Relax & Grow with Bhantes Cunda & Bodhidhaja

Time: 08:30 am to 4:30 pm
Venue: BSV Buddhaloka Centre, 71 Darling Road, Malvern East, VIC 3145

Relax & Grow with Bhantes Cunda and Bodhidhaja from the BSWA in Perth. They both became Bhikkhus under Ajahn Brahm’s guidance in 2012 and joined Bodhinyana Monastery in 2008 and 2010, respectively. There will be many of you who know and remember them, as they helped when Newbury Buddhist Monastery was being established in its early years.

In meditation and in life on the Buddhist path we learn to let go of and unburden ourselves (RELAX) from the things that are unwholesome, unbeneficial and unhelpful, while developing and cultivating (GROW) the things that are wholesome, beneficial and helpful. This will gradually purify the heart and mind, allowing it to become peaceful, settled and stilled. The prerequisites for natural energy, clarity and wisdom to arise.

Join Bhantes Cunda & Bodhidhaja at the BSV city centre in East Malvern for the BSV meditation day to relax & grow. There will be instruction sessions, guided meditations, Q&As, as well as opportunity for personal practice and interviews with the teachers.

Programme: 
Morning

• 8:30 – 9:00:      Welcome & Introduction
• 9:00 – 9:30:      Guided Meditation
• 9:30 – 10:00:    Introduction Walking Meditation & Q&A
• 10:00 – 11:00:  Individual Sitting Meditation / Walking Meditation / Relax & Grow + opportunity for 15 min interviews with the teachers
• 11:00 – 12.00:  Lunch Break

Afternoon

• 12:00 – 13:00:  Individual Sitting Meditation / Walking Meditation / Relax & Grow
• 13:00 – 14:00:  Short Talk & Guided Meditation
• 14:00 – 15.00:  Individual Sitting Meditation / Walking Meditation / Relax & Grow + opportunity for 15 min interviews with the teachers
• 15:00 – 16:30:  Q&A, Discussion, Metta Meditation & Conclusion

Noble Silence
This will be a silent retreat, in order to support the meditation & contemplation. So please speak only when necessary.

Mobile Phones
Participants are kindly requested to put away their phones.

Questions
Please write down your questions as they occur to you during the day and put them in the box outside the meditation hall. They will be answered during the last session for the day. The doors to the Centre and meditation hall will be left open to maximise ventilation. If it is cool, please dress appropriately, and bring a meditation shawl if you wish. There is cooling & heating in the meditation hall.

Breaks
Lunch
Participants need to bring their own lunch. Tea/coffee will be provided.
Tea Breaks
Please take individual tea breaks when you need them, so as to minimise congregating & talking. The beverage station is located next door to the meditation hall.

EVERYONE IS MOST WELCOME! – Registration not required.

Parking
Please keep the car park at the back of the Buddhaloka Centre FREE for walking meditation. Please be PARTICULARLY mindful when parking on the streets around the Centre and ensure that you do not block driveways in any way.