Sincerely apologized for the cancellation of this retreat due to the closing of the American Bodhi Center in lieu of the current Covid 19 health concern. 14-Day Insight Meditation Retreat with Ven. Gavesi April 26, 2020 English Dharma Group, Jade Buddha Temple will be hosting a 14-Day Vipassana meditation retreat at the American Bodhi Center (ABC, Hempstead TX) in April-May 2020 led by Venerable Gavesi . Participants must attend the full 14 day retreat. A limited number of attendees will be accepted. Registration is required and is first come first served . About Ven. Gavesi Ven. Gavesi was ordained in 2001 by the late Sayadaw U Pandita of Panditārama Forest Meditation Centre in Myanmar. For over 20 years, Ven. Gavesi has been practising both Samatha and Vipassana bhāvanā under various teachers such as Sayadaw U Pandita, Sayadaw Nyanapurnik, and Ven. Sujiva. Currently, Ven. Gavesi teaches Vipassana technique in Malaysia as well as ov...
Instruction: 1. Call from home at individual’s own signed-up time. Teacher: Venerable Dr. Dhammapiya Sayadaw (aka. Sayadaw Dhammapiya) (Phone number not yet available. Please check back here later.) 2. When connected, please do identify yourselves that you are from the Jade Buddha Temple in Houston, Texas and would like to have an interview with Sayadaw Dhammapiya. This is because many times, someone else might answer the phone instead of Sayadaw himself. 3. Do keep your interview within ten minutes. 4. Please do read and get familiar with "How to interview with a teacher?” and “Meditation Instructions – Sayadaw U Pandita” from the web site click here. This will help the interviewees tremendously. 5. Please do call the Sayadaw. He will lead us into “The Four Foundations of Mindfulness”. Experienced meditators and beginners will all benefit from the interviews. ___________________________________________________________ The Opening Passages from the Mahasatipatthana Sutta "...