Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso, abbot of Bodhinyana
Monastery in Western Australia, renowned for his teaching on
meditation, will be in Sri Lanka next week and will hold
sessions relating to various aspects of meditation from February
11-14 in Colombo, Kalutara, Maharagama and Kandy. This is a rare
opportunity for those interested in meditation to learn from an
erudite master on the subject.
His schedule in Sri Lanka includes handing over
donations of significant value arranged by Buddhist followers in
Singapore to organisations engaged in, providing relief to
tsunami victims and reconstructing disaster stricken areas.
Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso was born in Londin in
1951. He regarded himself a Buddhist at the age of 17 through
reading Buddhist books whle still at school.
“In the way that I teach meditation, I like to
begin with the very simple stage of giving up the baggage of
past and future and abiding in the present moment. You may think
that this is too basic, that it is an easy thing to do. However,
if you give it your full effort, not going ahead until you have
properly reached the first goal of sustained attention on the
present moment, then you will find later on that you have
established a very strong foundation on which to build the
higher stages of meditation” explains Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso.
Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso will be holding
discourses on Buddhist meditation during his visit to Sri Lanka
as follows — on February 12 from 8.30 — 11.00 a.m. at the BMICH
Colombo from 3.00 — 6.00 p.m. at the Kalutara Bodhiya; February
13 from 9.00 — 11.00 a.m. at the Amawathura Asapuwa, Pittugala,
Malabe, from 4.00 — 6.00 p.m. at Maharagama Dharmayathanaya; on
February 14 at the Governor’s official Residence, Kandy (in the
vicinity of Dalada Maligawa) from 3.30 — 6.00 p.m.
