Two Day Meditation Retreat

Presenter: Ven Dr Vimokha (in person)

8 and 9 July | 9.30am – 5pm AEDT (No overnight stay)

Location: In person at Metta Centre (Bankstown) or Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: By Donation

During Ven. Vimokkha’s trip in Sydney from Thailand, he will be leading a non-residential two-day meditation retreat at the Metta Centre, exploring the practices of Samatha and Vipassana. Participants will be guided through various different forms of meditation, to deepen our practice in meditation and allow us to develop seeing into the nature of the mind in daily life activities. If you wish to join in person, please email us so we can ensure that we cater for everyone present.  You are welcome to bring some food to offer as Dana to Venerable Vimokha (and for retreatants as well) and you can include this in your email to us at contact@mettacentre.com.

Program

Saturday

9.30am: Registrations and Introduction

10am: Sitting with Wisdom Meditation

11am: lunch

12.30pm: Walking with Mindfulness Meditation

1pm: Break

1.30pm: Questions and Answers

2.30pm: One-pointedness (Samatha) Meditation

3.30pm: Break

3.45pm: Practicing Ānāpānasati (Breathing Meditation) in Daily life

4.45pm: Dedication of Merits

5pm: Close

Sunday

9.30am: Registrations and Introduction

10am: Kāyagatāsati Meditation (Mindfulness immersed throughout the whole body)

11am: lunch

12.30pm: Śūnyatā (Emptiness Meditation)

1pm: Break

1.30pm: Questions and Answers

2.30pm: Sixteen Stages of Ānāpānasati (Breathing Meditation)

3.30pm: Break

3.45pm: How to integrate Kāyagatāsati, Śūnyatā and Ānāpānasati  in the practice

4.45pm: Dedication of Merits

5pm: Close

About the Speaker: Ven. Dr. Vimokkha Medhino (Phra Preeyong Arphonsuwan) is the Abbot of Wat Pippaliwanaram, with a M.A. (Buddhist Studies) and Ph.D.(Buddhist Studies) from Mahachulalongkorn University (MCU). He has an extensive experience in teaching insight meditation internationally. Ven. Vimokkha’s book, “The Development of Mindfulness for Insight Meditation” builds on his pragmatic approach to the development of mindfulness.

He has vast experience in insight meditation gained from his practicing under various renown meditation masters and from his own astute and intuitive exploration. He has been engaged by numerous organizations both in Thailand including Dhammasathan Chulalongkorn university and abroad such as Buddhist associations in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Singapore.