Yayasan Hadaya Vatthu dan Pa-Auk Meditation Centre (Singapore) akan mengadakan Retreat Meditasi SAMATHA & VIPASSANĀ pada tanggal 6 - 19 Nopember 2012 di Kayagata-sati Meditation Centre, Cibodas.
Retret akan dibimbing oleh:
Ven, U Ukkansa dan Ven. U Mahinda.
Ceramah Dhamma disampaikan dalam bahasa Mandarin dan Myanmar.
Untuk yogi dari Indonesia info dan pendaftaran :
daftarhadaya [at] gmail.com; 08128325692 (Karman Tjandra).
Sekilas profil dari para gurunya:
Venerable U Ukkansa
Born in 1971 in Kyaikhto, Myanmar, Ashin Ukkansa ordained as a novice monk (sāmaṇera) at a monastery in Kyaikhto in 1988. He received the higher ordination as a bhikkhu on 23 October 1990 at Kemāsīvaṃ Pariyatti School in Kyaikhto, where he studied Buddhist Pāli Studies.
He passed the "Pathama Gyi" examinations in 1998.
From 1998 to 2003, Ashin Ukkansa was a teacher of Pāli language at Sāsana Lyin Yaung Kyi Pariyatti School, at Pago.
Ashin Ukkansa went to Pa-Auk Forest Monastery in May 2003, and learned and practised Samatha & Vipassanā meditation under the Abbot, the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa.
Since December 2006, Ashin Ukkansa has been appointed a Kammaṭṭhānācariya (Meditation Teacher) at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery, Mawlamyine.
Ashin Ukkansa has assumed his duties as the Resident Teacher of PAMC in April 2008, and he has conducted several retreats in Singapore and taught various Dhamma courses since then.
Venerable U Mahinda
Born in 1971, Venerable hails from China; he is Meditation Teacher (Kammaṭṭhānācariya) at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery ("Pa-Auk"), Mawlamyine, Myanmar.
Ordained in July 2002 at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery with the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa as preceptor, he has practised Samatha & Vipassanā meditation under the instructions of the Sayadaw. Commencing May 2004, he assisted the Sayadaw as translator during interviews and helped in tutoring yogis. In March 2006, Venerable was authorised by the Sayadaw to teach meditation, and he has been conducting meditation interviews for monastic and lay yogis at Pa-Auk since then.
Venerable U Mahinda has conducted many well-received meditation retreats since July 2007 in Singapore; he has also taught the Abhidhamma Part 1 to 3, and Visuddhimagga Part 1 to 3 at Pa-Auk Meditation Centre, Singapore.
In addition to Myanmar and Singapore, Venerable has also given Dhamma talks and taught meditation retreats in Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and China.
Venerable U Mahinda has authored, translated and edited various Dhamma books in Chinese.
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