9-Day Meditation Retreat (English Medium) 16 - 24 May 2012
By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

9-day meditation retreat will be conducted by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana Thero, the Chief Abbot of the Bhavana Society, West Viginia, U.S.A, at Toronto Mahavihara from Wednesday the 16th to Thursday the 24th of May, 2012, both days inclusive. Time: 9.00am to 7.30pm daily. The medium of instructions and sermons will be English.

Intending participants need to register by contacting one of the following contact numbers. There is no registration fee, but donations are welcome for the use of The Bhavana Society and Toronto Mahavihara.

The participants who have registered so far have been informed of the retreat details such as daily time table, seating arrangements etc. For further information or concerns, please contact the following:

• E-mail: torontomahavihara@rogers.com
• Toronto Mahavihara - (416) 208 9276
• Jim Heller - (416) 487 5860
• Irene Pandith - (905) 790-1146
• Upali Weerapura- (416) 609-8627

Please visit website of Bhavana Society for more information about Bhante Gunaratana and Bhavana Society.

Sutra Discussion Sessions - every Wednesday Evenings

Toronto Mahavihara conducts Sutra Discussions to enable our Dhamma friends to gain and share the Buddha's teachings. The discussions are held once a week on Wednesdays from 7.30pm to 8.30pm and one Sutra is taken up each day. The discussion will be in English. This is a very beneficial opportunity to reassess what you have already learnt, enlarge upon your current understanding and explore new areas of Dhamma knowledge. Those who are interested are most welcome for these discussions.

The Sutra that will be taken up for discussion at the next session will be posted on this page. Those that were already discussed are listed below. Please visit http://wisdomthroughmindfulness.blogspot.com:80/ for brief accounts of previous discussions.

Next discussion on Wed. 30th May 2012: Sattatthāna Sutta of Upāya Vagga, Khandha Samyutta, Samyutta Nikāya. Please note that there will be no discussion sessions on 16th and 23rd May in view of a meditation retreat conducted during this period.

Previously discussed Suttas:

• 9th May 2012: Parivatta Sutta of Upāya Vagga, Khandha Samyutta, Samyutta Nikāya
• 2nd May 2012:Bhāra Sutta of Bhāra Vagga, Khandha Samyutta, Khandhavaggapāli, Samyutta Nikāya
• 18th and 25th April 2012: Mahānidāna Sutta of Mahāvagga, Digha Nikāya
• 21st,28th March, 4th and 11th April, 2012: Salāyatana Vibhanga Sutta, Vibhanga Vagga, Upari Pannāsakaya, Majjima Nikāya.
• 14th March 2012: Bāhiya Sutta, Bodhi Vagga, Udānapāli, Khuddaka Nikāya.

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Previously discussed Suttas (Continued)

 

• 7th March 2012: Mahā Punnama Sutta, Devadaha Vagga, Upari Pannāsakaya, Majjima Nikāya.
• 15th and 22nd and 29th Feb. 2012: Khajjanīya Sutta, Kandha Vagga, Kandha Samyutta, Khajjanīya Vagga, Samyutta Nikāya
• 25th of Jan. & 1st Feb. 2012:Ādittapariyāya Sutta, Salāyatana Vagga, Salāyatana Samyutta, Samyutta Nikāya
• 14th and 21st of December 2011, 4th,11th and 18th January 2012: Mahā Sati Patthāna Sutta, Mahāvaggapāli, Dīgha Nikāya
• 16th, 23rd and 30th of November & 7th December 2011:Anatta-lakkhana Sutta, Khandha vagga, Khandha Samyutta, Samyutta Nikāya
• 9th of November 2011: Kalyānamitta Sutta, Kosala Samyukta, Sāgata Vagga, Samyukta Nikāya.
• 2nd of November 2011: Sappurisa Sutta, Upari Pannāsakaya, Anupāda Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 26th of October 2011: Ina Sutta, Cakka Nipāta, Dhammika Vagga, Anguttara Nikāya.
• 12th and 19th of October 2011: Sandaka Sutta, Majjima Pannāsakaya, Paribbājaka Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 5th of October 2011: Māgandiya Sutta, Majjima Pannāsakaya, Paribbājaka Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 28th of September 2011: Anathapindikovāda Sutta, Upari Pannāsakaya, Salāyatana Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 21st of September 2011: Ratthapāla Sutta, Majjima Pannāsakaya, Rāja Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 13th & 20th July 2011: Apannaka Sutta, Majjima Pannāsakaya, Gahapati Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 6th July 2011: Kukkuravatika Sutta - Mūla Pannāsakaya, Gahapati Vagga, Majjima Nikāya
• 22nd and 29th June 2011: Mahā Tanhā Sankhaya Sutta, Mūla Pannāsakaya, Mahāyamaka Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 15th June 2011: Mahā Gōpālaka Sutta, Mūla Pannāsakaya, Mahāyamaka Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 8th June 2011: Cūla Saccaka Sutta, Mūla Pannāsakaya, Mahāyamaka Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 1st June 2011:Anāthapindikovāda Sutta, Upari Pannāsakaya, Salāyatana Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 11th and 25th May 2011:Upāli Sutta, Majjimaa Pannāsakaya, Gahapati Vagga, Majjima Nikāya.
• 27th April and 4th May, 2011: Sabbāsava Sutta, Mūla Pannāsakaya, Mūlapariyāya Vagga, Majjima Nikāya
• 20th Apri 2011: Bīja Sutta, Khandha vagga, Khandha Samyutta, Samyutta Nikāya
• 13th Apri 2011: Anatta-lakkhana Sutta, Khandha vagga, Khandha Samyutta, Samyutta Nikāya
• 6th April 2011: Chappānakopama Sutta, Āsivisa Vagga, Salāyatana Samyutta, Samyutta Nikāya
• 30th March 2011: Parivimansana Sutta, Nidāna Samyutta, Nidāna Vagga, Samyutta, Nikāya
• 16th and 23rd March 2011: Mahānidāna Sutta of Mahāvagga, Digha Nikāya
• 23rd February, 2nd & 9th March, 2011: Mahātanhāsankhaya Sutta of Mūla Pannāsakaya, Mahāyamaka Vagga, Majjima Nikāya
• 16th Feb. 2011: Āsivisôpama or Āsivisa Sutta of Salāyatanasamyutta,Āsivisa Vagga, Samyutta Nikāya
• 19th, 26th January & 9th February 2011: Alagaddupama Sutta of Mūla Pannāsakaya, Opamma Vagga, Majjima Nikāya
• 12th Jan. 2011: Canki Sutta of Majjhima Pannāsakaya, Brāhmana Vagga, Majjima Nikāya
• 29th Dec. 2010 and 5th Jan. 2011: Mahā-cattārisaka Sutta (The Great Forty) of Majjima Nikāya.
• 22nd Dec. 2010: Presentation by Dr. Piyal Walpola on the topic of "How Mind Works (Based on Buddhist Scriptures)" and Discussion
• 1st, 8th and 15th Dec. 2010: Sammāditthi Sutta - Mūla Pannāsakaya, Mūlapariyāya Vagga, Majjima Nikāya
• 24 Nov. 2010: Kukkuravatika Sutta - Mūla Pannāsakaya, Gahapati Vagga, Majjima Nikāya
• 17th Nov. 2010: Mahā Kamma Vibhanga Sutta - Vibhanga Vagga of Majjima Nikāya
• 10th Nov. 2010: Cūla Kamma Vibhanga Sutta - Vibhanga Vagga of Majjima Nikāya
• 3rd Nov. 2010: Sāleyyaka Sutta - Chūla Yamaka Vagga, Majjima Nikāya
• 27th Oct. 2010: Madhupindika Sutta - Mūla Pannāsakaya, Majjima Nikāya
• 20th Oct. 2010: Dweda Vitakka Sutta - Mūla Pannāsakaya, Majjima Nikāya

• 13th Oct. 2010: Vitakka Sanāta Sutta - Mūla Pannāsakaya, Majjima Nikāya

Sunday Meditation Program

Meditation sessions are conducted on Sundays, from 8.30 to 10.00am except on Poya (Sil)Sundays. Please check the Poya Calendar above for Poya (Sil) days on which devotees will observe Eight or Ten Precepts and this Meditation program is not held.