5-Day Ānāpāna Sati meditation Retreat will be held from 5th to 9th of Feb. 2009 at Toronto Mahavihara by Ven. Dhammadipa Thero. Main medium of instructions will be English and Chinese. The Thero is also fluent in Sinhala and Hindi.
The retreat will commence at 8.15am and terminates at 7.00pm daily.
Retreants are kindly requested to bring their own lunch and water. Tea will however be provided.Please also note that prior registration is necessary.
For registratioin please send an e-mail to: torontodhamma@gmail.com
For more information please visit torontodhamma.webs.com
For the general poster please click here.
Additional contacts: irenepandit@rogers.com or kpandit91@rogers.com
Telephone: 905-790-1146 OR 416-208-9276
Born in Czechoslovakia, Ven. Dhammadipa Thero is a world-renowned meditation teacher, with a deep understanding of meditation in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions. In 1987, he received traditional Theravada ordination in Sri Lanka, where he practiced meditation under Ven. Sri Nanarama Mahathera. In 1989, he received ordination as a Mahayana monk in Hsi Lai Temple, Los Angeles. In 1996, he practiced meditation with the meditation master Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw in Myanmar, and is considered by the Sayadaw to be the first of his Western disciples qualified to teach meditation. Over the past ten years, Ven. Dhammadipa has taught meditation at Western and Asian monasteries and universities around the world.
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