Date: 1 May 2023 (Mon)
Time: 8.30AM – 5.45PM
Venue: The Buddhist Library
Fees: this programme is freely offered
Click here to register (cut-off: Thu 27 Apr)

About this program
The Buddhist Library organizes one-day retreats on occasions such as Labour Day, offering participants a chance to spend time meaningfully and to cultivate themselves.

Come practice together with us.

Who is this programme for?
Suitable for all practitioners, including those who have just started meditating.

Time Activity
8.30am Observing the Higher Sila (8 Precepts)
8.50am Puja
9.10am Dhamma Talk & Metta Bhavana (Metta Meditation) led by Bhante Jothi
10.00am Tea Break
10.20am Meditation (facilitator: Bhante Soma)
11.30am Vegetarian Lunch (provided by Library)
12.30pm Rest & Individual Meditation
1.30pm Meditation (facilitators: Sis Foo Siew Fong & Sis Foo Siew Ee)
2.30pm Break
3.00pm Dhamma Talk & Discussion with Bhante Jothi & Bhante Soma
4.00pm Meditation, facilitated by Bhante Soma
5pm Break
5.15pm Puja and Chanting

About the facilitators
The retreat will be led and facilitated by the Buddhist Library’s resident monastic community (sangha), Venerable Dr. Wiloye Wimlajothi and Venerable Dr. Akiriye Somananda, as well as lay teachers Sister Foo Siew Fong (bio here) and Sis Foo Siew Ee (bio here).

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Ven. Dr. Wiloye Wimalajothi

Venerable Dr. Wiloye Wimalajothi (or Bhante Jothi, as he is known to us) graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Peradeniya and taught at the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies of University of Peradeniya from 1992 to 1996. He subsequently went to the UK where he resided for 14 years.

Venerable Wimalajothi has received several academic awards for his competence in Pali, the language of the Buddhist Canon, and in 2021 he obtained his PHD with the University of Kelaniya. He is currently a resident monk at the Buddhist Library.

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Ven. Dr. Akiriye Somananda

Venerable Dr. Akiriye Somananda (or Bhante Soma, as he is known to us) arrived in Singapore in December 2019 from Sri Lanka. Born in 1976, Venerable resides at the Buddhist Library. He is assisting Venerable B. Dhammaratana in all Dhamma activities and teaches Meditation and Buddhist Studies at the postgraduate classes at the BL.

Bhante Akiriye Somananda graduated with Ph.D from the University of Peradeniya and worked in Encyclopaedia of Buddhism in Sri Lanka from 2018 – 2019.

Resident Monk
Buddhist Library
Ph.D, MA, BA (Special)
University of Peradeniya

Registration

Please register here by 27 Apr 2023, so that we know how many persons to expect and cater food for.