Exploring the Landscape of the Heart

Presents

Exploring the Landscape of the Heart

A Weekend Course with venerable Virañani

Time: Friday 29 August 2014, 7-9PM; Bodhi Tree Meditation Center

Saturday 30 August 2014, 9AM -4PM; Hawaii Loa Ridge Park

Sunday 31 August 2014, 10am-1pm; Hawaii Loa Ridge Park

Cost: Free (Donation to venerable Virañani is wecome)

The practice of loving-kindness (mettā bhāvana) aims at the cultivation of a loving, benevolent attitude towards all living beings. It opens the heart, expands the mind, and allows us to deeply know the landscape of the heart. Since the time of the Buddha, this form of meditation has been used as a practice in itself, and as a support for the development of insight. This is a flexible practice that can be done either formally or at any time during our daily lives.

In this special two-month weekly offering, Venerable Virañani will share the traditional progression of the formal practice of developing mettā. Along the way, we develop skills to arouse genuine loving kindness towards ourselves, our friends, the difficult people in our lives, and all beings.

These practice sessions are suitable for both beginners and experienced meditators and you are welcome to attend all or some of the sessions as your schedule allows.

As is traditionally the case in the Burma, the teachings are offered on a donation basis.

The Venerable Virañani is an American nun ordained in the Burmese Theravada tradition. She has been a nun for more than eight years and has been living at the Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Center in Burma since 2006. Ven. Virañani has studied the dharma and practiced meditation for many years, sitting numerous long-term retreats. As well as her commitment to the inner work of Buddhist meditation, Ven. Virañani is also deeply involved in compassionate action through her service to yogis in the Meditation Center and her dharma teaching in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Burma. Additionally, she helps organize and distribute funds donated to children and adults in great need in Burma, many of whom are orphans or displaced persons due to Cyclone Nargis. Ven. Virañani edits and distributes the Metta in Action Newsletter.

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