Online: Cultivating Peace Within You in a Chaotic World
with Bhante Buddharakkhita
Saturday, February 20th, 2021 | 10:00am – 1:00pm ET
The world is on fire. Many countries are experiencing injustice, political unrest and a COVID-19 pandemic. How can you find balance and cultivate peace within you?
The retreat will include guided mindfulness and equanimity meditation, Dhamma talk, and a question and answer session.
Your registration fee will go to New York Insight and all additonal donations will go directly to the teacher. Thank you for your generosity!
Registration:
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Registration Fees include Teacher Support
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Teacher(s)
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Ven. Bhante Buddharakkita, Founder & Abbot, was born and raised in Uganda, Africa. He first encountered Buddhism in 1990 while living in India, and he began practicing meditation in 1993. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk by the late Venerable U Silananda in 2002 at the Tathagata Meditation Center in San Jose, California. He then spent eight years under the guidance of Bhante Gunaratana at the Bhavana Society, West Virginia. Bhante is the founder of the Uganda Buddhist Center in Uganda. Besides spending time at the Buddhist Center in Uganda, he is the spiritual director of Flowering Lotus Meditation Center in Magnolia, Mississippi. He is also on the council of spiritual advisers to the Global Buddhist Relief, New Jersey. Bhante has been teaching meditation in Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia, and the U.S. since 2005. His book “Planting Dhamma Seeds: The Emergence of Buddhism in Africa” tells the story of his religious and spiritual work in Africa.