Currently in the spotlight:

There is Hope

This is a poem about hope. To read the same poem:
There is Hope.
Finding Light in the Darkness of Grief
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Ajahn Kalyano has been writing a series of articles entitled 'Times of Crisis' in response to the pandemic and the coronavirus. This is an ongoing process and new material will continually be uploaded here.

Some translated articles are also available in the Thai and Norwegian language sections.

 ​​Introduction
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A website of the reflective and creative work of the Theravada Buddhist monk Ajahn Kalyano.
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​Opening the sky

The path to liberation is one of cultivating the four foundations of mindfulness, bringing the body, feeling, mind and thought together into a single integrated experience.

We can use meditation, and Dhamma contemplation through art and poetry, to bring thought and feeling together. We can see how this opens the mind into space, like opening the sky, discovering the spiritual dimension. Here we can rediscover ourselves seeing our true relationship to the world around us.

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The Website 
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As well as traditional Dhamma teachings – artistic material and writings are combined with the aim of bringing all aspects of the spiritual path, head and heart, together into a single vision ​and to encourage you to use your own creativity on the path.

New to the whole thing? We recommend reading The Thread and/or browsing The Buddhist ABC in Talks.


​About Ajahn Kalyano

Born in Hitchin in 1961, Ajahn Kalyano has been a practising Buddhist since he was 17.  He began visiting Amaravati in the 1980’s.  As a layman his path of practice and enquiry led him to work in hospitals for nearly twenty years specialising in neurological rehabilitation and learning disabilities as a Clinical Psychologist, Physiotherapist and Tai chi teacher. 

He has a particular interest in exploring the relationship between body and mind.  He took a sabbatical from his Ph.D in psychology at Southampton University to be an anagarika at Chithurst monastery and stayed to take full ordination as a Bhikkhu in 1998 and has since travelled to Italy, Thailand and Australia.

Ajahn Kalyano is currently the abbot of Lokuttara Vihara (Skiptvet Buddhist Monastery) in Norway.
Website credits:

Conception and original design: Neil Anthony
Further design: Mikkel Stael Nannberg
Editing: Mikael Arvidsson and Mikkel Stael Nannberg