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 Awakening Journey to Awareness & Wisdom (Mindfulness Meditation Practices based on combination of Samantha and Vipassana Elements taken from the Original Teachings of the Buddha in the Pali Suttas)

 

Guided By:

Venerable Obhasa will guide you in your awakening journey and gain transformative insights by using the Buddha's Meditation Techniques (to elevate your spiritual practice, leading you to embark on the path to Nibbana and awaken awareness bringing peace and wisdom to your mind)

 

Retreat Details: 

 

Retreat Schedule:

11~20 Oct 2026 (intensive meditation practice)

Check in: Sunday, 11 Oct 2026 @ 10 am

Check out: Tuesday, 20 Oct 2026 @ 2 pm

 

Venue:  Santarama Buddhist Hermitage, Balik Pulau, Penang

 

Daily Dress Attire: Full-white clothes

 

Vegan Meals & Drinks Provided:

7 am: Breakfast

11 am: Lunch

5 pm: Herbal Drinks

 

Observance of Precepts (Option for Selection):

 

Go-Forth Temporary Ordination 10-precepts:

Samanera (Novice Monk) – subject to availability of Sangha

Samaneri (Novice Nun) – will be ordained by Ven. Obhasa

 

All Participants:

8-precepts: Upasaka (Male participant) / Upasika (Female participant)

 

Please register online to confirm your attendance by filling in this goggle form. This Meditation Retreat is LIMITED TO 38 PARTICIPANTS on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

 

Registration Closing Date: 

31 March 2026 or when we achieve the target of 38 participants.

 

All confirmed participants will start to contribute via online the minimum contribution of 300 MYR per participant to jointly help defray all costs related to the said retreat:

 

Maybank A/c: 164285671695

under the name of Chua Mei Har / Pek Seow Wei on or before 31 Mar 2026.

 

Kindly send a photocopy of your bank-in-slip to Sis. Chua Mei Har at WhatsApps (text only) to HP No. +6019-3211881 for record purpose.

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Whats App Contact: 

For more information, please text only to +6019-3388180 (Sis. Irene Chan).

 

Dana Contribution

We welcome any Dana contribution towards any costs incurred in organising Dhamma activities, travelling and medical expenses of the Sangha. The Organising Team will arrange on the last day of the Retreat, that is, after breakfast ~ a Sharing Session with Venerable Obhasa.  After the sharing session, all participants will observe the six (6) precepts and thereafter, all participants can offer “ang pow” packets onto a tray for the Meditation Teacher to help defray the cost of her airfare and other related retreat costs incurred.

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We extend our grateful thanks to all the participants for your generous donations, 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

 

May you and your family always be blessed abundantly and continuously with great strength and good health, longevity, wisdom, success in all that you aspire to do, prosperity, peace and happiness, 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

 

Please note that your participation will be confirmed upon submission of this form. After confirmation, we will update you of any information related to the forthcoming meditation retreat.

  

Organising Team

PERSATUAN PENGANUT AGAMA BUDDHA

MEDITASI TEKNIK RELAKSASI JOHOR BAHRU

NO. 1, JALAN LAWA 10, TAMAN PELANGI INDAH,

81800 ULU TIRAM, JOHOR, MALAYSIA