Ajahn Tiradhammo at Langara on May 11

Meditation: Transforming Life’s Challenges into Wisdom
A Day of Meditation Instruction, Teaching and Practice
with Ajahn Tiradhammo

an invitation from

The Friends of Thailand Society of Vancouver
and the
Asian Studies Department of Langara College

[Click here or on the image above for a poster with these details in Word format.]

Ajahn Tiradhammo is from Surrey, BC. He interrupted his studies at UBC to travel extensively in Asia, where he discovered the Theravada Buddhism of Sri Lanka. In 1973 he began practicing intensive meditation in Northern Thailand, where a year later he was ordained. He trained at the temples of the Northeatern meditation master Ajahn Chah from 1975, and in 1982 he began to assist in the historic transfer of the Thai Forest Tradition and Ajahn Chah’s teaching lineage to the UK. He spent three years in charge of the Harnham Vihara in Northumberland. In 1998 he helped establish the Dhammapala monastery in Switzerland, and was the senior monk there until 2005, when he became senior monk at Bodhinyanarama monastery near Wellington New Zealand. The Vancouver area is fortunate indeed to have a visit from this widely respected monk. Check out dhammatalks.org.uk/tirad.

LOCATION: Room 201, B building, Langara College, 100 West 49th Ave.
DATE: Sunday, 11 May, 2008
PROGRAM (subject to revision):
9:00: Registration
9:30 - 11:00: Morning Session (introduction, sitting and teaching)
11:00 - 12:30: Lunch Break
12:30 - 2:30: Second Session (sitting, walking, teaching)
2:30 - 3:00: Tea Break and Q&A
3:00 - 4:30: Third Session (sitting, walking, teaching)
4:30-5:00: Final Questions and Answers

ADMISSION: Free of charge. (Donations accepted to defray Ajahn’s travel
costs.)
BRING: Your own lunch (and ready-to-eat food for the monk if you would like to offer dana).
A sitting cushion.
Wear loose clothing.
CONTACT: Jim or Tip at 604-224-1588 or tipp [at] telus [dot] net

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