Meet the Bodhi Tree Foundation

Hi! Welcome to the Bodhi Tree Foundation website. We’re glad you’re visiting us, and here’s a brief overview of what the Foundation does, how you can benefit from our work, and how you can support the activities we undertake.

The Bodhi Tree Foundation is made up of lay people inspired by the Buddha’s teachings under the leadership of a Sangha of monks ordained in the Thai Forest Tradition. The most important goal of our activities – the creation of a Buddhist hermitage – has already been achieved. Currently, we are focusing on further developing the hermitage, so that it can serve the Sangha and the lay people who visit us.

Besides Ajahn Kondañño, the Foundation’s Programme Council includes Ajahn Ñāṇamoli Thero (Hillside Hermitage, Slovenia) and Ajahn Phāsuko (Samanadipa Monstery, Slovenia). It is these two places that are our inspiration for creating practice conditions in Poland for recluses leading a life, outside the mainstream Buddhist traditions. On Samanadipa’s website you will find more information about the monastery’s premises and how it functions.

The hermitage is a unique place on the map of Poland – a place where people interested in the teachings of the Pali Canon can get support on the path. Ajahn Kondañño is a monk of Polish descent, so that the Dhamma is available to us without the language barrier that is so often an obstacle to comprehending, receiving and developing wisdom and meditation practice.

In pursuit of our mission to spread the consistent and clear teachings of early Buddhism, we will also translate and publish books on Buddhist topics, organize meetings of lay people with the Sangha, and support and integrate local groups and communities interested in the teachings of the Pali Canon. You can learn more about our objectives in the Bodhi Tree Foundation’s Statute.

Please visit our website for up-to-date information on events organized by the Foundation.

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