2013 New Year Retreat Daily Schedule

Nov 30, 2012

8-Day Meditation Retreat with Venerable Sayalay Susila Metta, Anapanasati and Vipassana Time Day 1 – 7 (29th Dec 2012 to 4th Jan 2013) 04:30-05:00 Wake Up Call 05:00-06:30 Group Sitting Meditation 06:30-08:00 Breakfast and Cleaning 08:00-09:30 Taking 8 Precepts,...

Dana ── The Practice of Giving

Feb 20, 2012 | Articles

Contents Introduction (Bhikkhu Bodhi) The Practice of Giving (Susan Elbaum Jootla) Giving in the Pali Canon (Lily de Silva) Giving from the Heart (M. O’C. Walshe) Generosity: The Inward Dimension (Nina van Gorkom) The Perfection of Giving (Acariya Dhammapala)...

Great Bodhi Mind

May 18, 2004 | Books

A Collection of Dharma Talks By Ven. Jen-chun Download PDF book Most of the Dharma talks included in this collection were given at Bodhi Monastery on Saturdays to the Chinese-American and American community. These talks were then transcribed and edited for the Bodhi...

A Word from the Teacher

Mar 12, 2004 | Articles

These recordings are of lessons that I gave at Bodhi Monastery between January and October 2003 (with a few added at a later date). They are all based on the book, James Gair and W.S. Karunatilleke, A New Course in Reading Pali (publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi)....

Ven. Bhikkhu Kai Yin

Jan 29, 2001 | Lecturers, Teachers

開印法師

Venerable Bhikkhu Kai Yin, founder and abbot of Santavana Forest Hermitage, Sabah, Malaysia, is a highly recognized master of samatha (tranquility) and vipassana (insight) meditation. With a special interest in the Theravada commentarial literature, the Sutra-Pitaka of Nikāya/Agāma collections, and the Yogacara school of Buddhism, Bhikkhu Kai Yin is well-read and has gained acclaimed expertise in the studies and teaching of Abhidhamma, Visuddhimagga (Path of Purification), Mahaprajnāpāramitā-śāstra, and Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra.

Ordained in 1987 in Ang Hock See Buddhist Temple, Penang, Malaysia, Bhikkhu Kai Yin studied at the Buddhist Institute of Malaysia and then Yuan Kuang Buddhist College in Taiwan. He practiced various meditation methods, extensively and intensively, under the guidance of a number of renowned meditation masters, including Thera Ji Cheng, Thera Xiu Jing, Thera Sheng-yen, Goenka and Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw. He was a lecturer at Yuan Kuang Buddhist College (1995) and…