All conditions are transient. This is the truth, you know. And yet we get stuck trying to make things solid, or feeling that we’re solid. And it can be just a feeling! It's really important to learn how to know the transience of all things, especially to be with the arising of something difficult. Feel it, maybe even hear the thoughts around it, and then stay with it. Stay with it and watch it change. It will change—everything changes—it passes away, and then it’s gone.
Ayya Anandabodhi
Residential Retreat Teacher, Monastic
Ayya Ānandabodhī was born and raised in Wales, UK. Ayya first encountered the Buddha’s teaching in her early teens while reading about the Four Noble Truths. This was life changing and from that moment she experienced a deep confidence in the Buddha’s insight and had a wish to understand his teachings more deeply. At the age of 24, Ayya began monastic training at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England under the guidance of Ajahn Sumedho. Years later she moved to the USA with a wish to create more opportunities for women monastics. In 2011 she took full Bhikkhunī Ordination, joining the worldwide revival of the Theravāda Bhikkhunī Order. Ayya Ānandabodhī loves to share the Dhamma. Her practice is guided by early Buddhist scriptures, care for community, an interest in releasing trauma, and through nature’s pure and immediate Dhamma.
Ayya Anandabodhi's Upcoming Programs
Retreat | On-Land
May 18 - May 23, 2026 | Monday - Saturday | 5 nights
Silence Behind the Noise - A Monastic Retreat
Registration Open. The "sound of silence" is an ever present quality that we can learn to recognize and attune to. Practicing in this way, we can discover the mind’s innate capacity to settle and open. Throughout this retreat, we will explore different ways this can be experienced, allowing our systems to take a break from chronic overstimulation by resting into the silence behind the noise.
Dharma Library
Can't join us live online or on the land? Study and practice at your convenience with Ayya Anandabodhi through our new library of recordings, articles, and self-paced online courses.