24 January 2018

Thabarwa Nature Center EU meditation retreats

English 

 

"Focused awareness and awareness without choice" 

(Understanding through meditative practice how to develop clear vision and train the heart / mind to natural awareness)

The retreat will be conducted by the venerable monks Taehye Sunim and Kusalananda of the Musang Am Monastery of Lerici, following the teaching of Sayadaw Ottamasara.

The retreat’s program will be sent to the participants later.

To participate in the retreat is free, people can give a Dana (free offer) for the teaching.

Places are limited and registration will be closed when the limit of number of people is reached.

INSCRIPTIONS AND INFORMATION


Italian

 

"Consapevolezza focalizzata e consapevolezza senza scelta"

(Comprendere attraverso la pratica meditativa come sviluppare la chiara visione e addestrare il cuore/mente alla consapevolezza naturale)

Il ritiro sará condotto dai venerabili monaci Taehye Sunim e Kusalananda del Monastero Musang Am di Lerici, seguendo gli insegnamenti del Venerabike Sayadaw Ottamasara.

Il programma del ritiro sarà inviato agli iscritti successivamente.

Il ritiro é gratuito, per gli insegnamenti si può effettuare un Dana (offerta libera).

I posti sono limitati e le iscrizioni si chiuderanno al raggiungimento degli iscritti.

ISCRIZIONI e INFORMAZIONI

16 January 2018

The Dhamma Hospital

In 2012, Sayadaw Ottamathara had the idea to built a Dhamma Hospital to provide a place for patients, yogis and meditators so everybody can practice meditation, have a peaceful mind and a healthy body. It is a safe place suitable for all to get a better understanding of the benefits of meditation and doing good deeds. All around the world, doctors and scientist are researching these benefits in healing and/or preventing physical and mental afflictions. Meditation is the unique way to truly heal and/or change your mind to fulfill your desire to return to good health more quickly. Since the opening ceremony in May 2017, the Dhamma Hospital offers refuge to 400 yogis/patients to be cared for by locals and Burmese (students) nurses.

Here is a recording of Sayadaw Ottamathara explaining what is the Dhamma Hospital: Audio

6 January 2018

Thabarwa Nature Center EU needs you

Appello a tutti i volontari meditanti: Il Centro Thabarwa Nature Center EU, ha bisogno di te. Nei primi giorni di dicembre una violenta pioggia ghiacciata ha spaccato molti alberi che si trovano nel meraviglioso bosco che contorna il Centro. Il Centro è in fase di costruzione, ma può già ospitare volontari. Abbiamo urgente bisogno di aiuto per salvare le piante che a causa dei rami spezzati rischiano di morire. Come in tutti i Centri fondati dal Venerabile Sayadaw Ottamasara potrai ricevere cibo alloggio e praticare meditazione in totale gratuità.Nel centro è presente anche un'insegnante di meditazione che seguendo l'insegnamento di Sayadaw potrà aiutarti nella pratica. Grazie a tutti quelli che risponderanno a questo appello.

Appeal to all meditating volunteers: The Thabarwa Nature Center EU needs you. In the first days of December a violent rain and hail broke through many trees in the wonderful forest that surrounds the Center. The Center is under construction, but it can already host volunteers. We urgently need help to save the plants that are likely to die because of broken branches . As in all the Centers founded by the Venerable Sayadaw Ottamasara you can receive food accommodation and practice meditation total free. In the center there is also a meditation teacher who, following Sayadaw's teaching, can help you in practicing. Thanks to all those who will respond to this appeal.

Contact:
Dr Dony Barbagallo

‭+39 347 6977778‬
barbagallo.dony@libero.it

5 January 2018

2018 Foreign trips

22 Feb. - 20 March

Malaysian - Singapore


4 May - 8 May

Vietnam - Danang (7 days), Hatian (5 days), Saigon (2 days)


22 May - 20 July ==> Europe Tour

May

22Fly to Scotland than visit land in Holland & Belgium

June

6 or 7Drive to Frankfurt
9 to 12Buddha’s Weg and Frankfurt temple teachings...(last teaching 12 evening)
13Visit in Klein Raden
14 to 15Drive to Lithuania
16 to 22Lithuania & Riga
23 to 25Travel to Switzerland
26Travel to Italy
27 to 3 JulyItaly retreat

July

4 to 6 Italy visit authorities
7 Drive to France (Langres or Montpellier)
7 to 8 Montpellier (or Normandie)
9 to 16 Retreat at Langres
17 to 20Paris

23 July - 29 October

USA tour

Thabarwa Nature centers in the world

Some of our Thabarwa centers in Myanmar

4 January 2018

Welcome to the new Thabarwa center in Italy



The Thabarwa Nature Center Europe is established with a headquarter in Italy.


A Vipassana Meditation and International solidarity Center situated in Piemonte, between Serravalle Scrivia and Gavi where people, anyone, without discrimination, can actively participate and build a community based on social well being, engaging oneself in volunteer work and receiving teachings of Samatha Meditation (concentration through sustained attention) and Vipassana Meditation (insight through reflection and clear vision).

Thabarwa Centers belong to everyone – not to somebody in particular – who desire to do good deeds with no limits, with altruistic spirit breaking the boundaries of the “Self”.

The center is still in the process of being organized, but you can already contact us for information and start collaborating actively with us: everyone can participate in the life of the center by offering their time and will.

Food, lodging and teaching are freely provided.
In order to participate and contribute to the birth of the center, please fill in the attached form.



For more information Email:
Southern Italy: thabarwacinquefrondi@gmail.com | Thabarwa Southern Italy Facebook
Northern Italy: info@thabarwanaturecentre.org | 
Thabarwa Nature Center website

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069073266626






 


January Events

Weekend Meditation Retreat in Noble Silence

Guided by Sayalay Chandadhika

Jan 5 - Jan 7

Meditation retreat - water fasting with mindfulness/detachment

Guided by Sayalay Khema Cari

Jan 9 - Jan 16

Doing What We Cannot Do : Guided Meditation



Keep our head and body upright. Lift the weight of our body, hands and legs. Don’t push your body down on the ground. 

Close the eyes gently, relax the whole body and mind. Try to adjust each of our action to be natural without force, without paying attention. Doing intentionally is not natural. We should try to meditate as a seasoned meditator; we should be a professional meditator. 

Because meditation and doing good deeds are good actions. By doing good actions we should abandon doing bad things. Whenever we do good deeds we should do our best; we should try hard. In this way our ability to do good deeds will be stronger and stronger. 

We shouldn’t do good deeds and practicing meditation half heartedly, we should do it seriously. When we do good deeds, we should ignore other actions and we should pay hundred per cent attention in our action of doing good deeds.

Keep our head and body upright. But not like soldiers. Try to be acting naturally. 

In order to detach from the things outside, focus on our normal breath. We must not do what we used to do. Try to do what we cannot do. Try to be mindful without our own habits. Try to be doing-only, without attachment. 

Be careful not to think about the past or to dream about the future. Be mindful of the present happening of our body and mind at the present moment. Just use the present moment. 

We are able to use this life, this year, this month, this day, this hour, this minute, this second. The time that we understand has limits. The present moment has no limits. We cannot grasp the present moment as this time or that time. Try To use the present moment. Try to be one with the present moment. We can understand the Truth only at the present moment. 


The Truth, Impermanent Nature is beyond limits. Something has limits, someone has limits. The Truth, Impermanent Nature has no limits, which is permanent. 

There are two permanent truths, one is Impermanent Nature and the other is Permanent Nature. Both, Impermanent and Permanent Nature are beyond time and place. 

The time and place that we know have limits. Our life has limits. We all must die when the limits come to the end. 

Our intelligence has limits. We cannot understand everything. We are using the limited ability, we cannot do everything. 

The practice of meditation and doing good deeds is to be free from limits. We all must go beyond limits.  Present moment lasts a very short time. No one creates that moment. 

Let go off thinking. Let go off moving. Try to sit still. Stop thinking about doing something. Try to accept doing-only and try hard as much as you can; don’t give up. We should give up doing something. We should give up using the idea of someone. 

Meditation or the practice of mindfulness is to do in all opposites situations such as young or old, healthy or sick, male or female, having desire to do or not, being able to do or not. We must be able to use all conditions, good or bad, to do good deeds and to meditate. 

Continuous practice of doing what we cannot do is the key to get success. In this way we are changing our ability. We must change our action and in this way we can change our life. We must change our view. Because we are not perfect we need to change. No one is perfect except Buddha this is why we all need to change; change our view, our action, our life, our ability. 


Doing what we can do is not changing ourselves. Now we all are trying to do what we cannot do. Normally we cannot lose our belongings, our life, and our habits. 

Giving our life, our belongings for the benefit of other people is necessary. Doing what we cannot do can cause superpower which can enable to do what we cannot do. Same cause, same effect. If we do what we can do, we will be able to do only what we can do.  If we do what we cannot do, we will be able to do what we cannot do.

The Truth is beyond our understanding. In order to know what we cannot understand we should do what we cannot do. Most o
f the meditators are practicing just as they can do that is why they are just meditators, just followers. To be a leader we should do what we cannot do. We should change our ability.


End of the teaching.