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Edmonton Summer 9 Day Retreat
We are very pleased to announce a 9 day retreat
With Ayyá Medhánandí
July 3 – 11, 2010
@ Providence Renewal Centre in Edmonton
Ayyá Medhánandí (née Mary Fiksel, 1949), a native of Montreal, is a Theravada bhikkhuni and the abbess of Sati Saraniya Hermitage just outside Perth, Ontario. She began meditating at the age of 21. Inspired by the practice, she made pilgrimage to India, met an Advaita sage, and trained with him as a nun for four years. After completing her Msc in nutrition, she designed and managed UN and other global aid programs for malnourished women and children in developing countries.
Her teacher’s death in 1986 was a call to monastic life. She left her career to take her first vows as a Buddhist nun with Sayadaw U Pandita in Myanmar. Then came ten years at Amaravati Buddhist Monastery with Ajahn Sumedho as preceptor, eight years as a solitary nun in New Zealand and Penang, and teaching in the Antipodes, Asia, and the West.
In 2007, she received bhikkhuni ordination and took the bodhisattva monastic precepts in Taiwan. Accepting an invitation to return to Canada, in 2008, she established Sati Saraniya Hermitage, the first Canadian Theravada Buddhist monastic residence for bhikkhunis. In addition to running Hermitage programs and leading retreats, she teaches vipassana meditation courses for Ottawa area Hospice staff and volunteers. She is the author of 'Gone Forth, Going Beyond'.
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| Date: | July 3-11, 2010 |
| Days and Time: | Sat July 3, 11 am (incl lunch) to Sunday 12 noon July 11th, 2010 |
| Place: | Providence Renewal Center 3005 - 119 St Edm, AB |
| Fees: | $695.00 members (Dana is not included in this fee)
Please mail a post dated cheque payable to: Light of the Dhamma Society to confirm your spot |
| Maximum: | 35 Participants |
| Instructor: | Ayyá Medhánandí |
| Registration contact: | E-Mail: stephen@lightofthedhamma.org
Phone: 780.444.2622 |
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