Bodhiyana Buddhist
Education Society
Lecture
BUDDHIST WAY TO A BETTER LIFE!
April 09, 2017
How to increase your Health, Wealth, Respect, Reputation & Wisdom through the 5 Precepts
Time: April 9, 2017 10:00am to 3:30pm
Place: VanDusen Botanical Garden --Floral Hall
5251 Oak St, Vancouver, BC
Registration: $20
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10:00am - Noon : Part 1 of "How to increase your health, wealth, respect, reputation & wisdom through the 5 precepts", Meditation & Chanting
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Noon - 12:45pm Lunch break (lunch is incl. with admission)
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12:45pm - 3:30pm Meditation & Chanting, Part 2 of "How to increase your health, wealth, respect, reputation & wisdom through the 5 precepts."
Free Refreshments and Vegetarian lunch. Please bring your own mugs.
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Event will be led by:
Shifu Zhihan - a fully ordained bhikshu from the Chinese Buddhist tradition in Taiwan. He has been a monastic practitioner for over 20 years. Currently, he gives buddhist lectures and meditation instructions in Spanish, Portuguese, English and Mandarin in North and South America, as well as Taiwan. He is a director of Bodhiyana Buddhist Education Society in Canada, abbot of Tzong Kwan Temple in Brazil, founder of the Bodhiyana Foundation in Argentina, and abbot of Yu Chuan Temple in Paraguay.
Shifu Showshir - became a Taiwanese Mahayana nun in 1995. After 15 years of Buddhist studies in Taiwan, she traveled to Thailand, India, Myanmar to learn meditation from different Buddhist traditions. In 2012, she returned to Vancouver to teach meditation and share her knowledge of Buddhism. Currently, she is the president of Bodhiyana Buddhist Education Society.
Shifu Showshao - born in Taiwan and became a nun in 1995. She studied in the Chinese Pureland school for 7 years and the Vinaya School for 10 years in Taiwan. In 2012, she came to Vancouver and is a teacher of Bodhiyana Buddhist Education Society to help disseminate Buddhism.
Two Day Metta(Loving-kindness) Meditation Retreat
March 27, 2016
Only open to those who have already attended meditation classes with either Ven. Zhihan or Ven. Showshir.
In this world full of hatred, suffering, and unhappiness, we need to develop loving-kindness to create more positive energy... more
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