1 to 5 July 2007
Sayadaw
U Inndaka's Dhamma Tour
2007
Sayadaw U Inndaka Dhammaduta Programme
(Abbot of Chanmyay Myaing Meditation Centre, Myanmar)
DHAMMA TALKS:
1) Dhamma
Talk
at Uttamayanmuni Buddhist Temple (UBT),
32B Choa Chu Kang Road Singapore 688785
Date : 1st Jul 2007 (Sunday)
Time :
from
10am
2) Dhamma Talk at Buddhist Fellowship (BF), c/o Poh Ern
Shih Temple, 9 Chwee Chian Road, Singapore 117488
Date : 4th Jul 2007 (Wednesday)
Time : 7 to 10pm
3) Dhamma Talk at Ti-Sarana Buddhist Association (TBA),
90 Duku Road, Singapore 429254
Date : 8th Jul 2007 (Sunday)
Time : from 10am
METTA VIPASSANA MEDITATION WORKSHOP:
1) Meditation Workshop at Poh Meng Tse Temple (PMTT), 438
Dunearn Road, Singapore 289613
(participants - please bring your own mediation cushion)
Date : 2nd Jul 2007 (Monday) & 3rd Jul 2007 (Tuesday)
Time 7.30 to 9pm
2) One Day Meditation Workshop at Wat Palelai (WP), 49
Bedok Walk
Date : 7th Jul 2007 (Saturday)
Time : 8am to 7pm
NB: registration is recommended as lunch will be provided
Kindly register with Sis Henrietta at
henriettawongheng@yahoo.com.sg
(hp: 96318375)
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Volunteers who wish to offer
Daily
Breakfast
Dana (1-10 July),
may do so at Poh Meng Tse Temple (PMTT).
Time:
7 to 8am.
Synopsis of Talks:
Title 1: The Five Kinds of Shade
Synopsis: There are five kinds of shade: (1) the shade of tree,
(2) the shade of parents and relatives, (3) the shade of a
ruler, (4) the shade of a teacher, (5) the shade of Lord
Buddha’s dhamma or Teachings. Among these five shades,
the shade of relatives and parents is more peaceful than the
shade of a tree. The shade of a ruler is more peaceful than the
shade of relatives and parents. The shade of a teacher is more
peaceful than the shade of a ruler. The shade of Lord Buddha’s
Teachings or dhamma is more peaceful than the shade of a
teacher.
Title 2: Loving-Kindness Meditation (Metta
Bhavana)
Synopsis: Bhavana means development or cultivation.
Therefore, metta bhavana refers to the repeated
cultivation of metta or loving-kindness in our own
hearts and minds to make it firm and strong. With the practice
of metta meditation, we have to develop a genuine wish
for our own happiness and the happiness of others. When we
develop metta for all beings by wishing them good health
and happiness, then our hearts and minds will feel happy and
peaceful. Because we are practising metta meditation, we
experience this happiness and peace ourselves.
About
Sayadaw U
Inndaka
Sayadaw U Inndaka
was born on 5 October 1952 in the village of Thaleba, Ayadaw
Township in Monywa District, Myanmar. After completing the fourth
standard, he became a novice (samanera). In 1972, he ordained
as a monk (bhikkhu) in the Mahagandhayon Monastery with
Mahagandhayon Sayadaw U Janakabhivamsa as his preceptor. He passed
the Pali exams at the primary, intermediate and the advanced levels
up to the Dhammacariya (Religious teacher) Exam. He
subsequently taught the Pali scriptures to monks and novices for
about 10 years in Mandalay.
Sayadaw U Inndaka started practising Satipatthana vipassana
meditation under Chanmyay Sayadaw Ashin Janakabhivamsa. In 1989 he
spent his vassa (rains retreat) at Chanmyay Yeiktha
Meditation Centre, Yangon practising Satipatthana vipassana
meditation under Chanmyay Sayadaw. When vassa ended, he
continued to reside at Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditation Centre and carry
out the duties of pariyatti (duties connected with studying
and learning the scriptures) and patipatti (duties connected
with teaching and practising meditation). In 1995, Chanmyay Sayadaw
appointed him to be the Abbot of the newly established branch of
Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditation Centre in Hmawbi, where he served as the
Meditation Instructor for both Myanmar and foreign monks and lay
meditators.
In 2005 Sayadaw U Inndaka moved into his own monastery after 10
years exemplary service at Hmawbi.
This new centre is located on about
4-acres of land and its address is Chanmyay Myaing Meditation
Centre, Lay Daunk Kan Quarter, Shwe Nantha Sanpya Myothit,
Mingaladon Township (Tel: 951-728820/1), about half an hour’s drive
from Yangon. The aim of the Centre is to conduct intensive training
in Satipatthana Vipassana meditation for Burmese and foreign
yogis throughout the year except during the Burmese New Year in
April when Myanmar people by the thousands join meditation retreats
to avoid the noisy water festival and parents send their children to
monasteries to become temporary novices. In April 2007, Sayadaw
conducted a month-long Buddhist training course for 400 youths who
ordained as temporary novices at the Chanmyay Myaing Centre.
Sayadaw U Inndaka is the author of the book “Metta – The Practice of
Loving Kindness as the Foundation for Insight Meditation Practice”.
It has
been translated into English and German and has served as a very
useful guide for practitioners all over the world.
Sayadaw visits
Malaysia every year to conduct meditation retreats.
Compiled by Chan Khoon San
Date: 2 June 2007
