Public Seminar :"Finding Anchorage in a Volatile Sea: Developing Peace and Purpose in Life"

For your information, Nalanda Buddhist Society is organizing a Public Seminar this December. The details are as follows:

Date of activity: 4th December 2005
Time: 9am - 4.30pm
Address: Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya
Contact: 03-8948-8055
Seminar Title:"Finding Anchorage in a Volatile Sea: Developing Peace and Purpose in Life"
Honarable Speaker: Ven. Dr. H. Gunaratana
Fees: RM60 (Inclusive lunch, tea break, seminar material)

Visit http://www.nalanda.org.my/ for more information on the seminar and register online today!

Closing date is 27th November 2005 (subject to earlier closing as seats are limited).
Registration form is also available at Nalanda Dharma Center (3356, 1st Floor, Jalan 18/31, Taman Sri Serdang, 43300 Seri Kembangan.), BGF and SJBA.

Contact Bro. Tan (012-3089212), Sis. Veronica (012-2683891), Chee Onn (013-3445545), Nalanda Dharma Center (03-89488055) for more enquiries.

Sukhihotu!

About the speaker:

Venerable Henepola Gunaratana was ordained as a novice monk at the age of twelve in Malandeniya Village, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka. Upon reaching twenty in 1947, he was given the higher ordination in Kandy. He received education from various institutions including the Vidyasekhara Pirivena in Gampaha, Vidyalankara College in Kelaniya, and the Buddhist Missionary College in Colombo.

After graduating, his reverence spent five years in India , engaging in missionary work with the Mahabodhi Society. He served the religious needs of the “Harijana” (untouchable) communities in Sanchi, Delhi and Bombay. The venerable also spent ten years in Malaysia (1958-1968), serving as Religious Advisor to the Sasana Abhivurdhiwardhana Society and the Buddhist Missionary Society (BMS).

At the invitation of Sasana Sevaka Society, Ven. Gunaratana traveled to the United States in 1968, where he has remained since. His reverence served as the Secretary, and later President, of the Buddhist Vihara of Washington. He is currently the Founder-President of Bhavana Society in West Virginia.

The venerable earned a B.A., an M.A., and Ph.D. in Philosophy from The American University. He taught courses at Maryland, Bucknell, American and Georgetown universities. His books and articles have been widely published in Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, and the USA. Ven. Gunaratana conducts meditation retreats and lectures widely throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Oceania.

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Together we serve the Buddha-Sasana
-MMU DSG-