of the stay before coming to the monastery.
Based on our accommodation availability, we will try our best to accommodate meditators. 

🟠 🟠 Registration & Application (Required):

❇️ All visits are required to submit a visit request long form .
❇️ All visits are required to download, sign and email us
(americadhammasociety@gmail.com ) a waiver form .
❇️ Additional accommodation form , if you are staying more than one day.❇️ 2nd visit form, for each subsequent visit.

Bhante Jinaratana

Bhante Jinaratana – He was born in Toronto, Canada.  He became interested in meditation and Buddhism while a student at the University of Toronto and eventually went to Sri Lanka  to ordain.  He received novice ordination in July 2011, and full ordination in June 2012, with Most Venerable Na-Uyane Ariyadhamma Mahāthera acting as preceptor for both ceremonies.  In total he spent nearly 8 years meditating at Nā-Uyana.  He also spent two years at Pa Auk, Pyin Oo Lwin, meditating under the guidance of Most Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw Āciṇṇa and Venerable Sayadaw U Kumārābhivamsa.  He spent Vassa 2024 at Pa Auk, Georgia, USA, in Ellijay, and continues to give online teachings in association with that group.  In June 2025 he conducted a 10-day meditation retreat at Dhamma Rain, Taiwan. In March 2026 he returned to Taiwan to lead two 5-day meditation retreats at  Dhamma Earth and Dhamma Rain.

勝寶尊者 (Bhante Jinaratana) – 出生於加拿大多倫多。就讀於多倫多大學時,開始對禪修與佛教產生興趣,之後前往斯里蘭卡出家。於2011年7月受沙彌戒,並於2012年6月受具足戒達上為比丘,戒師是 最尊敬的龍樹林聖法大長老,前後在龍樹林禪修將近八年。曾在緬甸的帕奧禪林彬烏倫眉繆分院兩年,依止最尊敬的帕奧禪師,及業處導師庫瑪拉毘旺薩尊者的指導下精進禪修。

2024年雨安居期間,駐錫於帕奧禪林美國喬州分院,並持續與該分院合作進行線上弘法。2025年6月,於台灣法雨道場引導十日禪修營。2026年3月,於台灣法域和法雨道場引導五日禪。

Sayadaw U Janakābhivaṃsa Lecture 2024

Daily Lecture from June 9, 2024 to July 5, 2024

** ZOOM ID 会议号: 963 5591 5537 | Pass 密码: 0505

Language: English with Chinese interpretation
语言:英文讲解、中文翻译

English Channel on Facebook Facebook.com/ PATVDH.SG

YouTube playlist of Chinese channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEDcbe4CnI2Enzt5ZJZ3eHgzGtklrFzWo&si=RB1JBzSRO0AJQYl

  • Organised by: Dhammadāyāda Meditation Center
  • Co-organised by: Tinh That Binh An Group
  • Cohost by: PATVH Georgia 帕奧禪林美國喬州分院
  • Cohost by: PATVDH Singapore 帕奥止观修行林(新加坡)

Sayadaw U Janakābhivaṃsa bio

2024 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒐𝒋𝒋𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂 𝑺𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒂

☸️ “𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒐𝒋𝒋𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂 𝑺𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒂

  • 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔” {Online}
    ☸️ 《覺支經 心要》- 线上
    — by Venerable Kovida
    — Pa Auk Meditation Teacher
    — 果維達尊者 帕奧禪林業處導師

Samsāre samsarantānam, sabbadukkha-vināsane; satta dhamme ca bojihaṅge, mārasenā-pamaddane.
Bujihitvā ye cime sattā, tibhavā muttakuttamā; ajāti-majarā-byādhim, amatam nibbhayam gatā.

The seven kinds of Dhamma are the Factors of Enlightenment, which destroy all sufferings of beings who wander through this samsara (rounds of birth and death) and defeat the army of Mara, the Evil One. Having realized the seven Dhammas, these persons were liberated from the three kinds of world (sensual, material, and immaterial). They have gone to Nibbana, where there is no birth, no decay, no sickness, deathlessness and fearlessness.

此七法是覺悟的條件,能摧毁流浪與輪迴 (生死輪迴)之眾生的一切苦, 並擊敗魔軍—邪惡者。覺悟此七法, 此人界解脫與三界 (欲界、色界、無色界)。他們已達無生、無哀,無病、無死及無惧的涅槃。

📍 Date日期:
* June 1-2 [Sat-Sun], 2024
* 2024 年 6 月 1-2 日【周六、日】

📍 Time 時間:
* USA West 美西: 傍晚 7:15—8:45pm
* Dhamma Talks, Q&A 佛法開示、問與答

📍 Place 地點:
UBEF, 14614 Palm Ave, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745

📍 Language 語言:
* English with Chinese interpretation
* 英文講解、中文翻譯

📍 Join Zoom Meeting 登入Zoom會議室
https://us02web.zoom.us/…/8115399FHQUxYTXRGSGJiSFpNSkgx
🔴 Meeting ID 會議號 : 811 5399 5486
🔴 Passcode 密碼 : 2022 02

  • Sponsor 主辦:PATVH, Georgia, USA
    帕奧禪林-美國喬州分院
  • CoSponsor 協辦 :UBEF 妙林蘭若
  • CoSponsor 協辦 :America Bhavana Society 美國禪修學會
  • Contact 聯繫:Janice +1 818-653-6883
  • americadhammasociety@gmail.com

Nikaya Workshop II – Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Satipatthāna-Samyutta (Connected Discourses on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness) 尼柯耶經生活坊-四念處相應
An University of the West Community Education Course 西來大學社區教育課 (CE-MED824):

Nikaya Study Workshop, an University of the West Community Education Course
December 22-28, 2023


❇️ RSVP required: https://bit.ly/3QXeKAC

❇️ Enroll for University of the West Certificate of Completion: https://www.uwest.edu/community-education-admissions/

This intensive class is suited for both new and experienced practitioners who wish to study and practice the Buddha’s core Satipatthana instructions. Through lectures and group discussions, we will unpack how these instructions help develop the stability of mind in daily life and support concentration, insight, and equanimity in meditation. At the end, participants will gain a solid foundation for applying mindfulness in daily living, and practicing meditation to reduce stress and develop wisdom.

這密集課程適合希望學習和實踐佛陀核心四念處教導的新和老練修行者。 透過講座和小組討論,我們將揭開如何培養日常生活中的平穩心、止禪、觀禪、和禪修平捨的步驟。 參與者將奠定堅固的正念基礎於日常生活和禪修中以減輕壓力並增上智慧。

❇️Date 日期: December 22 thru December 28, 2023 

❇️ Location 地點: UBEF  妙林蘭若 (14614 Palm Ave, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745)

❇️ Daily Schedule
🕛 Weekdays – Dhamma Talks of Special Topic Daily with Q&A/Discussions
Dec 22 (Fri), Dec 25-28 (Mon – Fri), 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
🕛 Weekends – Dhamma Talk and Meditation:
Dec 23 – 24 (Sat – Sun), 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
09:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.:   Dhamma Talk
 11:00 a.m. – 01:00 p.m.:    Lunch Break
01:00 p.m. – 03:00 p.m.:    Meditation
03:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.:    Dhamma Talk, Q&A/Discussions

❇️ RSVP required: https://bit.ly/3QXeKAC &
❇️  Enroll for University of the West Certificate of Completion: https://www.uwest.edu/community-education-admissions/

❇️ Language: Talks will be given in English, QnA with consecutive Chinese interpretation 英文講座, 問答中文口譯

❇️Sponsor 主辦:PATVH, Georgia, USA 帕奧禪林-美國喬州分院’;
❇️CoSponsor 協辦:University of the West, California 西來大學, 美國加州; UBEF 妙林蘭若
❇️Contact 聯繫: Janice +1 818-653-6883;americadhammasociety@gmail.com

Venerable Paññādhikālaṅkāra – Head of Pyinnyaryaungchi Buddhist Education Centre. Currently at University of the West, CA, US in Buddhist Studies Ph.D. program. Registrar of Mahāvihāra Dhamma-Vinaya University(MDVU), Founder of Pyinnyaryaungchi Buddhist Education Centre. 2012 M.A. in Buddhist Studies at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. 2015 Venerable followed the guidance of the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw in practicing meditation