Saturday, May 30, 2009
Satipatthana Sutta
Tonight talk given by Sayadaw U Ukkhamsa is about Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta which is very useful to the yogis that are doing their first day retreat at BMBMC. Sayadaw pointed out that in this Sutta, the Lord Buddha had mentioned a village named Kammasadhamma where eveyone do Satipatthana meditation. Sayadaw equated BMBMC with this village as in the conditions mentioned in the Sutta. I think Sayadaw wants to tell us in BMBMC to practise meditation as what were done by the villagers. Sayadaw further mentioned about how the villagers taught a parrot how to meditate. The parrot was taught to be aware of bone, group of bones. The story goes that one day a hawk catched the parrot but was rescued by a Samaneri. When asked the parrot said that it was meditating during the time it was caught by the hawk. It was meditating a group of large bones catching a group of small bones. That is interesting
Friday, May 29, 2009
Vipassana Meditation Retreat
Tonight marks the beginning of 10-days Vipassana Meditation Retreat at BM Buddhist Meditation Centre conducted by Ven. Sayadaw U Ukkhamsa. In the talk directed to the yogis, Sayadaw pointed out the ways to meditate such as sitting and walking meditation. Sayadaw urges the yogis to maintain constant mindfulness at all time in all activities during their retreat at the centre. Sadhu to the yogis.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Happy Wesak 2009
Today Amy and I celebrated Happy Wesak Day at BM Buddhist Meditation Centre. We arrived at BMBMC at 10.00 am. Amy cooked for Dana. Sayadaw U Sumana gave a talk on the 8Lokadhamma (but I was not listening as our "Robes-offering stall" is highly famous today. Beside the Sayadaw, we are honoured to have invited another Bhante for the dana. Tonight there will be a chanting session as today is the 15th day and a Dhamma talk by Sayadaw. Yesterday (the eve of Wesak) we also had listened to a Dhamma talk by Sayalay.
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