Applied Buddhist Studies Initiative at Emmanuel College presents:
Relating Buddhist Psychology (abhidhamma) to Daily Life
A talk by the Venerable Sister Susila
Date: September 21, 2017 (Thursday)
Time: 6:00 pm Refreshments/Book Sale
6:30 pm Talk
Place: Emmanuel College Chapel (3/F)
75 Queen’s Park Cres. East (across the street from ROM, steps from the Museum subway entrance)
Free Admission: rsvp to wisdom.tor@rogers.com
For further information: call 416-910-4858
Sister Susila was ordained as a Theravada Buddhist nun in Malaysia in 1991. Soon after her ordination, she travelled to the Panditarama Monastery in Myanmar, where she practiced under the guidance of the famous meditation master the Venerable U Pandita Sayadaw. In 1994, she moved to Pa Auk Forest Monastery to practise under the guidance of the renowned Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw, and remained in the forest for 14 years. In addition to an assiduous program of meditation, she also learned the Abhidhamma, ancient discourses, and the Pāli language from him.
Later, she founded the Appamada Vihari Meditation Centre in Malaysia. She teaches meditation and abhidhamma at the centre and around the world, and recently has made the profound Buddhist teachings of the human mind accessible by the general audience in her book “Unravelling the Mysteries of Mind and Body Through Abhidhamma”.
https://www.amazon.com/Unravelling-Mysteries-Mind-Through-Abhidhamma/dp/9833512038
Hard copies of the book will be available for sale at the event.
Please download event poster here: http://wisdomtoronto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/pdf_Abhidhamma-poster-talk-9_17-1.pdf