2007 Sayalay Dimplankara Miami Meditation Retreat

Dear Dharma Friends:
 
I am very please to announce that  Sayalay Dipankara has obtained her US visa and has planed to come to Miami on April 16, 2007 to lead at 10-day meditation retreat.  The Retreat will start on April 16, 2007 and end on April 25, 2007.
 
Sayalay Dipankara is one of PaAuk Sayadaw's most outstanding disciples and, under the permission of Sayadaw,  has been teaching meditation around the world, including England, Germany, France, Australia, US, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and Taiwan, etc.   She came to Four Springs, California,  to join Sayadaw for the 2005 two-month California retreat and taught meditation there for one month.
 
You will find the following three attachments: (1) Retreat Announcement, (2) Registration Form, and  (3) Tentative Sitting Schedule.
 
Please go to the follow websites to find more information regarding Sayalay Dipankara and her teaching:
 
                 http://www.cakkavala.org/SayalayDipankara.htm
 
For those who are interested in attending the April retreat, please contact Megan at (305) 385-2866 for further information.
 
with metta,
 
K. Wu

                                (See Below for Details)                    

Sayalay Dipankara Spring 2007 Miami Retreat
 

 A ten-day meditation retreat led by Sister Dipankara, a major disciple of Ven Pa Auk Sayadaw in Southern Burma, will be held in Miami, Florida.

What: This retreat will focus on the development of strong and powerful concentration (i.e. jhanas) as the foundation for the deep Vipassana practice that Sayadaw teaches when the meditator is sufficiently concentrated.

Sister Dipankara teaches Samatha and Vipassanà meditation based on the Tipitaka and its commentaries, notably the Visuddhimagga. Beginning with ànàpànasati and four- elements meditation, the teaching is organized into the 3 trainings of sīla, samādhi and pa¤¤à, further refined into the seven stages of purification. With sīla as foundation, strong samādhi is developed to discern ultimate materiality and mentality, and the workings of dependent origination. In Vipassanà, through the systematic discerning of the five aggregates as impermanent, suffering and non-self, progress is made through the insight knowledge while purifying the mind of defilements, to attain Nibbāna.

 When: April 16, 2007 through April 25, 2007

Where: Miami, Florida

Participants: Only 20 spaces are available; register early to reserve your space. 

Format: This is a monastic retreat. Yogi’s will be required to follow the 8 precepts, including eating two meals a day. Meditation will start from 4:30am and last until 8:30 or 9:00pm. Experience with at least one silent 10-day retreat is highly recommended.  

Cost: To be determined. Teachers and staff will offer their services on a dana basis.

Reservations: A non-refundable deposit in the amount of $100 is due on or before March 20, 2007. The balance will be due on April 16, 2007. All spaces are reserved only upon receipt of the deposit payment. We are not able to accommodate persons with special medical needs. All registrants must be able to engage in sitting meditation for extended periods of time. 

Questions: Please send messages to:  anasati@bellsouth.edu   Please indicate:  "Re: Meditation Retreat"

Send applications and checks, made payable and sent to Florida Buddhist Association, 12815 SW 119 Terrace, Miami, FL 33186.  Phone 305-385-2866


                           Download Retreat Registration Form 

Download Schedule