Parayana Vihara

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-09-07 10:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-31 10:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-24 10:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-17 10:30 - 15:00, 2025-08-10 10:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
All are welcome to join a collective meal offering and/or Dhamma program. It is helpful if you RSVP here for the meal (available 3 weeks in advance).
Schedule:
10:30 am: Vihara opens, arrive with dish to share before meal time
11:00 am: Meal offering to the monastics followed by pot-luck, then clean-up
12:00 pm: Tea and visiting. All are welcome to arrive, leave, or stay during this time
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes. The library is open until 5:00 pm
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Wednesday Evening Puja
2025-09-03 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-08-27 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-08-20 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-08-13 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-08-06 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-07-23 18:30 - 19:45, 2025-07-16 18:30 - 19:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
Join the Pārāyana Vihāra community for our regular evening practice of meditation and chanting.
Puja begins at 6:30 pm. Please arrive a few minutes early and set up your seat. There are a variety of mats, cushions, chairs, and meditation benches for your use. We will begin with chanting, meditate together in silence, and close by sharing the merits of our practice.
The library is also open beginning at 4:00 pm on Wednesdays and you are welcome to stay until puja. We enter noble silence for the evening at the close of puja.

Day of Practice
2025-08-30 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Port Townsend Friends Meeting House, 1841 Sheridan St, Port Townsend, WA, 98368
Join Ayya Anandabodhi for a day of practice with the PT Sangha in Port Townsend.
No advance registration is required.

Fourth Sunday Dhamma
2025-08-24 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
An online Dhamma evening each month:
6:00 pm: Community meet & greet – an opportunity to get to know each other
6:30 pm: Taking Refuge (refuges & precepts via link or screen sharing)
6:45 pm: Meditation
7:15 pm: Dhamma talk & discussion
8:00 pm: Closing

Sign in details for Zoom (stays the same for each 4th Sunday)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 884 4921 4477
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Join by telephone
Meeting ID: 884 4921 4477
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Find your local number
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, please visit our donation page.

Saturday Morning Meditation and Teaching
2025-08-23 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Ayya Anandabodhi will be guest teaching at Clear Mountain’s Saturday Morning Meditation and Teaching program in Seattle.

Satipatthana in Practice
2025-08-16 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
On August 16, from 19 am to 12 noon PT, Buddhist Global Relief will host Satipaṭṭhāna in Practice, Event 2: Mindfulness of Feeling and Mindfulness of Mind. Offered over Zoom, this half-day of practice will be the second of a series dedicated to different establishments of mindfulness given over the course of 2025. In this session, we’ll be focusing on the second and third establishments of mindfulness—feeling tones (vedanā) and mind (citta).
With decades of experience in meditation and monastic training, Ayya Ānandabodhī and Dhammadīpā Roshi will offer guidance on developing these two establishments of mindfulness.
Registration is required via the BGR website.

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-08-03 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
All are welcome to join us for an afternoon Dhamma program. (Please note there is no meal offering this week.)
Schedule:
12:45 pm: Vihara opens
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes, the library
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Fourth Sunday Dhamma (on the Third Sunday!)
2025-07-20 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-07-20 10:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
All are welcome to join a collective meal offering and/or Dhamma program. It is helpful if you RSVP here for the meal (available 3 weeks in advance).
Schedule:
10:30 am: Vihara opens, arrive with dish to share before meal time
11:00 am: Meal offering to the monastics followed by pot-luck, then clean-up
12:00 pm: Tea and visiting. All are welcome to arrive, leave, or stay during this time
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-07-13 10:30 - 15:00, 2025-07-06 10:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
All are welcome to join a collective meal offering and/or Dhamma program. It is helpful if you RSVP here for the meal.
Schedule:
10:30 am: Vihara opens, arrive with dish to share before meal time
11:00 am: Meal offering to the monastics followed by pot-luck, then clean-up
12:00 pm: Tea and visiting. All are welcome to arrive, leave, or stay during this time
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Fourth Sunday Dhamma (on a fifth Sunday!)
2025-06-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-06-29 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
Schedule:
12:45 pm: Vihara opens
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Chanting, Joy, and the Seven Factors of Awakening
2025-06-17 - 2025-06-23 | Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, 149 Lockwood Road, Barre, MA, 01005
Teacher: Ayya Ānandabodhī

Fourth Sunday Dhamma
2025-05-25 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
An online Dhamma evening each month on the fourth Sunday
This month hosted by Samaneri Junha with a recorded reflection from Ayya Anandabodhi
6:00 pm: Community meet & greet – an opportunity to get to know each other
6:30 pm: Taking Refuge (refuges & precepts via link or screen sharing)
6:45 pm: Meditation
7:15 pm: Dhamma talk & discussion
8:00 pm: Closing

Sign in details for Zoom (stays the same for each 4th Sunday)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 884 4921 4477
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Join by telephone
Meeting ID: 884 4921 4477
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Find your local number
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, please visit our donation page.

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-05-25 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
In April and May, we will be exploring the Dhamma through the lens of the Ten Paramī – Ten Perfections, or “Ways to Cross Life’s Floods”. The Ten Paramī are: Generosity – Dāna; Morality – Sīla; Renunciation – Nekkhamma; Wisdom – Pañña; Energy – Viriya; Patience – Khanti; Truthfulness – Sacca; Resolve – Adhitthāna; Kindness – Mettā; and Equanimity – Upekkhā.
This week, Sāmaṇerī Juṇhā will explore Equanimity – Upekkhā.
Schedule:
12:45 pm: Vihara opens
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-05-18 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
In April and May, we will be exploring the Dhamma through the lens of the Ten Paramī – Ten Perfections, or “Ways to Cross Life’s Floods”. The Ten Paramī are: Generosity – Dāna; Morality – Sīla; Renunciation – Nekkhamma; Wisdom – Pañña; Energy – Viriya; Patience – Khanti; Truthfulness – Sacca; Resolve – Adhitthāna; Kindness – Mettā; and Equanimity – Upekkhā.
This week, Sāmaṇerī Juṇhā will explore Kindness – Mettā.
Schedule:
12:45 pm: Vihara opens
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-05-11 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
In April and May, we will be exploring the Dhamma through the lens of the Ten Paramī – Ten Perfections, or “Ways to Cross Life’s Floods”. The Ten Paramī are: Generosity – Dāna; Morality – Sīla; Renunciation – Nekkhamma; Wisdom – Pañña; Energy – Viriya; Patience – Khanti; Truthfulness – Sacca; Resolve – Adhitthāna; Kindness – Mettā; and Equanimity – Upekkhā.
This week, Sāmaṇerī Juṇhā will explore Resolve – Adhitthāna.
Schedule:
12:45 pm: Vihara opens
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-05-04 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
On the first Sunday of the month, there is an opportunity to take the Three Refuges and the Five Precepts (this is not required, and you are welcome to come and simply observe).
In April and May, we will be exploring the Dhamma through the lens of the Ten Paramī – Ten Perfections, or “Ways to Cross Life’s Floods”. The Ten Paramī are: Generosity – Dāna; Morality – Sīla; Renunciation – Nekkhamma; Wisdom – Pañña; Energy – Viriya; Patience – Khanti; Truthfulness – Sacca; Resolve – Adhitthāna; Kindness – Mettā; and Equanimity – Upekkhā.
This week, Sāmaṇerī Juṇhā will explore Patience & Truthfulness – Khanthi & Sacca.
Schedule:
12:45 pm: Vihara opens
1:00 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.

Sunday at the Vihara
2025-04-27 10:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Parayana Vihara
In April and May, we will be exploring the Dhamma through the lens of the Ten Paramī – Ten Perfections, or “Ways to Cross Life’s Floods”. The Ten Paramī are: Generosity – Dāna; Morality – Sīla; Renunciation – Nekkhamma; Wisdom – Pañña; Energy – Viriya; Patience – Khanti; Truthfulness – Sacca; Resolve – Adhitthāna; Kindness – Mettā; and Equanimity – Upekkhā.
This week, Ayya Ānandabodhī will explore Wisdom & Energy – Pañña & Viriya.
We invite you to join us for a meal and/or an afternoon Dhamma program at the Vihara:
Schedule:
10:30 am: Vihara opens, arrive with dish to share before meal-time
11:00 am: Meal offering to the monastics followed by pot-luck, then clean-up
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm: Tea and visiting. All are welcome to arrive, leave, or stay during this time
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm: Dhamma program including chanting, meditation, Dhamma and sharing
3:00 pm: Vihara closes
We are located at 1442 Gise St in Port Townsend. Please be considerate of our neighbors and others when parking. Street parking is available for about 4 cars at the vihara. Additional street parking is available on surrounding streets and the Haines Place Park & Ride is a short walk away.
The teachings are freely given. If you would like to offer dana, there is a dana basket at the vihāra or you may offer online at our donation page.
