# Event Details - **Event Name**: Day retreat with Bhikkhu Akiñcano - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 05:00 pm (+01:00) - **Event Description**: Why should we read the Suttas? A Buddhist study day.About this EventWhy indeed? What do the suttas provide? How important are they? How can they inform my practice?Take the Pāli word kāya ("body"). Which aspect of this very experience right here and now does this word actually refer to? Is there a right way (and a wrong way) of understanding this? How do the Pāli suttas describe this phenomenon? Can these ancient texts help to show me what it was that the Buddha meant by the practice of kāyagatāsati ("mindfulness of the body") that supposedly leads to the end of suffering?During our time together, we will examine the meaning of the word kāya in the suttas in order to establish a suitable theme for quiet contemplation/reflection/meditation. The day will conclude with a talk on the more general topic of the importance of the Pāli suttas for Buddhist practice, with an opportunity for questions and open discussion.BiographyBhikkhu Akiñcano used to go by the name of Nick Dwyer. He lived in Brighton, working as a lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Brighton. A few years after discovering vipassanā meditation, he gave everything up and moved into Chithurst Buddhist Monastery to became a bhikkhu. He was given the name "Akiñcano", which means something like "nobody" or "nothing". In 2019, he left England and went to Sri Lanka, living for a year with Ajahn Ñāṇamoli in a place called Hillside Hermitage in the Knuckles mountains. He left there in 2020 and has since lived on his own in Bundala National Park in a solitary "kuṭi" (monk's hut) that was originally built in for the English monk, Ñāṇavīra Thera, author of "Notes on Dhamma" (2009, Path Press Publications). Akiñcano and his old friend, Oliver Tanner, established "Dhammastudies", offering a year-long online zoom course called "Making Sense of Dhamma" (https://dhammastudies.thinkific.com). He is the author of "Making Sense of Dhamma: The Pāli Suttas Workbook" (2024, Dhammastudies) and a number of philosophical articles that explore the meanings of key themes contained within the Early Buddhist texts (e.g. mindfulness, the body, impermanence, matter). These are available to read on the Dhammastudies website. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/fd10c710-f915-11f0-9d40-f32f9ceafad0-rimg-w1118-h740-dc8e9177-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brighton-and-hove/day-retreat-with-bhikkhu-akiñcano/100001981438946227 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, art, literary-art, meditation, workshops, virtual - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fday-retreat-with-bhikkhu-akincano-tickets-1981438946227 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 44.04, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Brighton and Hove - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton and Hove, Brighton, UK - **lat**: 50.8257814 - **long**: -0.1423632 - **full address**: Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton and Hove, Brighton, UK, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Bodhi Tree Brighton (https://allevents.in/org/bodhi-tree-brighton/23350550) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/2e5ceb9aa67c0865725ae59c95a634ca867e201c2a573f75b971242406508ec4-rimg-w950-h629-dc8e9177-gmir.jpg?v=1769253377 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/d2112a7321ae14dad326cc49b2e63b71600ee7449efc0373fc98bcc0c6f8bb89-rimg-w400-h400-dcd7dced-gmir.jpg?v=1769253377 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am (+01:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton and Hove, Brighton, UK, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 44.04 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Bodhi Tree Brighton - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** health-wellness, art, literary-art, meditation, workshops, virtual - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Day retreat with Bhikkhu Akiñcano ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Day retreat with Bhikkhu Akiñcano", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/2e5ceb9aa67c0865725ae59c95a634ca867e201c2a573f75b971242406508ec4-rimg-w950-h629-dc8e9177-gmir.jpg?v=1769253377", "startDate": "2026-04-26T10:00:00+01:00", "endDate": "2026-04-26T17:00:00+01:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/brighton-and-hove/day-retreat-with-bhikkhu-akiñcano/100001981438946227", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Community Base, Queens Road, Brighton and Hove, Brighton, UK", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "113 Queens Road", "postalCode": "BN1 3XG", "addressLocality": "Brighton and Hove", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "50.8257814", "longitude": "-0.1423632" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Why should we read the Suttas? 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