Bhante Rahula's Events in Vancouver (Nov. 2-3) and Kelowna (Nov. 22-23)
Birken Forest Monastery
We take this opportunity to remind you of Bhante Yogavacara Rahula's upcoming events in Vancouver and Kelowna this November. The schedule of events follows below. No pre-registration is required - all are welcome to attend.
To view the event information on our website, please visit: http://birken.ca/Yogavacara_Rahula_Nov2013
“Meditation – The Body/Mind Connection”
Bhante Yogavacara Rahula's Events in British Columbia
Vancouver: November 2-3, 2013
Saturday, Nov 2: Afternoon Public Talk at UBC Asian Centre Auditorium
Location: UBC Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver
Time: 2:30 –
4:30pm
Sunday, Nov 3: Day Retreat at UBC Asian Centre Auditorium
Location: UBC Asian Centre Auditorium, 1871 West Mall, Vancouver
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm*
*See detailed schedule at: http://birken.ca/Yogavacara_Rahula_Nov2013
No advance registration or fee required for events in Vancouver.
Donations welcome.
Contact: tkan...@shaw.ca
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Kelowna: November 22-23, 2013
Friday, Nov 22:
Evening Public Talk at Kelowna Yoga House
Location: 1272 St. Paul St., Kelowna
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Saturday, Nov
23: Day Retreat at
Kelowna Yoga House
Location: 1272 St. Paul St., Kelowna
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm* (see day retreat schedule above)
*You are invited to bring a contribution to the pot-luck lunch for the
monk and other participants.
No advance
registration or fee required for events in Kelowna. Donations welcome.
Contact: laurie...@shaw.ca
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About Bhante Yogavacara Rahula:
Yogavacara Rahula was born in Southern California in 1948. He grew up
during the hippie revolution and entered the U.S. Army for three years
in 1967, spending ten months in Vietnam. In 1972 he began a long odyssey
starting in Scandinavia which took him half way around the world to
India and Nepal. This was characterized by staying 'stoned' on hashish
much of the time with numerous trips on LSD. In Nepal he encountered his
first spiritual teachers, Tibetan Lamas, at a month long meditation
course, by the end of which he was converted more or less to being a
Buddhist or at least an earnest seeker after Truth. His search brought
him south to Sri Lanka where he eventually got ordained as a Buddhist
monk in 1975. Prior to ordination he had studied Yoga with Swami
Gitananda in Pondicherry, South India for six months. He remained in Sri
Lanka off and on until 1986 when he returned to the U.S.A. to visit his
parents and to help spread the Dharma. In 1987 he joined Bhante H.
Gunaratana to help build up the Bhavana Society Forest Monastery in West
Virginia, USA. In 2009 he left the Bhavana Society to travel and teach
in different centers around the world. Bhante Rahula has written four
books: an autobiography entitled, One Night’s Shelter; The Way to Peace & Happiness, a comprehensive study of the Buddha’s Teaching; Breaking Through the Self-Delusion, a small booklet on vipassana meditation; Meditation--The Body/Mind Connection and Traversing the Great Himalaya, a photo documentary of a spiritual pilgrimage in the Himalaya.
With metta wishes,
Birken Forest Monastery ('Sitavana')
medi...@birken.ca | http://birken.ca