Meditation Session
Dear ULUBUDA members,
This Monday we will be conducting our first
MEDITATION SESSION
for this new academic year!
This session will be conducted by Dimitri, a lay Buddhist practitioner who was previously a monk. He has so kindly said yes to teaching us as our previous teacher Ajahn Santhong has some personal matters to attend to during this month.
Below is a some information on Dimitri’s background:
Born and raised in the multicultural metropolis that is Hong Kong, Dimitri (Abhipanya) was immersed in a diverse mix of philosophical and religious traditions from the start. His secondary school studies brought him to the UK, after which he travelled to Thailand where he was ordained as a novice monk in the Theravada tradition. After completing the traditional rainy season retreat he returned to study Japanese at SOAS, through which he also spent a year in Japan, taking the opportunity to walk the traditional 1,000 km Henro pilgrimage around the island of Shikoku and study a variety of Japanese Mahayana Buddhist traditions. Upon completing his degree he returned to Thailand and received ordination as a bhikkhu in Bangkok, although soon moved up to practice meditation in the north of the country in the mountainous provice of Chiang-Mai. Spending the next 4 years in the Thai forest tradition, he returned to London and to the lay life to help take care of his parents. He is now training as a Secondary School Religious Education teacher in London, where he also teaches meditation.
Event Details
Date: 19th October 2009, Monday
Place: Room 2E, 2nd floor, ULU Building (for directions, please click http://www.ulu.co.uk/content/index.php?page=13)
Time: 7pm onwards
*Light refreshments will be provided
**Buddhist books from the ULUBUDA stock/library will be laid out for free distribution
Note: Anyone and everyone can join in! You do not need to have any experience in meditation to try it out. We have an experienced teacher within our midst so you are free to seek guidance at any point in time =)
Hope to see you all this Monday!
With Metta,
ULUBUDA exco 2009/10
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