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Mahabodhi Society of USA * Mindful Living Alliance
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Meditation For Young People
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Saturday, June 14, 2008 |
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10:00 AM to 3:30 PM |
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9:45 AM to 10:00 AM |
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Mindful Living Alliance |
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419 California Street
Campbell, CA 95008 |
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What will you give yourself this summer that would benefit you for life?
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Come to the meditation class for young people! If you
learn how to meditate and make it a part of your life, you will obtain at least
three great benefits:
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1. A Healthy Body
Meditation is a natural anti-stressor. Modern people live a highly stressful
life style that leads to all sorts of physical illnesses. Meditation can reduce
the feeling of stress which protects our immune system and keeps people
healthy.
2. Effective Learning
Meditation helps to strengthen one’s concentration. Good concentration enables
you to learn anything with ease in any stage of your life.
3. Successful Social Life
Meditation helps people to develop a pleasant and balanced mind – you will feel
more adapted, energetic, joyful and have fewer conflicts internally and
externally – it helps you to become the most popular person in the community.
Instructor Biography:
Ms. Sarah Marks was interested in Buddhism as a child. She began to learn about
Theravada Buddhism from Bhante Gunaratana in 1969. From1979 onwards she studied
very closely with Venerable U Silananda on Abhidhamma and Vipassana Meditation.
She has helped and supported Sayadaw in his teachings of Buddhism and Vipassana
for many years. Sayadaw Hlaing Tet was also her meditation teacher. For many
years, she has assisted a number of meditation masters in meditation trainings
and English translations. Most recently she has helped training yogis at Dhamma
Vihara in Mexico, at TBSA in Half Moon Bay, California, and at Hsiang-Guang
Monastery in Taiwan.
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| Who can participate: |
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Ages 10-29,or 10-29 years old at heart |
| Registration Deadline: |
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 |
| Contact:
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Yaun-San Chang
events.mbs@gmail.com (408) 867-6263 |
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