Saturday online meeting with Ajahn Candā.
We warmly invite all those who wish to deepen their practice and work on themselves in the spirit of the Dhamma to a meeting with Ajahn Candā.
Ajahn Candā encountered the Dhamma in 1996 in India. She lived in India, Nepal, and other parts of Asia for nearly thirteen years, meditating and serving at numerous Vipassana retreats in the tradition of S. N. Goenka, before taking ordination in Myanmar (Burma) in 2006, where she spent a further four years with her teacher, Sayadaw U Pannajota. Deeply inspired by a chance encounter with Ajahn Brahm through some of his early recorded Dhamma talks, she felt compelled to move to Australia in 2012 and to find him as her meditation teacher and mentor.
In April 2014, she received full ordination (bhikkhuṇī) at Dhammasara Monastery, with Ayya Santini as her preceptor, confirmed by the Saṅgha of monks from Bodhinyana Monastery, in which Ajahn Brahm and Ajahn Brahmali played key roles. In 2016, together with Ajahn Brahm, she founded the Anukampa Bhikkhuṇī Project, a UK charity committed to spreading the Buddha’s teachings and to creating the first monastery in the United Kingdom for training bhikkhuṇīs—an opportunity previously denied to women in the UK. After many years of living in the homes of kind donors, while organising retreats for Ajahn Brahm and serving a growing online community, Ajahn Candā, together with the charity, acquired a spacious, peaceful property in rural Oxfordshire, which became “Anukampa Grove Bhikkhuṇī Monastery.” Ajahn Candā has resided there as abbess since March 2024. She is currently overseeing renovations and a steady flow of visitors, creating suitable conditions for both monastic and lay practitioners, as well as providing the seclusion necessary for the training of aspiring bhikkhuṇīs.
As a meditation teacher, Ajahn Candā is known for her warmth and inclusivity, and she receives more invitations to lead retreats than she is physically able to accept. Her style is engaging, compassionate, and richly grounded in the early Buddhist texts. She emphasises Right View, kindness, and letting go as wise perspectives in meditation and seeks to help students integrate meditation into their everyday lives through practising the entire Noble Eightfold Path.
In addition to leading retreats locally and worldwide, serving the Anukampa online community, and managing Anukampa Grove, Ajahn Candā is committed to spending three to four months each year in silent meditation. Her aspiration is to attain full Enlightenment while serving others on the path. Central to this is the creation of a diverse, welcoming Buddhist community and supportive conditions that allow women living a life of renunciation to flourish.
We also recommend the teachings of Ajahn Candā available on the YouTube channels: “Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project”
MEETING:
Saturday / 16.05.2026
Time: 5:00 PM (Polish time)
If there is any topic or issue you would like to raise, please be sure to let us know by email or via the contact form.
Please install the Zoom application in advance: (https://zoom.us/)
The meeting is free of charge and will be interpreted into Polish.
If possible, we kindly ask you to turn on your camera (to support a sense of community) and to mute your microphones during the session.
A “waiting room” will be active — no password is required.
SEE YOU ON SATURDAY!