Journey
Peace Architect Training IX
Saturday, December 31, 2022
The 40 Peace Architects from 23 countries mention that this meditation retreat is a massive upgrade to their meditation experience after 3 years of hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read moreThe 2022 Fit Summit Bangkok
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
I went to guide a meditation session at the fit summit. The venue is located at the Sofitel Bangkok hotel, Sukhumvit road. The meditation happened on the morning of 30th November with about 50 participants mainly international people.
Read moreMonk Life Thailand
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
In 2022, I taught for five ordination programs in the Monk Life Thailand project. There were 48 ordinands from 33 countries who came to be ordained at the iMonastery, in Pa Pae, Chiang Mai, Thailand.".
Read moreFAQs about the monk’s life of LP John Paramai
Saturday, January 1, 2022
This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions that people ask me while I travel to teach meditation around the world. Many people don’t know much about Buddhism. Some don’t know anything about the monk’s life at all.
Read moreOnline Meditation with Zoom
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Dr. Sith Chaisurote invited me to guide an online meditation session with Zoom Video Communications, Inc, the most well-known video conferencing app used during the COVID-19 pandemic. The session happened around 13:00 Thai local time, and it was meant mainly for the employees who live in Asia like India, Japan, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand.
Read moreAMANI African Youth Training 4
Friday, February 28, 2020
LP Pasura and I went to help facilitate an AMANI African Youth Training #4 **for 24 young Africans** from Algeria, Botswana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda at Himmawan Sanctuary, Loei province, Thailand from 15-27 February 2020.
Read moreJourney # 95 Albania
Thursday, February 6, 2020
In December 2019, I visited Albania to organize a series of mindfulness and meditation for psychologists in Tirana. The program is called the inner life, which is organized by an acclaimed psychologist Fleura Shkembi, endorsed by the Albanian Order of Psychologists in Tirana. The training went for 2 days with 4 meditation sessions. Who would have known that this is going to be my last international trip before a hiatus for several years.
Read moreJourney #93 – Rwanda
Sunday, November 10, 2019
My visit to Rwanda is for two purposes. The first is to join an Amandla African Youth Fellowship from October 16-18, 2019. The second is to guide meditation in various PIPO sessions in Kigali as well as other cities.
Read moreJourney #92 – Taiwan
Sunday, October 6, 2019
I was invited to give an opening speech as well as a talk on my experience in teaching meditation worldwide in the International forum of tri-tradition buddhism organised in the Grand Hotel, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The forum aims to promote unity among Buddhist schools and show possibility of how monks, Bhikkunis and laity can develop collaboration in order to disseminate peace in the community they belong to. There were 401 participants who joined the forum over the weekend. I also had a chance on guiding two short meditation sessions on the stage and the result was amazing. I hope this friendship is going to be a beginning of a new era where the the unity between all Buddhist schools will help restore peace and happiness to humankind.
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