Members and friends are encouraged to attend the talks. Please bring your friends too.
TALK 1
Date: 25th December, 2009 (Friday)
Topic: MERRY BUDMAS
Time: 8.00pm – 10.00 pm
Venue: Main Shrine Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara
TALK 2
Date: 26th December, 2009 (Saturday)
Topic: LIVING MEDITATION, LIVING LIFE
Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue: Main Shrine Hall, Uttama Bodhi Vihara
Background of Ven Aggacitta Bhikkhu
Venerable Aggacitta is a Malaysian monk ordained at Mahasi Meditation Centre, Rangoon, Burma, in 1979. He has trained under various teachers, notably Sayadaws U Pandita (Panditarama), U Tissara (Yankin), U Acinna (Pa Auk) and U Tejaniya (Shwe Oo Min).
Besides practising meditation, he studied advanced Pali and translation in Thai and Burmese under Sayadaw U Dhammananda at Wat Tamaoh, Lampang, Thailand, from 1983 to 1984. He continued to study the Pali Tipitaka in Myanmar and researched on its interpretation and practice until his return to Malaysia at the end of 1994. While doing so and until 2000, he lived as a solitary forest monk for some 10 years. In 2000, he founded Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary (SBS), a Buddhist monk training centre at the edge of forested hills near Taiping, Perak, Malaysia.
With a gift for writing, Ven Aggacitta has produced significant literary works in the form of articles, research papers, translations and other writings in English. In recent years, he has spent time investigating popular interpretations and practices of Buddhism in the light of the Pali scriptures, real-life experiences and contemporary research findings. Using a critical yet constructive approach, he hopes to share his findings with Dhamma practitioners and bring them closer to a practical reality they can more easily connect with.
