BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1700@anukampaproject.org DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210704T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211024T210000 DTSTAMP:20210617T105802Z URL:https://anukampaproject.org/events/special-summer-dhamma-programme/ SUMMARY:Special Summer Dhamma Programme DESCRIPTION:Ayya’s Anandabodhi &\; Cittananda and Peer-led Groups!\n1s t &\; 3rd Sunday: 7:30 pm - 9 pm GMT or BST (via Zoom)\n\n \;\n\nA yya Anandabodhi and Ayya Cittananda are much-loved\, wise bhikkhunis and have both taught online for Anukampa before. They kindly wish to support o ur community during Ven Canda's vassa\, or rains' retreat  (they have t heir longer retreat in the winter time)\, by offering a couple of teacher- led sessions each. These take place on the 1st Sunday's of each month\, en ding in October. Sessions include a guided meditation\, a themed Dhamma Ta lk and an opportunity for Q&\;A.\n\n \;\n\nLia and Shirley will fac ilitate peer-led groups on the 3rd Sunday's of each month\, ending in Oct ober. These sessions include a silent meditation\, a videoed Dhamma talk o r documentary\, a community discussion and an opportunity to share in smal l groups. Please do come along to benefit from and contribute to supporti ng our Zoomi Bhikkhuni community. As the Buddha famously said: "Spiritual friendship is the entire spiritual life." SN 45:2\n\n \;\nProgramme:\ nJuly 4th Teacher-led session with Ayya Cittananda\nJuly 18th Peer-led s ession with Lia\nAug 1st Ayya Cittananda\nAug 15th Peer-led session with Shirley\nSep 5th Ayya Anandabodhi "Wise Attention"\nSep 19th Peer-led s ession with Lia "The Buddha's Forgotten Nuns" documentary\nOct 3rd Ayya A nandabodhi "Loving &\; Letting Go"\nOct 17th Peer-led session with Lia \nOct 24th: Special post-retreat talk with Ven Canda\n...to be continued\ , watch this space!\n \;\n\nJOINING LINK: The joining link is the s ame as for our regular Sunday sessions\, see our archive newsletter here. \n\n \;\n\nN.B You will need to be signed in to your personal zoom acc ount to access all meetings. For technical information on how to join plea se click here: Joining Zoomi Bhikkhuni\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nABOUT OUR GUEST TEACHER\n\n \;\nAyya Cittananda has spent many years on the Bud dhist path\, after an inspiring philosophy class at university led her to spend time practicing in monasteries. After completing a Bachelor’s of S cience in Nursing and working at a hospital as a registered nurse in Texas \, she lived as a novice nun at a small Pure Land/Chan monastery in Florid a for a year before moving to California. She spent two years living and w orking in Redwood Valley\, made daily visits to Abhayagiri Buddhist Monast ery\, and sat several long retreats at various monasteries and meditation centers. She left Redwood Valley in 2013 in search of a place to ordain as a Theravadan nun\, spending six months at the Ajahn Chah lineage monaster ies in England and Scotland. She also spent seven months at Aloka Vihara i n Placerville\, helping the nuns settle into their new monastery. Ayya Cit tananda took Anagarika precepts at KBV in March of 2015\, Samaneri ordinat ion in April of 2016\, and Bhikkhuni ordination in May of 2018 at Buddhi V ihara in Santa Clara\, California. She lives at Karuna Buddhist Vihara\, a small bhikkhuni hermitage located in the Santa Cruz mountains in norther n California.\n\n \;\n\nAyya Anandabodhi\, originally from Wales\, ha s lived as a Buddhist nun in the Forest Tradition since 1992\, spending 17 years in Amaravati and Chithurst monasteries before moving to the United States in 2009 to help establish Aloka Vihara\, a Buddhist monastery for w omen. In 2011 she took full ordination as a bhikkhuni\, with Ayya Tathaalo ka as her preceptor\, joining the growing number of women who are reclaimi ng this lineage given by the Buddha. Her practice combines meditation in n ature\, studying the early Buddhist suttas and living in community. She te aches Dhamma on a regular basis in her local area and occasionally further afield\, and is an advisor to Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project. CATEGORIES:2021 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210328T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR