Abhidhamma: Free Live Online Seminar

The Abhidhamma is the Buddha's "Higher Teachings" addressing ultimate truths.

• What: Live, Two-Way Online Seminar
• When: Once a month, beginning at the end of January, 2011
• Text: Unraveling the Mysteries of Mind & Body (Sayalay Susila)
• Languages: one class in English, one in Chinese (specify)
• Instructor: Sayalay Susila is an accomplished Theravada Buddhist nun, Vipassana (Insight) meditation instructor, and graduate of the University of Science in Malaysia. Sayalay practiced under the renowned Burmese meditation master Sayadaw U. Pandita. Thereafter, she undertook a course of study with Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw at Pa Auk Forest Monastery focusing on Serenity and Insight practices as well as Abhidharma, Sutra, and Pali studies. She is well known for her clear and lucid Abhidhamma teaching and its application to dailly life, having taught in Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, as well as in Buddhist Centers across Canada, the United States, and Australia. Her talks and Powerpoint presentations are widely praised as vivid and precise. She has two books in print, The Nine Attributes of the Buddha (Chinese) and Unraveling the Mysteries of Mind & Body through Abhidhamma (English). She speaks fluent English, Chinese, and Burmese.
• More information and to register, (860) 869-5350. DETAILS

Only enough registered participants will make this event possible!

• More two-way live online classes: Mahāyāna Buddhist Thought in India (led by Dr. Teng) and Middle Length Discourses (Majjhima Nikāya) Online Study Group: Text
• Chinese: Online Pali course taught in Mandarin
• Resource Page has many articles, audio, video, Dharma talks, and e-books to systematically guide and structure learning Buddhist theory and practice by renowned teachers. (For event reminders, send email to be added to contact list).
• Connecticut events: 2010 Friday Night Meditation Workshop with Ven. Dhammadipa. (Fa Yao, Abbot of CYM, NY)
• Detailed descriptions of each month’s topics
• Buddhist Study Group English (registration required) coming Oct. 8th at the New Britain YMCA, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.
• Buddhist Study Group Glastonbury: Oct. 9th, 10 am to noon
• Loving Kindness Youth Group: Oct. 23rd with an adult Chinese study group discussion and video teaching
• Weekly Meditation Group in Glastonbury: Oct. 14, 21, 28
• 3 Day Monastic Experience Retreat: Bilingual English/Chinese, 9/30/10 (Thursday) to 10/3/10 (Sunday)
  This retreat will introduce the “Heart Sutra” in Chinese as well as Sanskrit. Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi has been invited to lead the group in contemplating issues of life and death (Maranasati, "mindfulness of death"). Ven. Dhammadipa (Abbot Fa-yao) will also teach this practice (called Marananusmrti meditation in Sanskrit). Recollection leads to the realization of the necessity of practicing diligently.
• Mandarin: video.lwdh.org.tw
• English: buddhastation.org

Meditation Retreat Opportunities (NY)

There will be two retreats at Chuang Yen Monastery (CYM) in English and another in Connecticut. Home of BAUS (the Buddhist Association of the United States in Carmel, upstate New York), CYM sponsors Bhikkhu Bodhi, the Dalai Lama, scholars, and a wonderful free Dharma-book distribution system.

1) Join Ven. Thich Tri Hoang for a three-day retreat April 24-26, at CYM. Open to all practitioners. There will sitting and walking meditation, sutra recitation, chanting, prostrations, and a Dharma Festival for students. A $45 donation to the monastery includes overnight accommodations in the single-sex dormitories and three vegetarian meals per day.

• For more information, please contact Julie Wagner at juwagner@uchc.edu

2) Join Ven. Dhammadipa (the remarkable European monk versed and ordained in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions) for a 5-day loving-kindness (metta) retreat at CYM. Open to all interested meditators, with Dharma talks, sitting and walking mediation, and various exercises. There will be teachings and meditation instructions on the Four Sublime Abidings (brahma-viharas) that accompany spiritual development: loving-kindness, compassion, sympathy, and equanimity. May 21st evening to 26th morning.

• Details and application forms available from CYM.

3) Join Ven. Xin Xing for a Day of Mindfulness at Hai An Pagoda, New Britain, Connecticut on Saturday June 13.

• For more details contact Julie Wagner at juwagner@uchc.edu. Sponsored by the Hai An Pagoda Sangha.