by Colleen Glass | Oct 7, 2016 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Social Events, Study Group
Good morning Friends and Members of the OBS, Our last newsletter explored how the Buddhist doctrine of impermanence (anicca) can manifest itself in day-to-day life. The transitory nature of our existence can cast a pall of uncertainty over our lives. This uncertainty...
by Colleen Glass | Jun 5, 2016 | Newsletters, Retreats, Soup Kitchen, Study Group
OBS Newsletter – June 3, 2016 Good afternoon friends and members of the OBS, June is a month of solstice, the time when the Earth is farthest from the equator. In the Northern Hemisphere, this results in the longest day of the year – falling on June 20th this year....
by Colleen Glass | Apr 8, 2016 | Newsletters, Social Events, Study Group
Good evening friends and members of the OBS, As we patiently welcome back spring to the Ottawa Valley, (pausing to gaze out the window), we simultaneously, welcome back our local exemplary sisters and monks as they emerge from their three month winter retreats at Sati...
by Colleen Glass | Mar 4, 2016 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Study Group
Good afternoon friends and members of the OBS, The sun is now on its return path meanwhile the longer winter nights and stormy weather have provided us with time for dhamma study, not unlike the nuns and monks on winter retreat near Perth. Ajahn Passano’s...
by Colleen Glass | Nov 6, 2015 | Community, DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, OBS Board News, Study Group
Dear Friends and OBS Members, Ten years ago …’on November 5, 2005 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in the presence of 56 meditation students and Buddhist friends, Ajahn Viradhammo shared his vision of a small monastery for one or more monks to be located within...
by obs_admin | Oct 2, 2015 | DoM Updates, Friday Evening Meetings, Newsletters, Study Group
Sisters Anuruddha, Ahimsa, Ayya Medhanandi and Sister Nimila Good afternoon everyone, Before looking forward its wonderful to look back at the joyful ordination of Samaneri Anuruddha at Sati Saraniya Hermitage on September 13th. The well wishers gathered for...
