Dec. 18 ― There is a new page of photos showing the progress of the construction of three new monks’ huts. Also there is a new photo gallery with general pictures of and around the Monastery. All of the photo galleries will be accessible from the About page.
Dec. 9 ― Apologies for the incorrect phone number for overnight visitors to contact Amira to be picked up. The correct phone number is now listed.
Nov. 10 ― Much higher quality information has been added to the Overnight Visitor Information page regarding transportation between the San Diego Airport and the Monastery.
Nov. 5 ― The daily schedule of the Monastery will be changing as of Nov. 6th with the ending of Daylight Savings Time. The afternoon Question & Answer session with the Abbot will start at 4pm; the evening meditation will begin at 7pm; and also the calling hour will now be from 5pm to 6pm Pacific Time. Otherwise the schedule is the same.
Oct. 20 ― Welcome to the website of Metta Forest Monastery. This welcome page will display and link to news about the Monastery, upcoming events, and new releases of books and recordings of Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Ajaan Geoff). The navigation buttons above will guide you to general areas of inquiry for visitors to the Monastery and Ajaan Geoff's travel and teaching calendar, among other things.
This website is still very much under development, and you should see a lot of improvements over the next few months.
Currently, this site is only accessible from dhammatalks.org, but the plan is to transfer the "watmetta.org" domain name over, so that if you have the site bookmarked the transfer should be automatic.