Dhamma Talks by Ajahn Brahm on the 28th - 30th November 2011, Kota Kinabalu

Aloka House Sabah is pleased to announce that Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (lovingly known to most as Ajahn Brahm) will be visiting Kota Kinabalu from 28th to 30th November 2011. During his visit, we are organising the following public talks and sessions which we sincerely invite you and your family and friends to attend.

28th November 2011, (Monday)

Public Talk
Title: Finding the Meaning of Life
Date: 28th November 2011, Monday
Time: 8pm (registration starts at 7.15pm)
Venue: Sabah Trade Centre, Kota Kinabalu


29th November 2011, (Tuesday)

Dhamma Discussion
Title: " Meditation with Focus on Jhana and Non-Self"
Date: 29th November 2011, Tuesday
Time: 7.30am - 10am (registration starts at 7.15am)
Venue: Yuan Ming Hall, Pu Tuo Si Temple, Kota Kinabalu

Public Talk
Talk: Buddhism & Bananas
Date: 29th November 2011, Tuesday
Time: 8pm (registration starts at 7.15pm)
Venue: Sabah Trade Centre, Kota Kinabalu


30th November 2011, (Wednesday)

Dhamma Discussion
Title: “Challenges and Issues in the Development of Buddhism in Modern Era".
Date: 30th November 2011, Wednesday
Time: 7.30am - 10am (registration starts at 7.15am)
Venue: Yuan Ming Hall, Pu Tuo Si Temple, Kota Kinabalu

Profile

Ajahn Brahmavamso Mahathera (lovingly known as Ajahn Brahm) was born Peter Betts in London. Shortly after graduating from Cambridge University, United Kingdom with a degree in Theoretical Physics, he was ordained as a Buddhist monk in Bangkok at the age of 23 and trained under Ven Ajahn Chah for 9 years. He is now the Abbot of Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery, near Perth and the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia (BSWA). He is also the spiritual patron of the Buddhist fellowship in Singapore and Bodhikusuma Centre in Sydney. His humorous and inspiring teachings makes him a well sought-after speaker in many countries. His friday night talks reach a weekly audience of many thousands of people. He regularly visits Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, often drawing thousands to hear his talks. He is recognised for dedicating time and attention to the sick and dying, those in prison or ill with cancer, people wanting to learn to meditate, and of course his own Sangha of monks at Bodhinyana, Perth.

For more information please contact : Bro. Ooi ST 016-8403652; Bro. Francis 017-8112975; Sis. Fannie 016-8315755; or email: alokasabah@gmail.com or Facebook page

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Dhamma Talks by Āyasmā Kumāra Bhikkhu’s

Talk: “Practising the Dhamma: Easier said than done, isn’t it."
Date: 8th November 2011, Tuesday
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: KK Tzer Ying Buddhist Temple, Bukit Padang, Kota Kinabalu

Talk: “What we can do about our past bad kamma .”
Date: 9th November 2011, Wednesday
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: KK Tzer Ying Buddhist Temple, Bukit Padang, Kota Kinabalu

Talk: “Dhamma Discussion”
Date: 10th November 2011, Thursday
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Aloka House Sabah, Plaza Alamesra, Jalan Sulaman (opposite of 1Borneo Hypermall), Kota Kinabalu



Āyasmā Kumāra Bhikkhu’s Profile

Āyasmā Kumāra was ordained in 1999 at the age of 27 by Sayādaw U Revata at Subang Jaya Buddhist Association. Currently, he resides in Sāsanārakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (www.sasanarakkha.org), Taiping, where he learns from Āyasmā Aggacitta and acts as his personal assistant.


For more information, please contact Bro. Ooi ST 016-8403652; or Bro Francis 017-8112975. Email us at alokasabah@gmail.com

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