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Insight Meditation Retreat: May 23rd to June 6th, 2015

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Registration is open for a residential long retreat at the American Bodhi Cneter (ABC) in the Bamboo Grove from May 23 to June 6th, 2015 . Venerable Nalaka from Austin Buddhist Vihara together with Bhante Katapunno will be at the retreat. Registration deadline is April 30th, 2015. Registration Duration of stay is flexible, although we recommend at least a minimum of 3 consecutive days. Participants who registered for for the entire retreat will be favoured.  You will get a registration confirmation about 2 weeks before the start of the retreat. Cost Participants will share cost primary based food, dana to ABC and the teachers.  Planning for food arrangement is under-way therefore the final cost will be ready few weeks before the retreat.  To give a general idea based on experience from previous retreats, the cost is about $30-$40 per day.  Again, please understand that this will vary. If you have any advise or are willing to serve during the retreat, do le...
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April 2019 Meditation Retreat

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10-Day Insight Meditation Retreat with Ven. Gavesi April 23, 2019 English Dharma Group, Jade Buddha Temple will be hosting a 10-Day Vipassana meditation retreat at the American Bodhi Center (ABC, Hempstead TX) in April 2019 led by Venerable Gavesi . The first day of the retreat is Tuesday, April 23, 2019 and vegetarian meals are provided.  Participants must attend the full 10 day retreat.  A limited number of attendees will be accepted. Registration is required and is first come first served. Register here.   Ven. Gavesi Bio 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 overseas. He is presently the Spiritual Adviser to Peace H...
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A New Year Beginning Practice

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A beautiful morning arriving at the American Bodhi Center and saw Ven K already waiting to greet us with his faithful companion, "Lai Mew".  For the next hour before people arrived we set around preparing and organizing the meditation hall and the computer projections for the afternoon class. Yogi started arriving and more than 30 yogi came and practice meditation and listen to the teaching January 2013.  It is a strong showing for the beginning of the New Year.  May all be well and happy. CULTIVATING THE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT The sixth way of sharpening the controlling faculties is cultivating the factors of enlightenment: mindfulness, investigation, energy, rapture or joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity. These qualifies of mind, or mental factors, are actually the causes which bring about enlightenment. When they are present and alive in one’s mind, the moment of enlightenment is being encouraged, and may be said ...
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