March 22nd, 2024
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
One-Day Introduction to
Natural Samādhi Meditation
Natural Collectedness of Mind
by Boundless Love & Somatic Release
With Bhante Ānanda
Natural Samādhi is the original teaching of the Buddha on how to develop mental collectedness (Samādhi), by way of uplifting the mind and relaxing bodily tension. This is what the Buddha called wise practice (Right effort). Learning to use the vehicle of Calm and Clarity (Samatha-Vipassanā), meditators deepen in their experience of a happy and composed mind, and drink deep, the bliss of the higher mind (Adhicitta).
For a mind well trained in this timeless wisdom and free from the five mental obstructions, there is no need to wish for happiness, since happiness pervades every moment of existence. The collected mind is happy, and a happy mind is collected (Sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati).
Developing awareness of Loving-Kindness to Nibbāna, using right effort (6Rs). In the spirit of the meditation as taught by Most Ven. Bhante Vimalaramsi, Bhante Ānanda’s teacher.
Retreat Experience
Natural Samādhi
One-Day Meditation Retreat
March 22nd, 2024
Dhamma Vijaya Buddhist Vihāra
Phone : (02) 9476 4436
Email : info.dhammavijaya@gmail.com
Dhamma Vijaya Buddhist Vihāra
Sydney, NSW, Australia
For all inquiries:
Phone : (02) 9476 4436
Email : info.dhammavijaya@gmail.com
About the Teacher
Bhante Ānanda
Bhante Ānanda is a Canadian Buddhist monk trained in the teachings and the monastic way of life of early Buddhism. In 2018, after practicing and learning from a vast spectrum of different spiritual practices including Hinduism, Hatha yoga, traditional Native American wisdom, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Vipassanā meditation and much more, Bhante Ānanda discovered the Teachings of Bhante Vimalaramsi.
Highly impressed with his meditation technique and his wisdom, he decided to go forth (Pabbaja) at his center, Dhamma Sukha Meditation Centre (DSMC) in Missouri, and spent a whole summer in the presence of Bhante Vimalaramsi. During his stay at DSMC, he had the opportunity to attend closely on his teacher and to sit on meditators’ interviews by Bhante Vimalaramsi’s side for the whole summer, directly learning from him for several months.
At the end of the summer, Bhante Vimalaramsi gave Bhante Ānanda his permission to teach. Bhante Ānanda then moved to Canada as a solitary forest monk and founded the HeartDhamma community and the Heartwood Hermitage. https://heartdhamma.love
Begin the Journey
Embracing the whole of the Buddha’s teaching, Bhante Ānanda’s approach tends toward Natural collectedness of mind (Dhamma Samādhi) through, what he calls the two wings of awakening; Joy and letting go. Which culminates in the direct experience of Nibbāna, by way of wisely developing the seven supports of awakening (Sambojjhaṅgas) and Boundless Love (Mettā).
He is the author of:
Open Heart
A Guide from Boundless Love Meditation to Nibbāna
Bhāvanā
The Buddha’s Path to Awakening & Wholesome Mental Development
Pūjā
Recitals of Dhamma
Most Ven. Bhante Vimalaramsi's Teaching
On his spiritual journey, Bhante Vimalaramsi practiced and learned from many renowned meditation teachers from Thailand, Burma, Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
But it is only after many long retreats that he discovered the first modern translation of the the Majjhima Nikāya, the Buddha’s original discourses by Bhante Ñāṇamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi.
He was then so inspired by the Buddha’s own words that he left for a cave in Thailand, where he started practicing directly from the Buddha’s own words. His discovery was life changing and shortly afterwards, he synthesized a meditation technique which he called Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (TWIM).
Bhante Vimalaramsi teaches how to use the four immeasurable states of the heart: Boundless Love, boundless compassion, boundless joy and boundless calm, in a natural, gradual and linear sequence, using, as a compass, what he called the 6Rs (Recognize, Release, Relax, Re-Smile, Return, Repeat). The culmination of which leads to a perfectly clear and still mind and the direct experience of Nibbāna.
Since then, thousands of meditators have greatly benefited from Bhante Vimalaramsi’s teaching and have experienced profound levels of liberation, freedom and happiness.
Price
On a Donation Basis /// The Dhamma is priceless /// There is no fixed price.
This retreat is sponsored by the generosity of old students who have benefited from these retreats in the past and faithful donors who genuinely wish to see the teaching of the Buddha on mental development and meditation help as many as possible. Participants are invited to practice their generosity in order to make these retreats possible to all in the future! Without your support, these retreats cannot exist!
For all inquiries:
Phone : (02) 9476 4436
Email : info.dhammavijaya@gmail.com
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