Green Mountain Monk

Green Mountain Monk 🪷 Meditation transforms the heart and mind, nurturing peace, well-being, and emotional balance. All are welcome to practice with Green Mountain Monk.🧘🧘‍♀️

Join us Sundays & Wednesdays at 6 PM at Green Mountain Meditation Center, Serenity Central of NE.

06/17/2026

🌿 Stillness & Awakening: A Mindfulness & Yoga Retreat 🌿
A Weekend of Meditation, Movement, Nature & Inner Peace
Organized by Serenity Central of New England
Guided by Bhante Rathana & Yoga Instructor Loretta Richardson
📅 June 26 – 28, 2026
💰 $300 (includes lodging & all meals)
✨ Step away from the busyness of daily life and enter a space of stillness, healing, and awareness. This retreat offers a gentle journey inward through meditation, yoga, nature immersion, and mindful community living.
Participants will be supported in cultivating clarity, compassion, and inner peace in a peaceful natural setting.
🧘‍♂️ What to Expect:
• Guided Meditation & Noble Silence
• Gentle Yoga & Yin Practice
• Nature Hikes & Mindful Walking
• Sound Bath Relaxation
• Dhamma Reflections on Compassion
• Community Meals & Mindful Living
• Closing Circle & Sharing of Blessings
🌿 Retreat Experience:
This weekend is designed for deep rest and renewal. Through silence, movement, and awareness, participants reconnect with body, mind, and nature—returning home with greater balance and understanding.
Whether you are new or experienced in meditation, all are welcome.
💛 May this retreat support the arising of mindfulness, compassion, and inner peace in all who attend.
📍 Organized by: Serenity Central of New England
🙏 Guided by: Bhante Rathana & Loretta Richardson

06/17/2026

🌿 Reflections in Water, Reflections in Mind 🌿
In this quiet evening, the water lies still and calm—so still that it perfectly reflects the forest, the sky, and the beauty around it.
When the water is disturbed, the reflection becomes unclear.
In the same way, when the mind is restless, full of thoughts and emotions, we cannot see life clearly as it is.
But when the water becomes calm… the reflection appears naturally.
When the mind becomes calm… clarity arises naturally.
This is the beauty of meditation.
Meditation is not escaping life—it is gently calming the mind, unifying it, and allowing us to see things as they truly are.
Just like this peaceful lake in the evening forest, when the mind settles, wisdom and peace begin to appear on their own.
May we take time each day to sit quietly, breathe gently, and return to this natural stillness within.
🌲🌊✨
May all beings be well and peaceful.
Green Mountain Monk
Green Mountain Meditation Center at Serenity Central of New England Serenity Central of New England Bhante Rathana

🌿 On the Search for Happiness🌿From the beginning of human life until its end, there is a quiet journey that every heart ...
06/15/2026

🌿 On the Search for Happiness🌿

From the beginning of human life until its end, there is a quiet journey that every heart undertakes.
It is not a journey written on maps, nor measured in distance, yet it is the most powerful movement within us.

Every person, whether they realize it or not, is searching.

Not for riches alone.
Not for recognition.
Not for authority or status.

But beneath all layers of ambition, desire, and struggle, there exists a single silent calling:

“May I be happy.”

This longing lives in every heart without exception.

Yet life holds a subtle truth that is often discovered only after much wandering:

Many spend their entire lives chasing happiness across distant places, situations, and relationships—only to discover that what they were seeking was never far away.

It was closer than imagined.
It was hidden within understanding.

We often believe happiness is waiting somewhere ahead of us…

But life gently teaches something different.

Like a flowing river, everything is always changing—thoughts, feelings, relationships, and life itself. Nothing remains the same.

The Buddha pointed to this truth:
that we suffer not because life changes, but because we expect it not to change.

When this is deeply understood, something softens within the heart.
There is a quiet release.
A letting go.

Then life begins to feel different—not because life changes, but because we change how we see it.

Happiness is not something to be chased.
It arises when clinging is released.

When anger fades, peace arises.
When attachment loosens, freedom appears.

Happiness is not something we acquire—it is the natural clarity of a mind at ease.

The teaching is not to reject life, but to live it fully—without grasping, without fear, without holding too tightly.

Then even in change, the heart remains steady.

There is nowhere else to arrive.
Nothing missing in this very moment.

Only peace.

Only awareness.

Only life as it is.

“Do not demand that life become what you want it to be.
Instead, see life as it is.
In that seeing, happiness is no longer something to search for—it becomes the natural way of being.”

✨ May all beings be well and happy. ✨

06/12/2026

🏡🪷 Back home, back to my spiritual home.

There is a special peace in returning to the place where the heart feels at ease and the mind finds stillness.

Grateful to be home. 🙏🌲

Green Mountain Meditation Center at Serenity Central of New England Serenity Central of New England

A Beautiful Surprise from Our February Mindful Meditation Residential Retreat While the Green Mountain Monk was teaching...
06/12/2026

A Beautiful Surprise from Our February Mindful Meditation Residential Retreat
While the Green Mountain Monk was teaching during our retreat, Kyle McDermott quietly captured the moment through his talent and creativity. He created this beautiful sketch while sitting right in front of me—and I did not even notice it happening.
What a gifted young man. It is always inspiring to witness how mindfulness and presence can blossom into expressions of art and kindness.
Kyle, thank you for sharing your talent with us. Sending you blessings for good health, happiness, and success in all that you do.
May you be well and happy. May you be peaceful. May all your wholesome wishes come true. 🙏💚
Green Mountain Meditation Center at Serenity Central of New England Serenity Central of New England

06/11/2026

As the sun sets, it reminds us that endings are not failures—they are invitations to rest, reflect, and begin again with a wiser heart. 🌅✨
"Every sunset carries the promise of a new dawn. Let go of what was, be grateful for what is, and trust what is yet to come."

🌿📖 Invitation to Study the Language of the Buddha – Pāli Class 2A📖🌿The words of the Buddha have guided countless beings ...
06/08/2026

🌿📖 Invitation to Study the Language of the Buddha – Pāli Class 2A📖🌿

The words of the Buddha have guided countless beings toward wisdom, peace, and liberation for over 2,600 years. Now is a wonderful opportunity to deepen your understanding by learning to read the Buddha’s teachings in the original Pāli language.

🪷 Pāli Class 2A: Sutta Reading
📅 Start Date: July 2, 2026
🕰️ Every Thursday
• 5:00 – 6:30 PM Pacific Time (PT)
• 8:00 – 9:30 PM Eastern Time (ET)

💻 Join from anywhere via Zoom

This course is taught by Venerable Bhante Rathana, a Theravāda monk from Sri Lanka who has devoted many years to forest meditation, scriptural study, and sharing the Dhamma with sincerity and compassion. Through this course, students will gain confidence in reading Pāli suttas and develop a deeper connection with the Buddha’s original teachings.

📚 Whether you are continuing your Pāli studies or taking the next step in your journey, all dedicated students are warmly welcome.

🔗 Register here: [https://bit.ly/Pali2A](https://bit.ly/Pali2A)
(Or scan the QR code on the flyer.)

May this study of the Buddha’s words bring wisdom, clarity, and peace to your life, and may the merits be shared with all beings.

🙏 Sabbe Sattā Bhavantu Sukhitattā
May all beings be happy and well.

🌿🪷🙏

🌿📖 A Beautiful Opportunity to Learn the Language of the Buddha📖🌿With great joy, we warmly invite you to join our new Pāl...
06/08/2026

🌿📖 A Beautiful Opportunity to Learn the Language of the Buddha📖🌿

With great joy, we warmly invite you to join our new Pāli 1A Class, specially designed for beginners who wish to explore the language in which the Buddha’s teachings were originally preserved and transmitted.

🪷 Pāli 1A – Open to All (No Prerequisite Required)
📅 Starting July 7, 2026
🕰️ Every Tuesday
• 5:00 – 6:30 PM Pacific Time (PT)
• 8:00 – 9:30 PM Eastern Time (ET)

💻 Attend from anywhere via Zoom

This course is offered by Venerable Bhante Rathana, a respected Theravāda forest monk from Sri Lanka whose life has been dedicated to meditation, scriptural study, and sharing the Dhamma with kindness, clarity, and wisdom.

Whether you are a long-time practitioner, a student of Buddhism, or simply curious about the Buddha’s teachings, this class provides a wonderful foundation for understanding the Pāli language and connecting more deeply with the original words of the Buddha.

📚 No previous knowledge of Pāli is required.
🌱 Beginners are especially welcome.

🔗 Register here: [https://bit.ly/Pali-1A](https://bit.ly/Pali-1A)
Or scan the QR code on the flyer.

May this opportunity to study the Buddha’s language deepen wisdom, strengthen faith, and bring lasting benefit to all who participate.

🙏 "One who studies and practices the Dhamma walks the path to freedom."

May all beings be happy, peaceful, and free from suffering.

🪷📖🙏🌿

🌿 Welcome to Green Mountain Monk 🌿A place to learn, reflect, and awaken.This page is dedicated to sharing the timeless t...
05/31/2026

🌿 Welcome to Green Mountain Monk 🌿

A place to learn, reflect, and awaken.

This page is dedicated to sharing the timeless teachings of the Buddha, mindfulness practices, wisdom for daily life, loving-kindness (Metta), and inspiration for inner peace and well-being.

Whether you are new to meditation or have been practicing for years, you are warmly invited to join this growing community of mindfulness, compassion, and understanding.

✨ What you'll find here:
📖 Dhamma Teachings
🧘 Mindfulness & Meditation Practices
❤️ Loving-Kindness (Metta) & Compassion
🌱 Wisdom for Everyday Life
🌄 Inspiration for Personal Growth

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"Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased." — Dhammapada 5

May all beings be happy.
May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings be free from suffering. 🙏

🌿🙏 The Bodhisattva Vow 🙏🌿The Bodhisattva's path is the path of boundless compassion—the heartfelt aspiration to work for...
05/30/2026

🌿🙏 The Bodhisattva Vow 🙏🌿

The Bodhisattva's path is the path of boundless compassion—the heartfelt aspiration to work for the welfare, happiness, and liberation of all beings.

May we cultivate a heart that wishes:

✨ To be a source of healing for the sick.
✨ To be food and drink for the hungry and thirsty.
✨ To be shelter for the weary.
✨ To be a guide for those who have lost their way.
✨ To be a lamp for those who seek light.
✨ To be a bridge across suffering.
✨ To be a friend to all beings.

As Shantideva so beautifully expressed:

"May I be a guard for those who are protectorless, a guide for those who journey on the road. For those who wish to cross the water, may I be a boat, a raft, a bridge."

May the awakened heart of compassion arise within us. May our thoughts, words, and actions become a blessing to the world.

May all beings be free from suffering.
May all beings be peaceful.
May all beings awaken to wisdom and compassion.

🪷 With Metta,
Green Mountain Monk 🏔️🙏

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