Sky is the Limit. Are You Ready?

Teacher: Venerable Bhikkhu Brisbane Dhamma Rakkhitha (In Person, Visiting from Brisbane)

Wed 20 May | 7.00-8.30pm AEST

Location: In person at Western Sydney University, Parramatta City Campus (Entry at 1 Parramatta Square), Level 7, Room 1.7.39B

(Enter via automatic doors at the bottom staircase, next to Mikazuki. Proceed to lifts and go to Level 7)

or Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: Free

If mindfulness is so beneficial, it is reasonable to wonder why more people aren’t practicing and/or engaged in it. The answer is, what I like to call, ‘excuses’. There are some common excuses - family and official commitments, sickness, responsibilities, duties, not observing precepts etc.

The Buddha said that people are intoxicated by sensual pleasure, youth, fame, position etc. So, they are not awake enough to understand mindfulness. Some die intoxicated and unfortunately waste this valuable human life. It is important to understand that whatever your situation, the present moment, and the self, are always there. So, you can be mindful irrespective of your situation.

People think that mindfulness must have pre-decided conditions; but if you are serious about happiness, now is the time, here is the place and you yourself are the person. No excuses can take that away. No limiting factors are applicable.

Practice does not require anything. It only requires humanity and the willingness to better yourself. If you have got that, then sky is the limit. This has been proven repeatedly. The practice of mindfulness is the way to happiness.

Let the Journey Begin..

Buddha is the most superior noble friend to mankind. However, we can see him only in the light of Dhamma. He recommends associating with a noble friend to see the Dhamma. A noble friend is a person who can teach, encourage, inspire and advise you on the path to happiness, which is the state of unbiased non-reactional acceptance.

May this session organised by Metta Centre be a bridge connecting Noble friendship, provide guidance to start a regular mindfulness practice and open up the path to complete freedom from suffering.

About the Teacher: Venerable Bhikkhu Brisbane Dhamma Rakkhitha is a dedicated student of the Most Venerable U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero, a highly revered meditation master in Sri Lankan Forest Tradition.

Venerable Dhamma Rakkhitha has been a serious meditation practitioner for over 25 years in various traditions even before becoming a monastic. With his strong meditation background, he has been training lay practitioners in Australia and overseas over a decade as a lay teacher, and for many years as a Bhikkhu.
He has been a life-changing mindfulness teacher for multitudes for many years now. His approach to mindfulness-based meditation is very attractive with his strong background as a lay person who successfully balanced his meditation, professional, and family life in Australia until he reached the time of becoming a monastic.
He is also the author of the book, Mindfulness in a Nutshell.
It will be a rare and inspiring experience to be trained under a well-experienced meditation teacher like Venerable Bhikkhu Dhamma Rakkhitha.

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