A Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition.
BUSHFIRE INFORMATION
Sunday 11 January 10am
The monastery is closely monitoring bushfire and weather safety advice and the property has been prepared for fire hazard. There is currently no threat.
Tan Ajahn Dtun
Annual Visit 2026
The travel itinerary for Tan Ajahn Dtun’s annual visit is as follows (subject to change)
Monday March 16
Arrive in Melbourne
Saturday March 21
Travel to Canberra, Port Macquarie and Queensland
Monday March 30
Return to Nigrodharama Forest Monastery
Sunday April 05
Annual cloth offering ceremony at Nigrodharama Forest Monastery.
Tuesday April 07
Return flight to Bangkok.
Established in 2019 by the renowned Thai meditation master Tan Ajahn Dtun, Nigrodharama Forest Monastery is a branch monastery of Wat Boonyawad in Thailand and is based on the mode of practice of Ajahn Mun and Ajahn Chah. It comprises 40 acres of serene natural bushland in a remote and quiet farming zone area in Hilldene, 100km north of Melbourne.
This website is operated by lay practitioners in support of the monastery and for the benefit of those wishing to participate in the sangha community.
“That which thinks is not the mind;
rather, it is that which does not think
– that, is the mind.”
From: The Autobiography Of Luang Por Akaradej Thiracitto Bhikkhu (Ajahn Dtun) Wat Boonyawad, Bo Thong, Chonburi