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Our Spiritual leader
The Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa
The Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa, also commonly referred to as “Pa-Auk Sayadaw” (“the Sayadaw”), is the Abbot and Principal Teacher of Pa-Auk Tawya Forest Monastery (Pa-Auk Tawya Meditation Centre), Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar. “Sayadaw” is a Burmese honourable title meaning “respected teacher.”
The Sayadaw was born in 1934, in Leigh-Chaung Village, Hinthada Township, in the delta region about one hundred miles northwest of the capital, Yangon. In 1944, at age ten, he ordained as a novice monk (sāmaṇera) at a monastery in his village. During the next decade, he pursued the life of a typical scholar-novice, studying the Pali Texts (including Vinaya, Suttas and Abhidhamma) under various teachers. He passed the three Pali language examinations while still a novice.
Invited Teachers
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Venerable Dhammapati
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Venerable Kumarābhivaṃsa
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Venerable Tiloka
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Venerable Kovida
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Venerable Paññādhikālaṅkāra
Our Teachings
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The Noble Eight Fold Path Leading to The Cessation of Suffering, Nibbāna
导至苦之灭尽——涅槃的八圣道
The system of meditation taught at Pa-Auk Tawya is based on the instructions by The Buddha as found in the Tipiṭaka (the Pāli Canon) and its commentaries. The system comprises the threefold training of strict observance of precepts (sīla), developing concentration(samādhi), as a basis for attaining wisdom (paññā). This is further subdivided into the seven stages of purification which provide a step-by-step formula for systematically purifying one’s body (physical actions), speech and mind of defilements in order to realize Nibbāna in this lifetime.
Teachings:
- Mindfulness-of-Breathing (ānāpānassati) – to develop absorption concentration (the four jhānas)
- Most of the forty Samatha subjects taught by The Buddha – including loving-kindness (mettā) meditation, the thirty-two parts of the body, the ten kasinas and the four immaterial jhānas
- Four-Elements Meditation – to analyze ultimate materiality and ultimate mentality
- Dependent Origination – to discern past, present and future lives by analysing their causes and conditions
- Vipassanā Meditation – to discern the five aggregates (materiality and mentality) as impermanent, subject to suffering and without a self
Meditation, Retreats, eLearning, Online
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2023 | August Centre Activities | 8 月 中心活动
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Basic Meditation Class for Beginners (English) | Saturday 禅修入门 (中文) | 星期六
We invite you to join “Saturday – Basic Meditation Class” during the vassa, guided by Sayalay Santi at PATVDH Singapore Centre. 我们邀请您参加雨安居期间在帕奥止观新加坡中心,由寂静尼师(Sayalay Santi)主持的“星期六 – 禅修入门课程”。 — 2023 VASSA | 雨安居
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Join Dhamma Activities & Lunch Dāna | Sunday 佛法活动、午餐供养 | 星期日
We invite you to join us the Sunday “Dhamma Activities & Lunch Dana”. The session will start at 10am with 30-minute guided meditation and a short Dhamma sharing by Sayalay