Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 103rd Meeting (October 31, 2009)

The teleconference on Saturday, October 31, 2009, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be moderated and led by Ven. Kudagammana Seelaratana Thero (Chicago Buddhist Vihara, IL, USA). The topic for meeting will be: “Living in the present moment”

Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 102nd Meeting (October 24, 2009)

The teleconference on Saturday, October 24, 2009, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be moderated and led by Ven. Kudagammana Seelaratana Thero (Chicago Buddhist Vihara, IL, USA).

The topic for meeting will be: “Simile of the Lotus Pond” – wherein The Lord Buddha compared this world to a Lotus Pond.
[ ……Then, having understood Brahma's invitation, out of compassion for beings, I surveyed the world with the eye of an Awakened One. As I did so, I saw beings with little dust in their eyes and those with much, those with keen faculties and those with dull, those with good attributes and those with bad, those easy to teach and those hard, some of them seeing disgrace & danger in the other world. Just as in a pond of blue or red or white lotuses, some lotuses — born & growing in the water — might flourish while immersed in the water, without rising up from the water; some might stand at an even level with the water; while some might rise up from the water and stand without being smeared by the water — so too, surveying the world with the eye of an Awakened One, I saw beings with little dust in their eyes and those with much, those with keen faculties and those with dull, those with good attributes and those with bad, those easy to teach and those hard, some of them seeing disgrace & danger in the other world. …….] { http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.026.than.html#pond }

Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 101st Meeting (October 17, 2009)

The teleconference on Saturday, October 17, 2009, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be moderated and led by Ven. Kudagammana Seelaratana Thero (Chicago Buddhist Vihara, IL, USA) and Ven. Peradeniye Sathindriya Thero (Triple Gem of the North Buddhist Organization, MN, USA). The topic for meeting will be: “The Dhamma beyond Dhamma”

Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 100th Meeting (October 10, 2009)

100 th Meeting !!!

The teleconference on Saturday, October 10, 2009, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be moderated and led by Ven. Peradeniye Sathindriya Thero of Triple Gem of the North Buddhist Organization, MN, USA. The topic for this very special 100^th meeting will be: “What is Dhamma?”

Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Series (Teleconference): 99th Meeting (October 3, 2009)

The teleconference on Saturday, October 3, 2009, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted in the form of a Dhamma Deshana on "Desirable States of The Human Mind Leading to Positive Emotions" by Ven. Soorakkulame Pemaratana of Pittsburgh Buddhist Center, PA, USA, followed by a Question and Answer / Discussion session on the same topic.