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SUMMARY:Confidence for a Life of Freedom: A Daylong Retreat on Gratitude with Bhante Rahula, Maechee Paññāsirī, & CMM (In-Person & Online)
DESCRIPTION:Join Bhante Rahula, Maechee Paññāsirī, Ajahn Kovilo, and Ajahn Nisabho for a day of meditation and teachings, 9 am – 3:30 pm on Sunday, June 21, at Pritchard Beach Bathhouse ( https://www.seattle.gov/parks/reserve/indoor-event-rentals/pritchard-beach-bathhouse ) in Seattle, on the shores of Lake Washington (8400 55th Ave S). Those unable to attend in-person may tune in via Zoom.\nThis one-day, urban retreat invites us to uncover the confidence within to shape a life of freedom. Join us on a journey of trust, inner strength, and silent renewal—a nourishing pause to reflect, reconnect, and quietly empower the heart. Feel free to contact Yanett Cepeda at yanett.cepeda@gmail.com ( mailto:yanett.cepeda@gmail.com ) to register. May all beings be well!\nZoom Link\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85679732066?pwd=rFpCWKJmVEdwZ20EVXeW1x0lEt743p.1\nMeeting ID: 856 7973 2066 / Passcode: 144835\nSchedule\n9 – 10 am: Brief welcome, introduction, & guided meditation.\n10 – 10:30 am: Dhamma talk\n10:30 – 11:30 am: Sitting & walking meditation\n11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Sack lunch & free time\n12:30 – 1:30 pm: Guided meditation and Q&A\n1:30 – 2: Walking & sitting meditation\n2 – 2:30 pm: Dhamma Talk\n2:30 – 3 pm: Walking & sitting meditation\n3 – 3:30 pm: Closing comments, & spreading blessings\nMeal (Individual sack lunch)\nTo keep the event simple, the retreat will not feature a potluck this year. Participants are invited to bring a sack lunch, and they may still offer food for the monastics’ meal at the start of the lunch break\nWhat to Bring\n– A meditation cushion (some spare cushions and chairs are available for sitting at the venue)\n– A blanket if you get chilly sitting still\n– A sack lunch\n– A sun hat and sunscreen for outdoor walking meditation\n– Your intention to practice in community!\nDonations\nAll teachings are offered completely free of charge. However, those who feel inspired to help support Paññabhūmi Monastery, where Bhante Rahula stays, may do so on through the website. Additionally, those who wish to contribute towards Clear Mountain may do so by visiting the Friends of Clear Mountain ( https://www.friendsofclearmountain.org/ ) website. Such contributions help support future offerings and the growth of Dhamma. \nBiographies\n\nAjahn Kovilo\nAjahn Kovilo is an Ohio-born monk who, having been introduced to meditation through the Goenka tradition, first entered the monastery in 2006. After receiving full ordination from Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro at Abhayagiri Monastery in California in 2010, he spent the next decade training at monasteries in the Ajahn Chah tradition in America and Thailand. In 2020, after a year practicing at a Pa Auk Sayadaw monastery, Ajahn Kovilo enrolled at the Dharma Realm Buddhist University (DRBU) to study Pali and to better understand Mahāyāna practices. Having graduated from DRBU in 2024, Ajahn Kovilo has now joined the Clear Mountain community in person.\nAjahn Nisabho\nAfter finishing college in 2012, Ajahn Nisabho left his native Washington to go forth as a Buddhist monk in Thailand. He received full ordination the following spring under Ajahn Anan, a senior disciple of renowned meditation master, Ajahn Chah, and spent the following years training in forest monasteries around the world with contemporary masters such as Ajahn Anan, Ajahn Pasanno, and Ajahn Jayasaro. Over these years, he came to believe the tradition represented a faithful embodiment of the original Buddhist path able to yield great fruit even amidst the complexities of modern life. In the summer of 2021, he returned to Seattle to plant the first seeds of Clear Mountain Monastery.\nBhante Rahula\nBhante Rāhula, born in Mexico, has spent the last 22 years in Asia in various periods, where he has practiced and studied the Dhamma.He was ordained in Myanmar by Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa, who is his preceptor. Since 2004 he has received meditation guidance from Sayadaw U Tejaniya. For 6 years, Bhante studied Suttas and Abhidhamma with Sayadaw Dr. Ukkamsacara in Macau. In 2019, he completed a course on Buddhist scriptures from Harvard University. He underwent monastic Vinaya training for 2 years in Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary in Malaysia under the guidance of Ven. Ariyadhammika, where he also led retreats and Dhamma activities for the local community. Currently, Bhante is constructing the Mexican Buddhist Center (Paññābhūmi) to introduce and propagate the Buddha’s teaching in South America. He is also actively involved in diverse programs to aid parts of the society in overcoming drug addiction and alcoholism, as well as supporting educational campaigns for children and teens to prevent such problem in this region. To learn more, visit www.bhanterahula.com.\nMaechii Paññasiri\nSister Maechee Paññāsirī is a Chinese-born, Thai forest nun in the tradition of Ven. Ajahn Chah. Born in 1967 and grew up in Shanghai, China, Sister has worked many years as a writer/creative director, a teacher of yoga, pranayama and meditation, as well as travelling the world, with a deep spiritual pursuit which she was born with. Finally this lifelong inner quest tuned her into the path of Dhamma. In 2018 She became a student of Ven. Ajahn Jayasāro and started the training in various forest monasteries in Thailand as a eight precept Upāsikā. In 2020 she became a Maechee with Ven. Ajahn Jayasāro as her preceptor and was instructed to go on almsround and not to receive or use money. Sister Maechee Paññāsirī currently remains in a nuns’ hermitage near the Khao Yai mountain in Thailand.\n
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