Presenter: David Marks (Joining online from India)

Wed 13 Dec | 7-8.30pm AEDT

Location: In person at Western Sydney University (74 Rickard Rd, Bankstown City Campus), Room 1.4.34 on level 4 or Online (Zoom link below)

Cost: Free

David will speak for about half an hour on the Dhama in daily life, and how to cultivate compassion in challenging times. It will then be opened up for Q & A.   About the presenter: David was born and raised in Melbourne. After graduating from Law School in 1978 he left Australia and travelled extensively around South East Asia and the Indian sub-continent, developing an interest in eastern religion and meditation along the way. On returning home he began studying Buddhism and soon after moved to Kathmandu where, in 1981, he was ordained a monk in the Tibetan tradition. He then studied at Nalanda Monastery in France for several years before once again travelling east as a teacher of Buddhist philosophy and meditation at Kopan Monastery, Tushita Meditation Centre and Root Institute for Wisdom Culture. In 1996 he was resident teacher at Vajrayana Institute in Sydney and in 2007 completed a three year appointment as director of Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery in central Victoria. After 30 years as a monk David returned to lay life in 2012. He remains committed to an intensive daily practice of meditation and continues to teach each year in India and Nepal.   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