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Past SCHEDULE works in archive for
reference only:
2007 - June through October-
Meditation and Discussion CLASSES:
RETREATS AT THE CENTER
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Summer 2007
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open Personal Retreats:
Students come to the center
for personal training and retreats
till the end of Rains retreat in mid-October. Each person
works individually on their own sitting/waling schedule during
the day following a group meditation which starts out the day.
There are daily interviews with the guiding teacher. Everyone eats together from 11-12
Noon and rests for 1 hour. Afternoons match the morning
independent schedules. Each evening dhamma talks are given with
open questions. Outsiders may
attend dhamma talks if they call in advance. Seating is limited.
Arrangements are coordinated by email through
sisterkhema@dhammasukha.org prior to arrival.
Costs while staying at the center are now free with a suggested
donation of $20 per day to cover utilities and supplies. People are asked not to come into the center empty
handed. Everyone's support is needed to bring in food and supplies, ideas, creativity, etc.
You can coordinate through contacting the center. People contribute a traditional
Dana to the teacher after their retreat is over as they deem fit
and as they can afford to give.
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Temporary
Ordinations now Available: This 2007 summer and
needed requisites are provided for us to give a student who
chooses to take ordination during
training while at the center. This must be for a minimum period of 2 weeks
or longer and pre-arranged with Bhante
Vimalaramsi. As is traditional in most Buddhist centers, students
contribute $75 for their robes during ordination and may
keep the robes afterwards if they can keep them with respect
or return them for others to use in the future. Email
to
bhantev4u@dhammasukha.org for further information if
you are interested.
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In depth Sutta
classes : During Rains Retreat- from July through
October, whoever is here at the center has a chance to study
with us to examine texts to find support for the meditation
practice as taught here at the center. The Majjhima, Samyutta,
and Digha Nikayas are used for this class with commentary
and sub-commentary also consulted. The class is attended
most often in
conjunction with advanced meditation training and is approved by the
Master teacher. A guest scholar is present to assist
investigations and help verify accuracy of English translations.
In depth meditation is done in conjunction with the classes.
Foreign monks have a chance to practice giving talks on
various suttas in English as part of their English training.
If you contact us in advance we can be sure that books are available
for you. A firm meditation practice must be established
before these classes are most useful.
The cost of any books is the responsibility of each student.
The center will help to obtain the books if
needed.
A notebook is necessary for taking notes.
Dana can
be offered for this class so that others will be able to
attend it in the future.
Email
sisterkhema@dhammasukha.org for further
information.
Please put "sutta classes info"
in the subject line of your email.
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Dhamma English
Classes are offered during the summer rains
retreat to monks and nuns who wish to expand and perfect
their English in order to teach westerners
meditation in a more effective way. These classes
are good for building Dhamma vocabulary. One
learns how to reference English Suttas in a very clear
way and to give Dhamma talks using the 4 Noble Truths as
an effective framework outline. Participants
can enter the class at any time during the summer. 4 week periods for this class
is most useful. For the most benefit, one should come
in for the entire Rains Retreat period from July 29th
through October 11 where you are encouraged to speak English the
entire time you are here while studying and working in the
forest.
English speakers can benefit by this class also by discovering
the corresponding Pali words for discussion of Dhamma and
Meditation.
These classes are free to monastics. You must sign up in
advance for these classes. Contact
Sisterkhema@dhammasukha.org for arrangements.
Put "Dhamma English Classes info" in your
subject line.
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July 12th, 2007
- Conference Talk and 1/2 day retreat topic:
"Awakening Joy and Balancing Your Life"
Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi will be giving a half-day
retreat experience for the attendees of the 2007 Huna
Convention to be held in Cape Girardeau this summer. The day will include an excellent talk about how to use Loving Kindness
Meditation and smiling to reclaim JOY in your life. This is a really
fun experience and we invite everyone to attend if possible.
More information will be forthcoming about this rare opportunity!
DON'T MISS this experience to meet and talk with this American
Buddhist Meditation Monk in person. This time could delightfully
change your outlook on life and bring a genuine SMILE
into your daily living! AND its fun! Please join in.
Contact
sisterkhema@yahoo.com for more information.
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August
and September 2007 Retreat for group
of 9-12 people
"RECLAIM JOY and RELEASE STRESS in your life. SMILE".
( an alternative time also is available in August and September
and can be pre-arranged if summer dates are inconvenient.)
Write to
sisterkhema@dhammasukha.org to make arrangements.
Please put "Group Retreat information Request" into the
subject line of the email.
People will be working on their individual meditation in this
retreat a lot more than usual so they get the feel for taking the
meditation back into life without any outside supports. This is a
very pleasant experience and progress is usually very good. Come and
learn about a new tool for your "Toolbox for Life"
Dates:
>August
18th - August 25th
There are 7 places still open to make twelve people for August.
>September 14th- September 23th
September retreat is still open.
Location: Fly in via St. Louis/Lambert Field.
The Ozark shuttle can be scheduled to pick you up at the airport at
1 PM, to carry you down to Farmington by 3:30-4PM where we can pick
you up. The shuttle cost one way is $30. The monastery
staff will come pick you up and carry you over to the Center.
Ozark Shuttle Phone numbers are 573-756-5470 or 573-756-3418
Cost: Members contribute food,
assist with suggested donations of about $20 per day on the average,
and for utilities to cover living expenses. They give a Dana (
donation) for the teachings to the Teacher
at the end of the retreat. This amount is whatever they feel they
can manage to do.
Accommodations vary here from camping in an
open campground area to
lodging in small cabins which can be shared by up to three people.
There are also single one person kutis being developed for only one
person. Space as
available.
Please Note: Three
new cabins have been added this year , making it four
cabins, a small Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome and a tenting area available for private camping
with about 6 tent sites and 1 van site. In Mid-September we got word
that another large cabin is being sponsored. A new bathroom facility
is being built including a laundry for yogis to use and a small
winter health sauna heated by a woodstove.
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NOVEMBER 21 to November 28th, 2007
7- Day Retreat
offered in Carmel, NY
Meditation Retreat to be held at the
Chuang Yen
Monastery in Carmel, NY. sponsored by the Buddhist
Association of the United States. This retreat will be led by
Venerable Bhante Vimalaramsi, and staff supported by Sister Khema.
Venerable will be teaching
Buddhist Meditation directly from the Sutta texts in easy to
understand small English words. Venerable Vimalaramsi is the
new Representative for the United States to the World Buddhist Summit
Council in Kobe, Japan. He was confirmed in this lifetime position
in December of 2006. He is a Maha Thera Monk (20+yrs) who was ordained in
the Burmese Forest Tradition by the late Ven. U Silananda. At this
time he is starting an American line of Buddhism called the American
Buddhist Forest Tradition with a base location at the Dhamma Sukha
Meditation Center in Annapolis, Missouri.
Bhante Vimalaramsi teaches the very basic Tranquil Wisdom Meditation
of the Buddha which is a Samatha-Vipassana practice found in the
Pali Texts. The practice is gentle to learn with just a few simple
changes from the usual practices taught and one can use the breath
or Metta for their
object of meditation. While following the instructions very
precisely, this practice leads to the experience of very deep and clear insights.
Students will experience close support through daily daily
interviews and hear evening Dhamma Talks each day with an
opportunity for questions.
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Registration will be at 6:30 PM on
November 21st, 2007
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Orientation and instruction will begin
at 7:30 PM following registration.
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For information and arrangements on
this retreat please contact Venerable Sudhamma at the Monastery:
Bauscym@aol.com
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To learn more about this kind of retreat and
meditation practice you
can visit Venerable Vimalaramsi's website at
www.dhammasukha.org
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Return to
center for planting!
By Mid-MAY Venerable will be returned to the center in
preparation for board meetings and the planning session for summer
teaching programs.
Past schedule Notes-->
2007
March
*March
18, 19, and 20, 2007 in Nevada City, CA- This visit will include
three evening talks and a one day retreat. Interviews with the teacher
may be scheduled to discuss your practice. Please Contact Susan Solinsky
for further information at 530-265-5977.
*March
23- 31, 2007 ( Seattle Area ) in Woodinville, WA. This is a
non-residential retreat over 7 days. You may go to work during this
retreat. It has a very interesting engaged program format. There will be
Dhamma Talks every evening at the home of K.C. Anderson in
Woodiville, WA.. For information contact K.C. at
kcandersonphd@yahoo.com
APRIL
2007
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DAVIS, CALIFORNIA SCHEDULE
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Monday April 9th there
will be an evening talk at 6:30 PM. Location: Unitarian
Universalist Church. Further details contact Jenna McAsey at
jenmcasey@earthlink.net
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Thursday, April 12th, there
will be an evening talk at 6PM . Location: UUC. Further details,
contact Jenna McAsey at
jenmcasey@earthlink.net
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Private Interviews can be scheduled
with Bhante Vimalaramsi on April 9th,10th, 12th, or 13th.
Please check with Jenna for locations and times available. at
jenmcasey@earthlink.net
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ONE DAY RETREAT on Saturday April 14th.
This will be offered at UUC in Davis in the main sanctuary.
Everyone is welcome. Further deatils contact Jenna McAsey at
jenmcasey@earthlink.net
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The Journey back to
Missouri center included brief stops at the following locations:
As soon as I have the
dates and details, I will fill them in. Sister Khema
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Las
Vegas, NV- a visit was made to
two Thai temples.
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Tucson, AZ- An visit was
made to the Thai Temple in Tucson, AZ. An opportunity for an evening
Dhamma discussion amongst the monastics concerning the relevance of
meditation in this century to daily life for lay people. This was a
very interesting discussion for several hours.
MAY
2007
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Return
to Center in Missouri. ETA- April 23, 2007
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Go to Tampa, FL
for Vesak Celebration Meditation
talks and instruction at the Sri Lankan Temple in Tampa area.
Also Sister Khema to offer talks for women while in the area.
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Tampa Bay, FL
attend a Reformed Vietnamese
Temple and give a talk on Meditation in Daily life, reclaiming
JOY and the relevance of Buddhist Practice in today's world.
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Greensboro, NC area
and give talks to American students on meditation and prepare
places for Bhante to give talks later in the month on May 23rd and
24th. Also to attend preparation meetings at UNC for future talks in
the area.
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Attend Thai Monks
Conference May 16-20th, 2007
Bhante Vimalaramsi will be
attending the conference in Tampa over these days. adn the
Deamrcation Ceremony of the New Temple.
Sister Khema will be attending as
secretarial and media support person. Bhante gave short comments
concerning Buddhism in this century, the need to teach in English as
well as native tongues and about the relevance of meditation today
to daily life.
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May 23rd- Greensboro,
NC area- International House for
Interfaith Project to hosted a talk given about "Using
Meditation to reclaim Joy in your life". It was held in the
meeting room from 12 noon til 3 PM as a brown-bag lunch affair.
Everyone is welcome to come, listen and to ask questions. This is an
experienced American Senior level monastic teacher who talks our
language and is ready to share the Dhamma in an american way with
us. Come and join us. This event is hosted and sponosred by the
International Faith House group.
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May
24th- Greensboro, NC area. An informal evening talk and
questions will be held at the home of Jackie Oates in a local and
friendly atmosphere inviting questions. Please attend. If you need
directions or have questions contact
jgoates@yahoo.com
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May 27th- New Jersey-
New Burmese Pagoda Dedication.
Both Bhante Vimalaramsi and Sister Khema attend the opening of this
new Pagoda and shrine.
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This will be followed by a
possible visit to monastery in Carmel New York. ( tba ) and a long
awaited meeting with Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi.
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This will be followed by a
visit to Chicago, IL to the main Thai temple there for a Buddhist
festival and opening of the new Dhammapali Meditation Center.
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