Aug 31: "Cultivating Compassion and Kindness for a Peaceful Heart" in-person retreat with Ayya Sobhana in the San Francisco East Bay (Sat Aug 31st)
❧ Dhammadharini Monastery
Greetings dear Venerables & Dhamma friends -
We would like to warmly invite you to join us in person in the San Francisco Bay at Wat Buddhanusorn in Fremont on Saturday August 31st, for a daylong retreat with Ayya Sobhana Theri:
Cultivating Compassion and Kindness for a Peaceful Heart
Saturday August 31st
9:00am - 4:00pm
Wat Buddhanusorn, Fremont California
How to sustain our inner tranquility in a world that may seem to be dominated by fear and hostility? Ayya Sobhana Theri will speak about the Buddha’s teachings for overcoming anger, realizing the liberation of the heart through loving kindness, and aiming towards the sublime peace and freedom of the Sage at Peace.
This daylong retreat will include sitting and walking meditation, Dhamma talks and time for questions.
About Ayya Sobhana Theri:
Ayya Sobhana is one of the leading Dhamma and meditation teachers of Dhammadharini, the bhikkhunĩ community located in Sonoma County. Together with Ayya Tathaloka Theri, Ayya Sobhana has been deeply involved in restoring Bhikkhuni full ordination in the Theravada tradition. She meditated and trained with Bhante Henepola Gunaratana since 1989 and stayed at Bhavana Society in West Virginia from 2000 to 2010. She entered monastic life more than 20 years ago in 2003 and obtained full Bhikkhuni ordination in 2006. Her primary practice is the Eightfold Noble Path—i.e. Integration of meditation with ethical living and compassionate relationships for the sake of liberation. During the past decade, Ayya Sobhana has been developing the crosswalk between the Buddha’s teachings and our western understanding of emotion, as it has been transformed by recent developments in neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and philosophy of mind.
Event details:
- Location: Wat Buddhanusorn Temple, 36054 Niles Blvd., Fremont, CA 94536
- Please bring: A food dish to share with all. Lunch will be offered in the monastic tradition.
- Dana offering: This retreat has no registration fee and is offered in the monastic tradition with the opportunity to offer dana to the host, Wat Buddhanusorn, and in support of the teacher and her monastic community via Dhammadharini Support Foundation. The word “dana” means generosity and simply translates into “heartfelt donation.”
Questions:
Contact Shari Gent at snapdr...@gmail.com
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