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Bhante Khippapanno's Forest Refuge Retreats
May 24 - June 14 & July 1 - 31, 2009

IMS is honored to host renowned Vietnamese teacher and monk Bhante Khippapanno at the Forest Refuge for two retreats in 2009. He will first offer the dharma May 24 - June 14, having kindly agreed to fill the vacancy caused by Sayadaw U Tejaniya's unfortunate cancellation. He will then return for the entire month of July.

Bhante was mentored by the late Burmese meditation master Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw. His teaching style places special emphasis on Citta (Mind), the third of the Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness (Satipatthāna in Pali).

Bhante ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1949. Since 1967, he has practiced vipassana in India and Burma. He founded Jetavana Vihara in Washington, DC in 1982, and Sakyamuni Meditation Center, CA in 1988.  He also helped establish Phuoc Son Meditation Center in Vietnam in 1994.

Bhante Khippapanno’s dharma talks may cover other areas of the Sutta Pitaka (teachings delivered by the Buddha and his close disciples), as well as the Abhidhamma (Buddhist Psychology). These are considered helpful to Satipatthāna practice.

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