Discrimination | by Ajahn Brahm
1,661 views 1 day agoFresh off a flight from California, Ajahn Brahm discusses the attitudes that lead to discrimination and their impact on people.
— at Wat Buddhanusorn.Ajahn Brahm visited Wat Buddhanusorn today for a daylong benefit retreat for our friends at Dhammadharini.
Ajahn Brahm visited Wat Buddhanusorn today for a daylong benefit retreat for our friends at Dhammadharini.
Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathero (known to most as Ajahn Brahm), born Peter Betts in London in 1951, is a Theravada Buddhist monk. Ajahn Brahm grew up in London and earned a degree in Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University. Disillusioned with the world of academe, he trained as a monk in the jungles of Thailand under Ajahn Chah. A monk for over forty years, Ajahn Brahm is a revered spiritual guide and the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery, in Serpentine, Western Australia—one of the largest monasteries in the southern hemisphere. He is also the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, and spiritual adviser and inspiration for Buddhist centers throughout Asia and Australia. Known for his support for the revival of women’s full ordination in Buddhism in traditions where it has been lost, the first Theravada bhikkhuni ordinations in Australia were hosted at his monastery. Ajahn Brahm’s winning combination of wit and wisdom makes his books bestsellers in many languages, and on his teaching tours he regularly draws multinational audiences of thousands. Tour ScheduleSan Francisco Insight First Unitarian Church, Star King Room 1187 Franklin St., San Francisco For more information: info@sfinsight.org Co-organized by Mission Dharma, Monday Night Dharma, and Against the Stream SF Monday & Tuesday, February 16th & 17th Private Visits to Monastic Sanghas Wednesday, February 18th 10:30 - 2pm Dhammadharini Vihara in Santa Rosa Sangha-dana Lunch Offering & Dhamma Sharing * Note: this is not a public venue Thursday, February 19th 2:30-3:30pm Dhamma Sharing at the Bodhi Tree shrine American Buddhist Seminary Temple 423 Glide Ave, West Sacramento, CA Thursday, February 19th 7 - 9 pm Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group Social Hall of Congregation B’nail Israel 3600 Riverside Blvd, Sacramento, CA For more information: info@sbmg.org Co-organized by ABS Temple and Sacramento Insight Meditation Friday, February 20th 7 - 8:30 pm Wisdom Buddhist Teachers Panel Discussion "Mindfulness: Three Buddhist Perspectives" Berkeley Buddhist Temple / Jodo Shinshu 2140 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA Free & open to the public | Registration required Saturday, February 21st Daylong 9:30am-5pm (arrival 9am) Wat Buddhanusorn 36054 Niles Blvd., Fremont, CA watbuddha.org, download printable flyers below * Meal Dana at 11am | Register here Sunday, February 22nd Daylong 9am – 5 pm (begins 9am) Spirit Rock Meditation Center 5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Woodacre, CA Registration required: spiritrock.org Monday, February 23rd Daytime Talk Google Campus, Silicon Valley – Not open to the public Monday, February 23rd Dhamma Talk 7:30 - 8:30pm Dharmapala Institute 409 S Temple Drive, Milpitas, CA Tuesday, February 24th 2:30-5pm Talk Facebook Campus, Silicon Valley - Not open to the public Tuesday, February 24th 7 – 9 p.m. Insight Meditation South Bay St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA For more information: sit@imsb.org Founded by Ayya Tathaaloka, supportive monastics and friends, the Dhammadharini women's monastic community was the first Bhikkhuni Sangha of the Theravadin forest traditions in North America, and one of the few places in the West where women can fully ordain. Dhammadharini’s Aranya Bodhi Hermitage and temporary vihara are led by fully ordained female monastics (bhikkhunis), the type of monastic life and ordination established by the Buddha more than 2500 years ago. This benefit will help support this fledgling monastic community establish it’s long-wished-for permanent bhikkhuni monastery/vihara. | Co-hosts/co-organizers:- Spirit Rock Meditation Center - Wat Buddhanusorn Thai Buddhist Temple - Insight Meditation South Bay - SF Mission Dharma - SF Monday Night Dharma - SF Against the Stream - Sacramento Insight Meditation - Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group - ABS Temple Sacramento _ => To contribute to the benefit go to Donations.Be sure to write "Benefit: Ajahn Brahm's teaching tour" on the memo line._=> To contribute to the benefit go to Donations.Be sure to write "Benefit: Ajahn Brahm's teaching tour" on the memo line._
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