Bhante Bodhidhamma started training in Soto Zen in 1977, then in the Mahasi Theravada Tradition with Sayadaws U Rewata Dhamma, U Janaka and U Pandita. In 1986 he ordained, subsequently spending eight years at Kanduboda Mahasi Meditation Centre in Sri Lanka. He has been teaching in England, Ireland and internationally since 1998. From 2001- 2005, he was the Resident Teacher at Gaia House. He founded Satipanya Buddhist Retreat in Wales, a meditation centre devoted to the Mahasi tradition. For more information about Bodhidhamma and Satipanya Buddhist Retreat, please visit www.satipanya.org.uk.
You will be able to book this retreat from 01-Apr-2012
A provocative day of teachings on the nature of being alive, both generally, and in our current time and place. What is it to be conscious? How can we understand our lives both in terms of the nature of consciousness itself - liberating our understanding of our ‘interior’ life - and in terms of our place in the world, in history and culture - unraveling the mystery of our ‘exterior’ life? We will bring a dharma-eye view to the particular challenges of our time, including globalization, the ecological crisis and economic disparity as highlighted by the recent Occupy Movement, and our own responses, inner and outer.
Martin Aylward began practising Dharma at the age of 19, spending several years in Asian Buddhist monasteries and with Himalayan hermits. He is co-founder and resident teacher of Moulin de Chaves Meditation Centre in South West France. He has been teaching internationally since 1999.
You will be able to book this retreat from 04-Aug-2012