Winter Retreat 2026: How Do I Apply the Dhamma to Disease and Death!?!

From January 4th to April 2nd 2026, the bhikkhunis of KBV were on winter retreat. During this time, the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika took many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis.

For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas in the audio or video recordings below.

Jan 10

• SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father
• Chapter 2
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Jan 17

• SN 36.6 An Arrow
• Chapter 3
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Jan 24 

• SN 22.88 With Assaji
• Chapter 10
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Jan 31

• SN 22.89 With Khemaka
• Chapter 11
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Feb 7

• AN 10.60 With Girimānanda
• Chapter 12
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Feb 14

• SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda
• Chapters 13 & 14
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Feb 21

• MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika
• Chapter 16
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Feb 28

• SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick
• Chapters 17 & 18
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Mar 7

• SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st)
• Chapter 19
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Mar 14

• AN 6.56 With Phagguna
• Chapter 20
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Mar 21

• SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick
• Chapters 21 & 22
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

Mar 28

• DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words
• Chapter 23
• KBV Talk (Audio) (Video)

​Some suggestions for preparing for death

• Practices for before, during, and after dying

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