Student of the Path

This is the home of Sāmaṇera Jayantha who resides at Bhavana Society. If you would like to get in touch with Jayantha click on one of the small white circles below this intro text for Email, Student of the Path on Youtube, and Social Media. You will find little else but straight Dhamma on this page as well as writings about life at Bhavana and an personal insights into his journey into homelessness.

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Final Retreat of the Year Begins Friday - 10 Perceptions of Girimandana

spots open. https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maggasekha/maggasekha-zoom-retreat-the-10-perceptions-of-girimandana

[jayantha]

3CE Retreat now Public

Last weekends retreat on the Three Characteristics of Existence is now public and up. Each video consists of a half hour dhamma talk followed by an hour long guided meditation. part 1 – https://youtube.com/live/rEg_hHE-X00 part 2 – https://youtube.com/live/8QIOYjv_z9Q part 3 – https://youtube.com/live/uVFmUK53MIU Part 4 – https://youtube.com/live/JJStC-PRFTM

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Next Retreat - October 10th - 10 Perceptions

This retreat covers a very important sutta where the Buddha gives 10 perceptions that help Girimandana get over his sickness, but more importantly aid on the quest for freedom from suffering. Space still available – https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maggasekha/maggasekha-zoom-retreat-the-10-perceptions-of-girimandana

[jayantha]

Three Characteristics of Existance Retreat Begins Friday

spots open, come join us ! https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maggasekha/maggasekha-zoom-retreat-seeing-reality-as-it-it-is-the-three-characteristics-of-existence

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Next Retreat on the Weekend of September 19th-21st : Three Characteristics of Existence

https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maggasekha/maggasekha-zoom-retreat-seeing-reality-as-it-it-is-the-three-characteristics-of-existence

[jayantha]

Maggasekha Retreat This Weekend : Satipatthana

This Friday begins the weekend zoom retreat on Satipatthana. Spaces still available to join us. https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maggasekha/maggasekha-zoom-retreat-satipatthana-the-foundations-of-mindfulness

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New Feature on Maggasekha Youtube Channel - Communities

So it seems while I was at Abhayagiri, Youtube rolled out community/social media features for youtube channels now. It is something the channel owner has to turn on, which I have. It is a bit confusing because I think this feature is only in the mobile app, not on desktop. Test it out and give me feedback if you would like to. Here is a short video explaining what is now available on Maggasekha…

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Join the Maggasekha Community on Discord

Most of you may know there is an community on the website/app called discord. We are actually hitting out 10th year of existence next year. In the old days we use to give open invites to people on reddit and other places, and it become too crazy, so the past five years or so we have only brought people in by word of mouth and me mentioning it on my streams. One thing I realized I never did…

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First Retreat Registration (of 3) is up - August 15-17th, Satipatthana Zoom Retreat

https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/maggasekha/maggasekha-zoom-retreat-satipatthana-the-foundations-of-mindfulness

[jayantha]

Dhammaplooza Returns - Tonight at 7pm est

Dhammapalooza : 7 -14-25

Dhammapalooza, Mondays at 7 pm (NY utc -5), is a weekly two-hour Livestream event of Dhamma. It often includes chanting, sutta readings, Q&

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Back in New Jersey for Vassa, all regular events resumed, Weekend Zoom Retreats Coming Up

Greetings friends, It’s been about six weeks since my last post, which I made right before entering Abhayagiri at the beginning of June. As stated the initial plan was to go for a month, and then a decision would be made for me to stay for the vassa or not. I find it quite funny that the thing that in the end caused me to be unable to stay at Abhayagiri, was nowhere near on the list of possible…

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Abhayagiri Tomorrow- and Fundraising Update

As of tomorrow I will be at abhayagiri and my internet access will be severely limited. As stated before I will most likely be able to check emails once a week, so if you need to get in contact with me you can. Ive been calling apartments in Denver to ask a few questions. It turns out that for proof of income all they need is to see that the money is entering a bank account monthly. this means…

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Heading to California Soon - Maggasekha Events Shutting Down for Now

I have mentioned my plans throughout the past year to prepare friends and supporters, but the time has almost arrived for me to go to California. The plan will be for me to stay at Abhayagiri Monastery through June and into July. This will provide the Ajahns there time to see how well I meld with the community and whether my presence there for the Vassa would be appropriate. At that point a…

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Loss, Gratitude, and Flights

There is a gentleman who works for a corporation in the airline industry who has been generously covering most of my airline flights for the past three years, which is no small task since I’ve been flying to California and Colorado regularly. Recently I was informed that at least for the next year or perhaps indefinitely my flights would no longer be covered. This is a sad loss, but also a chance…

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In Fort Collins this Weekend

I will be leading a two hour event, consisting of meditation, Dhamma talk, and Q&A on Saturday, the 19th in the early afternoon, information here :Saturday, April 19th, 1pm-3pmPetrichor Collective (Art Gallery)131 E Lincoln Ave Ste. C, Fort Collins, CO 80524 I will also be doing at least one pindapat ( monastic wandering for alms) in Fort Collins. Saturday morning should certainly be the main…

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Library Dhamma Session Tonight in Denver

Tuesday, April 15 Woodbury Branch Library – Denver Woodbury Basement Community Room 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

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Website Changes

I’ve decided to do some fiddling on the website, please give feedback regarding the changes if you like or dislike. Basically all I’ve done is got rid of the sidebar so that the posts aren’t scrunched up to one side as they have been for years. I added the content from the sidebar to pages in the top menu, so nothing is lost, just moved.