Abhidhamma-courses
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2024-05
2024-03 (start Dhammasangani class)
2023-Start
2023-10 (start)
2023-05
2023-04 (start Dhatukatha)
2023-04
2023
2022-04 (Start)
Yuzana
Nandamala
Kusalasami
IDE
German
CBS
Atulanana
Agganyani
Abhidhamma lectures - CH, Sayalay Daw Vimalanani:
15 - 17 May 2024
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Sayalay Daw Vimalañani (Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya) is a Nepalese nun who has studied and trained with Ven. Sayadaw U Pandita in Myanmar since 1991. She is working as a translator and teacher of Buddhist scriptures in Myanmar and Nepal and guides foreign meditators in Satipatthana meditation in Myanmar and abroad.
The focus of the three days Abhidhamma Lectures will be the process-freed consciousness. That is the occurrence of the consciousness outside the cognitive process on the occasion of rebirth (pati-sandhi), live-continuum (bhavanga) and death (cuti). This consciousness occurs independent of any sense door and is therefore called processed-freed (vithimutti)
The lectures take place in the “Haus der Besinnung” in Switzerland (https://hausderbesinnung.ch) and online via skype.
Language: English.
More information: Abhidhamma lectures May 2024
Organisation & Registration: satipatthana.eu@protonmail.com
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Dhammasaṅgaṇī course - Dr. Thushini Goonewardene:
10 March 2024 - first lecture (course start)
Time: 4.30 pm Sri Lanka time (= 7 pm Beijing time = 12 pm CET resp. 1 pm CEST)
Twice a month on every 2nd and 4th Sunday.
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A Study of Dhammasaṅgaṇī with its commentaries and sub-commentaries
Online class via Zoom.
Dr. Thushini, a very experienced Abhidhamma teacher, will be starting a series of fortnightly lectures on Dhammasaṅgaṇī Pakaraṇa, the first book of the Abhidhammapiṭaka along with important facts extracted from its commentaries (Atthasālinī) and sub-commentaries (Mūla-ṭīkā).
The lectures will be taught in English with Chinese translations.
For Dhamma learners intent on deepening their understanding of Abhidhamma, the Dhammasaṅgaṇī serves as an entry as well as the foundation for the rest of the Abhidhammapiṭaka.
Participants should have basic Abhidhamma knowledge.
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Further information on the course and teacher: Dhammasangani class
We recommend to join the WhatsApp group mentioned there for updates and
course materials.
Zoom meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9131629339?pwd=T0loNWthay9DOHlVQzFySEo5WmRSdz09
Zoom meeting ID: 9131629339
Passcode: 882886
Playlists of the course videos: Dhammasaṅgaṇī English & Chinese, Dhammasaṅgaṇī in English only
Link to the presentations: Dhammasaṅgaṇī Presentations
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Abhidhamma course (continued from 2022)- Sayadaw Kusalasami:
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Abhidhamma study with Sayadaw Kusalasami:
Abhidhammattha-Saṅgaha
For more information see Course decsription from April 2022
or email to: verein@abhidhamma.de.
Remark: Recordings (videos) of all previous classes are available in the menu "Audio / Video".
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Abhidhammattha-Saṅgaha, Cognitive process - Sayadaw Kusalasami:
7th October 2023, 7 pm (CET resp. CEST):
Start of English online class Abhidhammattha-Saṅgaha, chapter 4: cognitive process (vīthi)
with Sayadaw Kusalasami.
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The online course is free and will take place every second Saturday at 7 pm (CET) starting 07 October 2023. Questions on the subject are always welcome.
Regular attendance recommended. Course recordings will allow for follow-up work and are provided here in the menu "Audio / Video".
Online via Zoom. The link and the next course dates will be sent to all registered participants regularely. For registration email to: verein@abhidhamma.de.
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Abhidhamma lectures - Sayalay Daw Vimalanani:
13 - 15 May 2023
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Sayalay Daw Vimalañani (Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya) is a Nepalese nun who has studied and trained with Ven. Sayadaw U Pandita in Myanmar since 1991. She is working as a translator and teacher of Buddhist scriptures in Myanmar and Nepal and guides foreign meditators in Satipatthana meditation in Myanmar and abroad.
The focus of the three days Abhidhamma lectures will be on the cognitive process (vithisangahavibhaga) as the five-door process (pancadvara-vithi) and the mind-door process (manodvara-vithi).
Online via skype.
Language: English.
More information: Abhidhamma lectures May 2023
Organisation & Registration: satipatthana.eu@protonmail.com
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Dhātukathā class - Bhikkhu Atulañāṇa:
16 April 2023, 6:30 pm Myanmar time (= 14:00 CEST or 13:00 CET) - first lecture (course start)
… going on probably all the year, mostly on Sundays. Finished April 2024.
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Online class via Zoom, English with translation into Chinese
In Dhātukathā there are 14 topics / methods. Bhante Atulañāṇa will teach these 14 methods with their subsections having focus on key points only. In that way, the students will be able to understand the full content in the Dhātukathā Pāḷi.
Charts and supporting material from the Burmese Abhidhamma tradition, explained with methods in the Abhidhamma commentary (aṭṭhakathā and ṭīkā), are provided.
Also, Mūla-Patthāna Sayadaw, Ashin Nārada's English translation of Dhātukathā Pāḷi will be used: www.abhidhamma.com/Dhatukatha_en.pdf
Study material, links, recordings, next dates are shared in the Viber group "Patthana Dhamma".
For further information email to agga@abhidhamma.com.
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Paṭṭhāna, Paccanīyuddhāra (3) - Bhikkhu Atulañāṇa:
30 April 2023, 6 pm Myanmar time (= 13:30 CEST)
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Online class, open for new students too. Join Viber group "Patthana Dhamma"
(or email to agga@abhidhamma.com).
For the recording and further explanation videos see in the menu "Audio/Video".
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Beginner Course in Theravāda Abhidhamma - Rev. Siddhatthālankāra:
Time: Myanmar: 8:00 am to 9:30 am = India, Sri Lanka: 7:00 am to 8:30 am
= Friday at US East Coast): 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm
= Friday at US West Coast: 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
The course is designed to be accessible even to beginners who do not have any prior knowledge in Abhidhamma and will gradually build up to an advanced level covering both the depth and breath of Theravāda Abhidhamma, while being appropriately paced for the busy laity. This will give a solid foundation to directly study the canonical books of the Abhidhamma Piṭaka as further studies subsequently.
Live Streaming with Zoom or www.facebook.com/dhammadharanii
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/@dhammadharani
Previous Lessons Playlist
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Start of Abhidhamma course - Sayadaw Kusalasami:
23 April 2022, 7:00 - 8:00 pm (Central European Time), Abhidhamma study with Sayadaw Kusalasami:
Abhidhammattha-Saṅgaha (1)
Study of the important, first three chapters of the Abhidhammattha-Saṅgaha: Consciousness (citta), mental factors (cetasika), and miscellaneous (pakiṇṇaka).
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The online course is free and will take place every second Saturday at 7 pm (CET) starting 23 April 2022 and is going on in 2023.
Regular attendance recommended. Course recordings will allow for follow-up work.
Online via Zoom: Link will be provided after registration.
See also Flyer Abhidhamma course 2022
For further information and registration email to: verein@abhidhamma.de.
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Sayalay Dr. Yuzana Ñāṇī:
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Sayalay Dr. Yuzana Ñāṇī, born 1971 in Taungyi in Shan State, Myanmar, is a highly educated Burmese nun.
She finished her M.A. at International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University (ITBMU) in Yangon, Myanmar, with distinctions. She has specialized on Abhidhamma, and got her PhD from Delhi university on her research topic and thesis: "The Concept of Emotion in Early Buddhism: A Modern Perspective".
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Dr. Yuzana Ñāṇī is teaching Abhidhamma at International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University (ITBMU), where she also lives, at International Institute of Abhidhamma (IIA) in Yangon, and - sometimes together with Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa - abroad, in Germany, The Netherlands, England, Malaysia, Singapore, India...
Her teachings are in excellent English and "brilliant clear".
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Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa:
Abhidhamma-Teacher Sayadaw Dr. Nandamāla
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As Padhāna-Nāyaka he is leading the traditional, well-reputed study-monastery Mahāsubhodayon in Sagaing Hills and Sadhammajotika Subhodhārāma Institute in Monywa.
He is rector of the "International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University" (ITBMU) in Yangon, of "Sītagū International Buddhist Academy" in Sagaing, of the "International Institute of Abhidhamma" (IIA) in Yangon, and of the "Abhidhamma Foundation Singapore".
He is the founder and leader of "Dhammavijjālaya, Centre for Buddhist Studies", (CBS) in Sagaing, which serves foreigners for further studies and practice, of "Dhammasahāya, Institute of Dhamma Education", (IDE) in Pyin Oo Lwin (Maymyo), and of the "Dhamma Vinaya Centre" in Hlegu.
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The Sayadaw’s teaching method is very individual, lively and practical with many examples and references from daily life, Suttas, Abhidhamma and commentaries.
Sayadaw is teaching in English and with a lot of humour and Mettā.
Self-study is necessary within all his Abhidhamma-courses, to become familiar with the structure and logic of Abhidhamma and the most important Pāḷi-terms. Formal meditation-periods are included too.
Link for further information, biography and downloads of Sayadaw's lectures and talks (in English and Myanmar): www.drnandamalabhivamsa.com.mm
and more up-to-date: https://www.facebook.com/AshinNandamalabhivamsa
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Sayadaw U Kusalasami:
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In 2008, he went to Sri Lanka, where he received his M.A in Buddhist Study from Kelaniya University. He then retreated to a cave in the great Cittalapabbata forest for intensive meditation. Thereafter, he wrote a book about his meditation experiences. Later, more articles and books followed.
In 2010, Ven. Kusalasami taught meditation for a year in Penang, Malaysia.
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In 2014 he was invited by the Burmese community in Frankfurt, Germany, where he has been living ever since, teaching Buddhist meditation, Abhidhamma and other Buddhist knowledge, often to Burmese or Asian youth, but among others also at the Goethe Institute in Frankfurt or at his temple in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sayadaw speaks excellent, clearly understandable English.
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Institute of Dhamma Education (IDE) in Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar:
Institute of Dhamma Education (IDE)
Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa is the founder and leader of Dhamma-Sahaya Sasana Centre, Institute of Dhamma Education” (IDE)
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Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālā-bhivaṃsa gives Dhamma lectures and classes on various topics here, mostly in Burmese. For his foreign students he gives Sutta and Abhidhamma courses in English by mutual agreement. See in the menu "Courses" on this website.
The Sayadaw’s teaching method is very individual, lively, practical and practicable with many examples and references from daily life, from the Suttas, Abhidhamma-books and commentaries. Sayadaw is teaching in English and with a lot of humour and Mettā.
Formal meditation-periods in the big Dhamma hall are included too in early morning and evening.
IDE is modern and well equipped. A big Buddhist library is open to students.
Address:
Institute of Dhamma Education (IDE)
Dhamma-Sahaya Sasana Centre
Aungchanthar, Pyin Oo Lwin
(33/2 miles post of Mandalay - Pyin Oo Lwin Road)
Phone: (+95) 09-5120377
Photo galery: IDE Impressions, Oct/Nov 2013 (picasa)
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Further courses in German language:
See website www.abhidhamma.de, "Kurse".
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Centre for Buddhist Studies (CBS) in Sagaing, Myanmar:
Centre for Buddhist Studies (CBS)
Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa is the founder and leader of Dhammavijjālaya, Centre for Buddhist Studies” (CBS)
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CBS is located in Sagaing, Myanmar (Burma), and is connected to Mahāsubhodayon Monastery. It serves foreigners for further studies and practice.
Every November Sayadaw Dr. Nandamālābhivaṃsa gave Abhidhamma-classes on various topics here. Since 2013 when his new centre IDE, "Institute of Dhamma Education" (Dhamma-Sahaya Sasana Centre) in Pyin Oo Lwin became ready, and his "Dhamma Vinaya Centre" in Hlegu near Yangon, Sayadaw gives courses here in Sagaing only rarely.
The Sayadaw’s teaching method is very individual, lively, practical and practicable with many examples and references from daily life, from the Suttas, Abhidhamma-books and commentaries. Sayadaw is teaching in English and with a lot of humour and Mettā.
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Self-study is necessary within all his Abhidhamma-courses, to become familiar with the structure and logic of Abhidhamma and the most important Pāḷi-terms.
Formal meditation-periods are included too.
CBS maintains a growing Buddhist library open to students.
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Contact and information:
Centre for Buddhist Studies (CBS)
Mahāsubhodayon Monastery
Sagaing Hills, Sagaing, Myanmar
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Daw Vupasama, nun in charge of CBS:
Phone: (+95) 940 2639919
E-Mail: vupasama [at] gmail.com
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Daw Aggañāṇī, Germany
E-Mail: agga [at] abhidhamma.com
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Bhikkhu Atulañāṇa:
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He completed the Tripitakācārya exams in 2016 in Sri Lanka and received his M.A. in Pāli in Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies (University of Kelaniya) in 2021.
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In 2018 he visited Myanmar with the intention of gaining deep and comprehensive knowledge in Abhidhamma. Presently he is publishing a series of Abhidhamma books in Sinhalese based on the knowledge from books and teachings from Myanmar books. Also he is teaching the seventh book of Abhidhamma, Paṭṭhāna and the third book of Abhidhamma, Dhātukathā with the Pāḷi commentaries for a group of Sri Lankan monks, and since a while the key points in English to an international group of students.
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Ayya Agganyani:
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She got a Buddha-Dhamma diploma from the International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary Universtity in Yangon, Myanmar, in 1999. Since then, she is continuing her studies mostly of Abhidhamma and with Sayadaw, also translating his courses into German and assisting him.
She herself teaches, translates and writes on Abhidhamma and Vipassanā.
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Agganyani lives in Bruckmühl, South Germany, in her "Abhidhamma hermitage", and in the winter months partly in Myanmar (Burma), mostly in CBS, Sagaing, her teacher's first centre (see photo left).
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In the same year she also gave up her Sāmaṇerī vows after 15½ years, took 10 precepts and lives as "Yathema Thilashin" (hermit nun) now.
Contact:
E-Mail: agga [at] abhidhamma.com
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