MVDF brings together adult lay practitioners who meet weekly for Dhamma study and support the wider community. Membership is open, come once, and come back when it suits you.
A self-organised community of adult practitioners who study the Buddha's teachings in depth, support the temple's work, and befriend one another on the path.
We gather weekly, working slowly through a single sutta (a recorded teaching) or an Abhidhamma topic over months, reading together, discussing, sometimes disagreeing, and always returning to the text. There are no exams and no prerequisites; we learn by showing up.
Alongside study, members take turns helping with events and supporting newcomers who arrive on Sundays wondering what to do next.
MVDF meets in two study circles that run in parallel. You're welcome at either, or both, and to drop in without committing. Each is led by a senior member with support from the Venerable.
A slow, careful reading of one sutta at a time from the Majjhima and Saṃyutta Nikāya, with reference to Pāli where it helps.
A systematic study of the Abhidhamma, the Buddha's analysis of mind and matter, using the Abhidhammattha Saṅgaha as its primary text.
There are no fees and no forms. The simplest way to begin is to come to a Thursday study class; after a few visits, some people put their names on the volunteer roster and take a share of the stewardship. That's the fellowship in both directions.
Three ways people usually begin, pick whichever feels easiest.
