Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 5th Meeting (Sep 1, 2007)

The teleconference on Saturday, Sep 1, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted by a panel consisting of all participating venerable monks.

The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.

The topic for this meeting will be: "How would you identify and be in righteous association (friends, environment, requisites, etc.)?"

Weekly Sinhala Dhamma Discussion goes Global!

Due to the numerous requests that we received from our friends outside the North America, and also due to continued success that we had over the last four weeks in our Dhamma discussion, we have decided to go global with our weekly Sinhala Dhamma Discussion (On Saturdays, 7:00PM - 9:00PM EST)!

We are pleased to inform you that we will be able to support a total of 500 connections worldwide over the telephone as well as internet VOIP facilitated through Skype (http://www.skype.com/) for our weekly meetings, with effect from coming Saturday, Sep 1, 2007. With the unique setup that we will be utilizing, the conference participants will be able to join the Dhamma discussion seamlessly with either a traditional telephone call or over internet Skype.

Furthermore, in addition to the main Teleconference bridge in USA, participants from 10 European countries will have the option to use local telephone numbers to join the conference. The others can join the conference via Skype from anywhere in the world where there is a broadband internet connection.

Here are full details of conference particulars:

From Skype:
call Skype number:+990008275158353 to be a participant. Please note that this Skype out number is completely free.

From a regular phone...
Calling from the USA/Canada call:
USA Phone# 1-605-475-8590(long distance costs apply).

In Europe, call:
Austria 0820 4000 1574
Belgium 070 35 9989
France 0826 100 277
Germany 01805 00 7649
Ireland 0818 270 034
Italy 0848 390 175
Spain 0902 886 051
Switzerland 0848 560 195
UK 0870 738 0763
Netherlands 0870 001 932

The conference is free but premium national rate charges will apply to these calls, as follows:
Charge/minute
UK: 1.5p
Germany: 14 Euro Cents
France: 15 Euro Cents
Belgium: 8.7 Euro Cents
Switzerland: 4 Euro Cents
Ireland: 1.3 Euro Cents
Italy: 8.2 Euro Cents

Conference Room/ID Number is : 5158353

Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference) - 4th Meeting (Aug 25, 2007)

The teleconference on Saturday, Aug 25, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted by a panel consisting of all participating venerable monks.

The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara, Michigan.

The topic for this meeting will be: "How would you define Merits and Demerits?"

Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference) - 3rd Meeting (Aug 18, 2007)

The teleconference on Saturday, Aug 18, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted by a panel of venerable monks consisting of Ven. Y. Sankichcha, Ven. P. Sathi and Ven. P. Sujatha. The discussion will be moderated and led by Ven. D. Indarathana.

The topic for this meeting will be: "How would you find a teacher in your pathway of Dhamma?"

Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference) - 2nd Meeting (Aug 11, 2007)

The teleconference on Saturday, Aug 11, 2007, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be led by Ven. P. Sathi of Triple Gem of the North Buddhist Organization in Minnesota. This Dhamma Discussion will be based on Mahanama Sutra.

Ven. Sathi has made a sinhala transcript of this Suthra available for those who wish to review it prior to the discussion.

Inaugural Meeting (Aug 4, 2007)

Inaugural Meeting of our Sinhala Dhamma Discussion (Teleconference) was a great success with participants from a number places in North America. Many thanks to those who attended it. The dhamma discussion was led by Ven. B. Muditha of Great Lakes Buddhist Vihara. There were a number of other venerable monks joined the discussion from Chicago (IL) and Mankato (MN), as well.