Counting Our Blessings - Reflecting on the Mangala Sutta

Speaker: Ven Upekkha (In Person)

Wed 9 Oct | 7-8.30pm AEDT

Location: In person at Western Sydney University, Parramatta City Campus (Entry at 1 Parramatta Square), Level 3 Room PC-01.3.82; or

Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: Free

We are experts at finding ways to improve things, but how often have you stopped to reflect on what you already do and have? The Buddha teaches us in the Mangala Sutta, what a ‘blessing’ truly is and so we remind ourselves of how far we have already come.

About the speaker: Ven Upekkha was born in Sri Lanka in 1974, and grew up in various parts of the world before her family settled down in Perth, Australia. If that wasn’t enough travelling, at 23 she quit her job in the financial industry in Singapore to go seeking in India for ‘the Truth’. Her journey took her through marriage and long retreats in Malaysia and Myanmar with her Irish husband (who later also ordained as a monk) before finally at the age of 35, she returned to Perth where her spiritual journey started. She joined Dhammasara Monastery, a Theravada monastery for Buddhist nuns under the auspices of Ajahn Brahm in 2009 and has been part of that community since then. Ven Upekkha ordained in 2011 and took bhikkhuni ordination in 2014.

Hybrid event: Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive session in person at the Metta Centre or online by clicking on this link to access the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506489824?pwd=cmpNQ1ljSmFVYURLWVN1dWllYUN1dz09 Alternatively, you can dial in from your telephone (call charges apply): +61 2 8015 6011 | Meeting ID: 835 0648 9824| Passcode: 718905