Tribute

This year, we would like to share a gathering via Zoom to commemorate Master Dhiravamsa, who entered parinibbāna four years ago, on July 28, 2021.

• From 6:30 am to 7:30 am (CEST), a Silent Meditation will be led by Janine Jutima to connect with gratitude and Mettā love for Master Dhiravamsa, and for all the light and blessings he has given us both during his life and beyond, which are still so present in our hearts today.
• In the evening, from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm (CEST), Tew Bunnag will lead Blessing Chants and a Meditation.

Throughout the day, we will also make Tamboon for Ajahn Dhiravamsa, raising funds for Save the Children in Gaza.
(Tamboon: making merit and offering the benefits to another)

I warmly invite you all to gather with love and infinite gratitude, to stay connected and keep alive and in motion our love and recognition for one of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time.

With unlimited Mettā love,
Janine Jutima

Place: Live Video Conference via Zoom
Date: Monday, July 28, 2025
Time: 6:30 am and 7:30 pm (CEST)
Cost: Free

This year, I would like us to gather at Tew Bunnag’s home to commemorate Master Dhiravamsa, who entered parinibbāna three years ago, on July 28, 2021.

At 10:30 am, a Tai Chi practice led by Tew is proposed, dedicated to making tamboon for Dhiravamsa (tamboon: making merit and offering the benefits to another). Funds will be raised for Save the Children in Gaza. Afterwards, drinks and light refreshments will be shared, with each person bringing something to share with the group.

I warmly invite you all to come together in love and infinite gratitude for being and staying connected, and for keeping alive and in motion our love and appreciation for one of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time.

With unlimited Mettā love,
Janine Jutima

Place: Madremanya (Girona)
Date: Sunday, July 28, 2024
Time: From 10:30 am onwards
Cost: Free
What to bring: Something to share

Fotos Homenaje 2024

I would like to invite you to spend an afternoon among Dharma friends to remember and honor Master Dhiravamsa. It will take place this coming Friday, July 28, 2023, marking two years since his physical absence.

The idea is to organize a relaxed gathering at Hotel Mas Lazuli, to enjoy each other’s company with some food and drinks in a beautiful and peaceful setting—just as Dhira also liked to enjoy life, without attachment. As he used to say: “We are consumers of pleasure; even so, it must be done with awareness, so as not to become attached. Enjoy them and let them go.”

Reception will begin at 12:30 pm with an aperitif. From 1:30 pm onwards, a sharing-style menu will be served. We can relax and enjoy our time together for as long as we wish.

I hope to see again those who joined last year, and also those who were not able to come. This year there will be no formal ceremony, only a coming together from love and essence—connecting from our hearts with all who are present and those who are not. As Dhira said: “Even when we are not together, we are always connected.”

Sending warm wishes to everyone, with unlimited Mettā,
Janine Jutima

In July 2022, the journey began to return Master Dhiravamsa’s ashes from Spain to his hometown of Yasothon, Thailand. To bless this journey and to express gratitude for Master Dhiravamsa’s lifelong dedication, three gatherings were organized so that his students, friends, and loved ones could come together to honor him.

The journey began in La Palma (Canary Islands), the Master’s last place of residence, and continued to Gran Canaria, where he lived and taught the Dharma and meditation for many years. The first gathering was held there on July 23, 2022.

We then met in Catalonia on July 28, 2022 (marking one year since his passing), in the Pyrenees mountains, near the first place to which Dhiravamsa was invited when he came to Spain more than thirty years ago.

Finally, the last ceremony took place in Master Dhiravamsa’s hometown of Yasothon (Thailand) on August 7, 2022. His family has built a stupa where his ashes will rest, in accordance with Thai tradition and the wishes of the family.

July 23, 2022 – Blessing Ceremony in Gran Canaria
8:30 am – Bus ride to Azuaje Ravine
11:00 am – Walking and meditation in farewell, offering good wishes to Master Dhiravamsa
2:00 pm – Shared picnic
4:00 pm – Return by bus to Las Palmas

July 28, 2022 – Gratitude Ceremony on the 1st Anniversary (Les Gavatxes)
11:00 am – Welcome, chanting of mantras, and meditation in gratitude and remembrance of Master Ajahn Dhiravamsa
12:00 pm – Walking meditation to the river to offer rose petals
2:00 pm – Meal

August 7, 2022 – Farewell Ceremony in Master Dhiravamsa’s Hometown, Yasothon (Thailand)

• Thursday, October 28, 2021: Energetic Birthday
• Friday, November 5, 2021: Biological Birthday (100 days)
• Saturday, November 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2021

Next Thursday, October 28, 2021, we will celebrate the energetic birthday of Master Dhiravamsa with a Mettā meditation via Zoom. In his autobiography, Union of Opposites, he explains why this day was so important to him: it was the day on which he experienced an energetic healing that restored his energy body, making him feel 23 years younger.

On Friday, November 5, 2021, we will hold another Mettā meditation to celebrate what would have been the biological birthday of Master Dhiravamsa, who was born 87 years earlier, in 1934.

Throughout the month of November, on every Saturday (6, 13, 20 and 27), we will also gather both in the morning and in the afternoon. Dhiravamsa was born on a Saturday and considered all Saturdays of the year to be the days when the energy was most favorable for him. He also used to celebrate the entire month of November as the month of his birth. For this reason, I feel that these meaningful dates are a good opportunity for us to come together and meditate as a group.

I propose that the focus of all our meditations throughout November be Mettā (universal and unconditional love, and all good wishes). You may join the group through the Zoom link, whether for a single day or for all the sessions. If the proposed schedule does not suit you, you may also meditate on your own, connecting at the level of energy and awareness with the whole group.

With good wishes to all, may all the benefits of our practice be for all sentient beings, especially for our beloved Master Dhiravamsa.

On Friday 15th October 2021, one of the lava flows of the volcano of La Palma has engulfed the estate (La Palma Magica) where Dhiravamsa had in recent years located what was to become his meditation centre in the Canary Islands. After Dhiravamsa's death, a sanctuary was to be located there, to which everyone could have access and honour the memory of the master. The universe and nature have decided that these plans will not be realised. With all my love, Mettâ and Karunâ, for the owners of the finca Esteban and Liliana and all the inhabitants of La Palma May the universe welcome and protect them.

Next Wednesday 15th September 2021 at 19h (Canary Islands), we will meet through zoom as a tribute to Master Dhiravamsa, 49 days since his passing away last 28th July, to stay connected, together in practice and on the path, as he would have wanted us to do.

Programme (Canarian Time):
19:00h - connection and welcome
19:15h - meditation with the chanting of blessings by the master (recorded on video)
20:00h - playback of a dharma talk by Dhiravamsa (recorded on video)
21:00h - end

With all my love Mettā and with great joy I look forward to connecting with you in a few days. Let us be one with all and send our love to all sentient beings and especially to our beloved master Dhiravamsa.

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Let this sharing serve as a final tribute to Dhiravamsa and to honour his wise and loving teachings so that we may continue to extend unlimited Metta for the benefit of his soul, as well as for ourselves, for all beings and for the generous planet Earth that welcomes us in our journey. A big hug to all with infinite Mettâ from, Guillermo Leyva, Janine Jutima and Carmen Casamitjana.

We will celebrate a small intimate ceremony for Dhiravamsa on Saturday morning 07/31/2021 at 8:45h. I explain the ceremony. We start with: Namo Tassa Bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa and Buddham saranam gacchami. At 9:20 am the ritual consists of burning pieces of paper with the candle and putting the remains in the bowl of water. During this time we chant: Gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāha (Go, go, go beyond, beyond the beyond, to the shore of enlightenment). If you want to participate, you can have a flower, a candle, a bowl of water, matches, a piece of paper and a pen. This is the ceremony that Dhiravamsa taught me (Tew Bunnag).

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Fotos Madremanya 2021

On 28 July 2021, at the age of 86 and after a life dedicated to the dharma and all sentient beings, Ajahn Dhiravamsa took his last breath in full consciousness and in his own words was calm, quiet and clear, ready to let go of all aggregates. Ajahn Dhiravamsa left this plane of existence giving a great example of love and wisdom.

With boundless love and Metta he was accompanied by hundreds of his students, disciples, friends and relatives from all parts of the earth in meditation and in their hearts. May his teachings, understandings and love continue to flow in all our hearts to walk this wonderful path that the Buddha discovered and that Dhiravamsa has shown us and that he himself has lived every second of his life until his death, and thus honour his legacy. May we all attain liberation.