Upcoming Upasika Day - October 17th

Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery will continue with the Upasika Days with a day of community, Dhamma study, and meditation. The Upasika Program exists to provide an opportunity for lay women and men (upasikas/upasakas) to deepen their practice and their relationship to the monastery.

The theme of the October 17, 2009 Upasika day is Jump-starting Your Meditation Practice. Everyone's meditation hits a dry patch or loses momentum and needs a fresh infusion of energy. We will be studying the Meghiya Sutta (Ud. 4.1) and the Vitakkasanthana Sutta: The Relaxation of Thoughts (MN 20). These suttas are available for download in Microsoft Word format here or in html format at Access to Insight.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

11:00 am - Meal Offering (bring a dish to share)

1:00 pm - Meditation, Refuges and Precepts, Teachings & Discussion

For more information contact Mettika at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). For directions to the monastery visit the Directions page within this website.