Mind training during difficult times

Speaker: Ven. Yaki Platt (Online)

Mon 21 Sept | 7.00-8.30pm AEST

Location: Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: Free

Mind training during difficult times: Shantideva’s pith instructions for developing forbearance given in verse 21, chapter 6 in his Guide to a Bodhisattva’s way of life:
“Furthermore, suffering has good qualities:
Through being disheartened with it, arrogance is dispelled,
Compassion arises for those in Samsara,
Negativities are shunned and joy is found in virtue.”

About the Speaker: Ven. Yaki Platt was born in Israel 1971. He came across the Buddha Dharma for the first time during his first visit to India in 1997. Following that, he returned to India every year to continue to study Buddhism at Dharamsala, India. Ven. Yaki started studying Tibetan language in 2001 and from 2003 to 2005 he underwent training to become an interpreter from Tibetan to English.

Ven. Yaki Platt joined the Chenrezig Institute Buddhist centre as the main translator for the centre, a role he held for 18 years. Over the years he has interpreted for Geshes from the FPMT network of centres as well as for visiting lamas in Australia and on international tours. In addition to interpreting and translating he was appointed the tutor for the advance study programme at Chenrezig Institute in 2015 and taught at other centres in Australia and overseas.

Ven. Yaki Platt was ordained in India in 2014 as a Bikshu by Tai Situ Rinpoche.

Since 2023 Ven. Yaki has been dividing his time between Australia and overseas, focusing on study and practice, teaching and interpreting.

Online event: Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive session online by clicking on this link to access the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506489824?pwd=cmpNQ1ljSmFVYURLWVN1dWllYUN1dz09

Meeting ID: 835 0648 9824 | Passcode: 718905

Alternatively, you can dial in from your telephone (call charges apply): +61 2 8015 6011