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Special Events 2008
Wednesday
May 21
2008
7-9 p.m. |
Visiting Dharma Teacher: Ayyā Medhānandī
Ayyā Medhānandī began meditating as a college student and
practised with an Advaita master in IndiaTufts
University, she managed UNICEF, WHO
and other health and nutrition programmes in Senegal,
Ecuador, and Nepal.
Ayyā took her Buddhist monastic vows in 1987 at the Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha, Rangoon,
where she was ordained by Sayadaw U Pandita. Later she joined the Amaravati
Nuns Community where she trained under the tutelage of Ajahn Sumedho for 10
years. Since 1999, while based in New Zealand
and Malaysia, she
has been teaching in Asia, the Pacific Rim,
and North America. Her book, Gone Forth, Going Beyond, was published in 2007,
the same year she took bhikkhuni ordination in Taiwan. Some of her reflections appear on: www.satisaraniya.blogspot.com.
Location: Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre
Cost: Dana
Open to All
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Thursday
May 22
2008
7-9 p.m. |
Visiting Dharma Teacher: Ayyā Medhānandī
Location: Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre.
Cost: Dana
Open to Thursday session only
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Thursdays, November 13, 20, 27, 2008
7-9 p.m. |
Visiting Dharma Teacher: Molly Swan
Molly has been engaging in spiritual inquiry and
dharma practice since 1985, both in Asia and the West. She has been teaching Insight
Meditation retreats internationally since 1997, as well as offering support to
individuals and dharma groups.
Location: Waterloo Riverview Dharma Centre.
Cost: Dana |
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