The Theravada Buddhist Community would like to invite you to a two-day Days of Mindfulness online retreat with Ayya Medhanandi on Saturday and Sunday, September 26-27, 2020.
Ayya Medhanandi
In 1988, at the Yangon Mahasi retreat centre in Burma, Ayyā requested full ordination as a bhikkhunī from her teacher, the Venerable Sayādaw U Pandita. This was not yet possible for Theravāda Buddhist women. Instead, Sayādaw granted her ordination as a 10-precept monastic vows on condition that she keep them for life.
When a military coup closed Myanmar’s border, Sayādaw blessed her to join the Ajahn Chah Thai Forest Saņgha at Amaravati, UK. Ten years later. Ayyā felt called to practice as a hermit nun in New Zealand for 6 years and later in SE Asia.
In 2007, after nearly 20 years as a novice alms-mendicant nun, Ayyā fulfilled her long-held wish for full bhikkhunī ordination at Ling Quan Chan Monastery in Keelung, Taiwan. In 2008, on invitation from the Ottawa Buddhist Society and Toronto Theravāda Buddhist Community, Ayyā returned to her native Canada to establish Sati Sārāņīya Hermitage.
To join our Zoom Meeting, click on this link:
TBC Online Zoom Session
Meeting ID: 836 2211 0557
(If you wish to join by telephone, Zoom phone numbers are provided below)
The Days of Mindfulness will include meditation, mindfulness instructions and Buddhist reflections.
No registration is required. If you would like to make a donation to Ayya’s Hermitage, Sati Saranaya for this event, please use the the TBC donation page and include a message that the donation is for Ayya’s Days of Mindfulness retreat. 100% of all donations will be passed on to the Hermitage.
We look forward to you joining us on September 26-27. Each day will start at 8:30 EDT in the morning and run to 3:30 in the afternoon.
Daily Schedules
Saturday, September 26
| 8:30 – 8:40 am EDT | Zoom Check-In |
| 8:40 – 8:45 am | Morning Announcements & Introductions |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am | Opening Chants, Requesting the 5 Precepts & 3 Refuges |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am | Meditation (seated with some guidance) |
| 9:45 – 10:30 am | Reflections on a Buddhist Sutta |
| 10:30 – 11:15 am | Meditation (seated or walking) |
| 11:15 – 11:20 am | Announcements |
| 11:20 – 12:40 pm | Break for Lunch |
| 12:40 – 12:45 pm | Afternoon Announcements |
| 12:45 – 1:30 pm | Meditation (seated or walking) |
| 1:30 – 2:15 pm | Dhamma Talk |
| 2:15 – 3:00 pm | Q & A |
| 3:00 – 3:25 pm | Metta & Closing Chants |
| 3:25 – 3:30 pm | Final Announcements |
Sunday, September 27
| 8:30 – 8:40 am EDT | Zoom Check-In |
| 8:40 – 8:45 am | Morning Announcements |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am | Opening Chants, Reflections |
| 9:00 – 9:45 am | Meditation (seated with some guidance) |
| 9:45 – 10:30 am | Reflections on a Buddhist Sutta |
| 10:30 – 11:15 am | Meditation (seated or walking) |
| 11:15 – 11:20 am | Announcements |
| 11:20 – 12:40 pm | Break for Lunch |
| 12:40 – 12:45 pm | Afternoon Announcements |
| 12:45 – 1:30 pm | Meditation (seated or walking) |
| 1:30 – 2:15 pm | Dhamma Talk |
| 2:15 – 3:00 pm | Q & A |
| 3:00 – 3:25 pm | Sharing Merit & Closing Chants |
| 3:25 – 3:30 pm | Final Announcements |
Zoom telephone numbers for Canada, if connecting by phone:
+1 204 272 7920
+1 438 809 7799
+1 587 328 1099
+1 647 374 4685
+1 647 558 0588
+1 778 907 2071