Retret Meditasi bersama Bhante Mangala, 22-27 Feb'10

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Rekan-rekan, Setelah sekian lama sejak bulan Oktober belum mengadakan retret meditasi, maka dengan ini kembali diadakan Retret Meditasi bersama Bhante Mangala, 22-27 Feb'10 di Kayagata-sati Meditation Center, Cibodas.


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Bhante Mangala adalah asisten dari Pa Auk Sayadaw yang sebenarnya ditunjuk untuk mendampingi Pa Auk Sayadaw dalam retret 3 bulan tahun lalu. Tapi waktu itu beliau ada program meditasi ke Himalaya, maka beliau tidak dapat mendampingi Pa Auk Sayadaw.


Dalam kesempatan ini adalah suatu kesempatan yang baik untuk dibimbing beliau karena beliau tanggal 1 Maret 2010 ini sudah akan menyepi kembali ke Himalaya dalam waktu yang sangat lama. Untuk itu beliau menyediakan waktunya yang singkat ini untuk membimbing di Indonesia.


Selama kembali ke Malaysia, beliau telah ditunjuk oleh Pa Auk Sayadaw untuk membimbing para bhikkhu di Malaysia dan banyak yang telah menjadi bhikkhu dan sayalay setelah terinspirasi oleh beliau.


Sedikit biographi dari Bhante Mangala:

Venerable U Mangala was born in 1968 in Melaka, Malaysia. He was very active in Buddhist Society activities since he was in the secondary school. He was appointed as the President of Buddhist Society of University Malaya for the term of 1989/1990 during his studies in the University. In 1993, Venerable graduated from University Malaya with honours degree in Bachelor of Law.
However, in order to follow the Buddha’s path, Venerable forego his profession as a lawyer and left his loving family to Pa Auk Tawya Monastery to practice meditation in 1995.


A year later in 1996, Venerable U Mangala was ordained as a monk in the Theravadian tradition at Pa Auk Tawya Monastery under the most respectable Pa Auk Sayadaw. Venerable practices meditation diligently and mindfully and has been to India, Nepal, and the Himalayas to practice meditation alone and live a very simple lifestyle as a Buddhist monk.


After having spent 13 years overseas, Venerable U Mangala returned to Malaysia in early 2008. Under the invitation of Kuching Bhagavan Buddhist Society, Venerable has been dedicating himself in sharing the dhamma compassionately with devotees from East Malaysia as well as from other locations.
Venerable’s students come from far and near such as from countries like Taiwan, Singapore, China, Americas, Indonesia as well as from Malaysia.

Venerable is gifted with a compassionate heart and is very skillful in exploring his students potential and in purifying their mind in preparation for a suitable mental state to practise meditation.
Under the guidance of Venerable U Mangala for a period of 2 years in Kuching, Sarawak many devotees are improving in their appreciation and the practice of Dhamma which in turn improve their quality of daily life hence complementing their meditation practice.


In view that many of Venerable’s students come from different nationalities and in order to preserve the continuity of the Buddha teachings, Venerable is presently in preparation to set up a monastery in the Himalayas, Nepal; a very suitable and conducive environment to practice meditation.
Oleh : Hadaya Vatthu