Bhante Sujatha

Guided Meditation at Belmar Public Library
2024-03-26 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Detroit)
Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or new to the practice, Bhante Sujatha will help you to learn and apply time tested tools for the development of mindfulness in day to day life.
This is a donation based event and Choose Loving Kindness items will be on sale to help raise funds for Bhante Sujatha’s charitable work.
Bhante has been working to help the people in the developing nation of Sri Lanka for more than 25 years by building homes, providing materials to schools and students, food for the hungry, equipment for hospitals, medicine for the sick, and so much more. Leading by example with tireless effort, Bhante Sujatha never forgets that this work cannot be done by him alone. Without the support of friends and students all over the world, these services helping those in need in Sri Lanka would not exist.
If you would like to spend some time investing in yourself, and want to feel good knowing that your investment will go even further, this event is for you.
This is the perfect opportunity to remember that by nurturing yourself, you nurture the world. We hope you will take advantage of this unique opportunity to do just that!
About Bhante:
Bhante Sujatha, a 40+ year Buddhist Monk, is singularly focused on adding more love in the world. Bhante teaches loving-kindness meditation to people around the globe for all those seeking the art of happiness and contentment. His approach to meditation is deep and simple, bringing core Buddhist teachings to everyone in a way that is practical and easy to understand. A joyful, radiant, funny, and wildly energetic monk, Bhante will help you obtain peace that can only be found in deep silence. Bhante believes his purpose is not only to teach meditation, but also, “teaching people how to be happy.”

Awakening in the Midst of Life: A Mindfulness Workshop with Bhante Sujatha
2024-03-26 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Detroit) | With Intentions Holistic Studio, 1700 Main Street, Lake Como, NJ, 07719, United States
Life doesn’t take a time out for us, even when we feel like we need it. But we have the power to take our mind out of life, and can use this ability to observe it clearly. This is the way we bring our practice off of the cushion and into the midst of life. By learning to keep our mind open and aware throughout the day, we discover the true application of mindfulness practice.
In this workshop, Bhante Sujatha will guide you through techniques that help to dissolve the lines between the “beginning” and “ending” of a meditation practice, and discover that mindfulness is an ongoing process that becomes a companion in life.
In this program suitable for both new and seasoned practitioners, we will learn how to measure our responses, become more adaptive, reduce conflict, and manage emotions.
Join Bhante Sujatha in this workshop to learn that in both good times and bad, we always have the choice to step back and see what is happening.
To Register Click: HERE

Healing Your Wounded Heart: A Mindfulness Workshop at Yoga with Love
2024-03-28 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Yoga With Love, 417 Euclid Avenue, Loch Arbor, NJ, 07711, United States
“Working with people for more than 40 years as a monk and a friend, I have come to know we all show up to life with wounds from our past. Childhood, trauma, suffering of all shapes and sizes. We all have wounds on our heart that effect how we feel, think, and how we interact with the larger world. Healing our wounded hearts is the work of this lifetime.”
Allowing our heart to heal means we create the space to authentically feel and acknowledge the truth of suffering and the path to the end of this suffering. By putting in the right effort, we can activate our natural healing systems. Instead of trying to “get over” our pains, we learn to let go of the mental habits that reopen the wounds again and again.
In this 2-hour workshop, Bhante Sujatha will guide us through the process of approaching our wounds with gentleness and grace, and prepare you with the tools to let the healing process inside our hearts begin.
Facing our suffering is not an easy process, but we can come together in love and truth to move forward.
To Register Click: HERE

How to Empower Your Mind: An Ancient Wisdom Practice
2024-04-01 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Detroit) | Beck Wellness Center, 490 Lakehurst Road, Tom's River, NJ, 08755, United States
Rumi says, “what you seek is seeking you”… perhaps it’s true. The evidence of the power of our minds is undeniable. The ancient texts of the Buddha tell us that no external condition can be the cause of our happiness; only the mind has that ability. When people clearly understand how they are influenced, the root causes of struggle and what we can do with our minds to make things better are revealed. The result is sustainable happiness and radiant joy.
My life as a Buddhist monk has given me a front row seat to the incredible transformations that have developed within so many people as I teach them how to empower their minds. Cultivating these qualities will help you too find strength and happiness, as well as nurture in you a burning desire to add more love to the world. When we understand our mind, we begin to re-shape our behavior and feelings about so many things. It’s the most loving act of service one can do for themselves and the world.
To Register Click: HERE

Your Loss is Your Gain: A Mindfulness Workshop with Bhante Sujatha
2024-04-04 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Detroit)
“When you are able to experience gain and loss with an equal mind, you realize a rare freedom found in this world.”
We have all experienced success and failure, praise and blame, gain and loss. How do we feel after these experiences? How do we remember them? Our emotional connection to these extremes is undeniable, but we don’t always examine their long term effects, nor the middle ground between them. Recognizing and understanding the shifting of our emotions by outward influences is something we can realize both on and off the cushion, and allow us to experience and interact with the world in peaceful and purposeful ways.
Hosted by Namaste Organic Spa and held at The Unitarian Church of Ridgewood, join Bhante Sujatha in this two-hour workshop to explore how mindfulness and meditation practice can help you to clearly process the subtle reactions and patterns we develop when we experience gain and loss.
To Register Click: HERE

Finding Happiness & Contentment in the Western World: A Mindfulness Workshop
2024-04-05 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Jamie Surya Yoga, 222 Ash St., Piermont, NY, 10968, United States
“The pursuit of happiness” is a common bond that unites us all. Nearly everyone on the planet is actively engaged in finding sustainable happiness.
Still, regardless of our economic or social position, regardless of what we’ve acquired along the way, happiness seems to exist as a mysterious wind that comes in, fills us with joy, and then leave as unpredictably as when it arrived. We search for ways to capture it, to keep it around and within us for the long term, but inevitably it escapes us and we find ourselves searching again.
In this workshop, Bhante Sujatha teaches us that although we can’t buy or build happiness, we can cultivate a simple mindfulness practice in our daily lives that leads to a sustainable contentment which can permeate every aspect of our lives.

To learn more about this event and Jaimie Surya Yoga please visit: https://www.jamiesuryayoga.com/workshops

From the Inside Out: A Mindfulness Workshop with Bhante Sujatha
2024-04-07 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | Flow Yoga Ho-Ho_Kus, 22 Hollywood Avenue, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, 07423, United States
Many of us exist in an environment that endorses the metric of success as achieving fame and gaining possessions. In this context, the more we earn, the more we desire. Many people have more than humans have ever had in the past, and yet the happiness and peace we are all seeking continues to move further and further away.
This is not a rare condition; we can see the burning desire within ourselves and so many people to love more deeply, to live more fully and to find sustainable, sturdy happiness.
The remedy that many religions and wisdom teachers offer to quench this desire is the teaching of compassion and charitable actions. These teachings are of great value, but outward actions alone will not resolve a crisis of internal peace. Not yet have we seen someone find true inner peace and happiness without first loving themselves.
We cannot count on anything we find outside as a permanent solution that will sustain our happiness, but we can find the love within us to always protect ourselves. Learning to listen inwardly is how we discover joy and an unshakable peace that when fully developed can never be taken away.
To Register Click: HERE

Full Moon Meditation on Zoom
2024-07-20 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-08-19 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Thanks to the loving responses and requests we received following the first full moon meditation, we are pleased to announce a new program for the full moon day in July!
We hope that you can join in!
WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT CAN’T JOIN?
NOT TO WORRY!
A RECORDING OF THE EVENT IS SENT TO ALL REGISTERED GUESTS!
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The full moon day is a very important one in Buddhist countries, particularly in Bhante’s home country, Sri Lanka.
Bhante likes to call the full moon day, a spiritual day for people who are seeking to travel on an inner journey.
In this online, guided meditation, Bhante Sujatha teaches about the tradition of practicing during the full moon, and the value of keeping connected to your practice by goal setting and making it sacred.
To learn more and register for this event, click: HERE

Practical Sutra Study Online with Bhante Sujatha
2024-07-26 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-08-27 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-12-19 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
“Buddha vacana” (the Buddha’s words) are lifestyles.
I have observed and interacted with many scholars pursuing the teaching of the Buddha through academic practices. I myself have done this as part of my monk’s training, and know it is very important for our growth as monks, for the purpose of making the Dhamma accessible to people, and for the purpose of protecting the life of the Buddha Dhamma.
Studying these beautiful teachings is important, but we also have to understand that if they are not put into a daily practice, they serve as much purpose as a book collecting dust on the shelf. I do not think the Buddha intended for the teachings to simply be collected and memorized, but to be understood and applied.
As I understand at this time in my practice, there are two Dharmas:
1. Head Dharma
2. Heart Dharma
I have met practitioners and students all over the world, and many of them approach the teaching from either one of these aspects, but it is my wish for people to develop both.
Taking into consideration requests from students across the nation for more sutra studies, I have decided to create this “Practical Sutra Study Session” as a monthly program designed to give more support to those on the path of self awareness.
I hope that you can join, and come together with noble friends to deepen our practice together.
WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT CAN’T JOIN?
NOT TO WORRY!
A RECORDING OF THE EVENT IS SENT TO ALL REGISTERED GUESTS!
To register for this event, please click: HERE

How to Empower Your Mind: A Guided Meditation and Mindfulness Workshop
2024-08-25 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago) | The Home of Linda Benton, 37015 N Willow Lane, Gurnee (Unincorporated Wadsworth), IL, 60031
Rumi says, “what you seek is seeking you”… perhaps it’s true. The evidence of the power of our minds is undeniable. The ancient texts of the Buddha tell us that no external condition can be the cause of our happiness; only the mind has that ability. When people clearly understand how they are influenced, the root causes of struggle and what we can do with our minds to make things better are revealed. The result is sustainable happiness and radiant joy.
My life as a Buddhist monk has given me a front row seat to the incredible transformations that have developed within so many people as I teach them how to empower their minds. Cultivating these qualities will help you too find strength and happiness, as well as nurture in you a burning desire to add more love to the world. When we understand our mind, we begin to re-shape our behavior and feelings about so many things. It’s the most loving act of service one can do for themselves and the world.
Please join me at the beautiful estate of my good friend, Linda Benton, who has generously offered to host this event in order to support me and my charitable work adding more love to the world.
Benefits of this workshop include:
• Reduced stress, anxiety, worry and depression
• Healing and enhancing relationships with others
• Gaining a sense of empowerment over challenging issues in your life
• Insights into your life purpose
• Awakening to the blessings of the present moment
• Working towards an unshakable inner peace
Fee $30
• Advanced registration required.
• Proceeds help support Bhante’s “Pregnant Mother’s Program” and Incubator Project in Sri Lanka.
• Choose Loving-Kindness Items and Bhante’s publications will be available for purchase on site, and Bhante will be able to for book signing following the program.
To Join this event click: HERE

Heart Dharma vs. Head Dharma
2024-09-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | The Yoga Effect, 1134 E Washington St., Grayslake, Illinois, 60030, United States
Join Bhante Sujatha for an intimate conversation on how to train your mind to find the good,
how to use your practice to benefit the world, and how to find blessings in a fast-paced and
oftentimes noisy world.
At times there is the notion that meditation is a playful and fantastical space for your mind to
wander. Bhante Sujatha guides us to understand that meditation should in fact be approached
as a positive and realistic journey; one that comes with both relaxed and mindful expectations.
As an opportunity to discuss our own personal life experiences to help deepen our practice, this
workshop can be a life changing experience that will bring strength and authenticity to the
forefront of your practice.
We hope this time together will leave you feeling more mindful, centered, and ready to serve.
Activities and benefits of this workshop include:
* Reduced stress, anxiety, worry and depression
* Healing and enhancing relationships with others
* Gaining a sense of empowerment over challenging issues in your life
* Insights into your life purpose
* Awakening to the blessings of the present moment
* Attending unshakable inner peace
· Advanced registration required
· Proceeds go to Bhante’s pregnant mothers and Incubator Project in Sri Lanka
· Book signing and Choose-Loving Kindness Items are available to purchase
To register click: HERE

Mind Your Step! A Hike with Bhante Sujatha
2024-09-15 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Fontenelle Forest Nature Meditation Walk, 111 Bellevue Boulevard, North Bellevue, NE, 68005, United States
“Mind Your Step!”
A Mindful Hike with Bhante Sujatha
We all get accustomed to our thinking mind’s perceptions of right and wrong: This is the right way; this is the wrong way…. Our spiritual practice however, teaches us to let go of some of these certainties, and discover new ways to experience mindful practice.
Many people are accustomed to the belief that meditation practice only happens while sitting on a cushion. Our minds can become conditioned in this way, and we forget that meditation is a practice for developing mindfulness for daily living.
Join Bhante Sujatha on a hike with mindfulness, to shake up your practice and challenge the notions that you may or may not have adopted.
In this hike, Bhante and a group of noble friends will share time skillfully with hiking, sharing meaningful conversation, practicing stillness to experience nature, and learning to watch the steps and breaths taken along the way.
Registration: For Head Count Purposes, please register on Eventbrite
Suggested Donations:
$15 per adult
$13 per senior (62+)
$9 per child (2-17)
Plus sales tax
Free for children under age 2
Free for members
All proceeds go toward Bhante Sujatha’s “Annual Pregnant Mother’s Project” and charitable work in Sri Lanka.
NOTES:
We will meet in the parking lot at the trailhead. The hike begins at 10:00 AM. Please arrive a few minutes early for the head count.
There will be a brief sitting meditation and discussion, please bring a mat or blanket if you like for sitting.

Guided Meditation with Bhante Sujatha: A Fundraiser for Pregnant Mothers
2024-09-15 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Chicago) | One Tree Yoga – East Studio, 5020 Dodge Street, Omaha, 68132, United States
Guided Meditation with Bhante Sujatha: A Fundraiser for Pregnant Mothers
Sunday, September 15
Hosted by The Flatwater Collective
For more than 20 years, Bhante Sujatha has been focusing his energy toward the support of pregnant mothers. Originally inspired to undertake this service in honor of his teacher, Bhante Sujatha has expanded this project which began with baby hats and small parcels of goods into an annual, day-long event for 300 pregnant women!
These events include physician-led education sessions on nurturing a newborn, guided loving-kindness meditation practice, and gift baskets full of vital necessities for newborns provided to all the expecting mothers in attendace. In addition to the annual program, Bhante has raised funds over the years for the donation of more than 15 incubators, baby warmers, and even an ultrasound scanner to general hospitals around Sri Lanka!
Our friend Anne Savery and the Flatwater Collective have kindly opened their hearts to host a fundraising workshop to support this great effort.
In this guided meditation, we join Bhante Sujatha for an open conversation about our habit of seeking outward gratification, and the path to discovering our inner value in order to learn how to authentically love ourselves and become our own best friends.
Activities in this program will include:
– Guided mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation.
– Time for Questions & Answers.
Benefits of this beautiful workshop can include:
– Reduced stress, anxiety, worry, and depression.
– Healing and enhancing relationships with others.
– Gaining a sense of empowerment over challenging issues in life.
– Awakening to the blessings of the present moment.
– Confidence in attaining unshakable inner peace.
Cost: $40
Please note:
Advanced registration is required. All proceeds help support Bhante’s Pregnant Mother’s Program and Incubator Project
in Sri Lanka. ·
“Choose Loving-Kindness” products and Bhante’s publications will be available for purchase on-site, and Bhante will be able for book signing following the program.
Advance registration is appreciated.
TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE

September Full Moon Meditation on Zoom with Bhante Sujatha
2024-09-17 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
With all the great responses and requests that we have been receiving, we are so pleased to announce a new program for the full moon day in September!
The full moon day is a very important one in Buddhist countries, particularly in Bhante’s home country, Sri Lanka.
Bhante likes to call the full moon day a spiritual day for people who are seeking to travel on an inner journey.
In this online, guided meditation, Bhante Sujatha teaches about the tradition of practing during the full moon, and the value of keeping connected to your practice by goal setting and making it sacred.
Please join Bhante and spiritual friends from wherever you to come together to make time for yourself and apply techniques that can help to eliminate your negativities and sooth the soul within you.
Activities in this program will include:

Guided mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation.
Sharing of wisdom and experience from Bhante Sujatha.
Time for Questions & Answers.

Benefits of this program can include:

Reduced stress, anxiety, worry, and depression.
Healing and enhancing relationships with others.
Gaining a sense of empowerment over challenging issues in life.
Awakening to the blessings of the present moment.
Developing confidence in attaining unshakable inner peace.

COST: $10
A link will be sent to all registrants 1-Hour before the workshop begins.
WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT UNABLE TO JOIN?
NOT TO WORRY!
THE EVENT WILL BE RECORDED AND SENT TO ALL REGISTERED GUESTS!
TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE

Practical Sutra Study with Bhante Sujatha Monthly on Zoom
2024-09-30 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
“Buddha vacana” (the Buddha’s words) are lifestyles.
I have observed and interacted with many scholars pursuing the teaching of the Buddha through academic practices. I myself have done this as part of my monk’s training, and know it is very important for our growth as monks, for the purpose of making the Dhamma accessible to people, and for the purpose of protecting the life of the Buddha Dhamma.
Studying these beautiful teachings is important, but we also have to understand that if they are not put into a daily practice, they serve as much purpose as a book collecting dust on the shelf. I do not think the Buddha intended for the teachings to simply be collected and memorized, but to be understood, and applied.
As I understand at this time in my practice, there are two Dharmas:
1. Head Dharma
2. Heart Dharma
I have met practitioners and students all over the world, and many of them approach the teaching from either one of these aspects, but it is my wish for people to develop both.
Taking into consideration requests from students across the world for more sutra studies, I have decided to create this “Practical Sutra Study Session” as a monthly program designed to give more support to those on the path of self awareness and mindfulness.
I hope that you can join, and come together with noble friends to deepen our practice together.
May you be well, happy, and peaceful.
WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT UNABLE TO JOIN?
NOT TO WORRY!
THE EVENT WILL BE RECORDED AND SENT TO ALL REGISTERED GUESTS!

TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE

Mindfulness Workshop at Crow's Nest Farm in Barrington with Bhante Sujatha
2024-10-05 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | Crow’s Nest Farm, 85 Honeycutt Road, PT BARRINGTON, IL, 60010, United States
Look deeply into nature, and you will understand everything better.
Crow’s Nest Farm is a tranquil oasis located in the heart of Barrington Hills that was created by its owners as a sanctuary for native wildlife and themselves. The property consists of a series of connected gardens, restored oak and hickory savannah, woodland trails, and adjoining horse pastures. There are areas to relax throughout the property, including a small Japanese Zen garden with an inviting sitting arbor for meditation.
The woodland trails take you through the restored oak savannah with its multiple ravines and a small bridge, and a newly created pond contains lily pads and native vegetation. In addition, the pond attracts numerous frogs and has a thriving group of fish, (goldfish and minnows).
Ever a work in progress, the gardens of the property have been evolving over the last twenty years and consist of a variety of unique trees, perennials, and native vegetation.
Among this splendor, Bhante Sujatha will lead a guided meditation and give a Dharma Talk with time for questions and answers.
Tickets for this event are $40 and all proceeds go to Bhante Sujatha and to support his charitable work in Sri Lanka including the annual “Pregnant Mother’s Retreat” that serves 300 expecting women each year.
Please bring a folding chair, or something to sit on, for the outdoor meditation, as well as something to keep you warm.
TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE
For assistance, please call or write to Barbara Skan:
ph: 847-340-1795 / @: blskan@gmail.com

Suffering is Optional – A Mindfulness Workshop with Bhante Sujatha
2024-10-10 12:45 - 14:15 (America/Chicago) | Lifetime Fitness, Skokie, 5300 Old Orchard Rd., Skokie, IL, 60077, United States
“We can’t change the nature of life, but we can change our attitude towards it.”
Join Bhante Sujatha for an intimate conversation on how to train your mind to find the good, how to use your practice to benefit the world, and how to find blessings in a fast-paced and oftentimes noisy world.
At times there is the notion that meditation is a playful and fantastical space for your mind to wander. Bhante Sujatha guides us to understand that meditation should in fact be approached as a positive and realistic journey; one that comes with both relaxed and mindful expectations.
Activities and benefits of this workshop include:
* Reduced stress, anxiety, worry and depression
* Healing and enhancing relationships with others
* Gaining a sense of empowerment over challenging issues in your life
* Insights into your life purpose
* Awakening to the blessings of the present moment
* Attending unshakable inner peace

• Proceeds support Bhante’s annual pregnant mothers retreat and charitable projects in Sri Lanka
• Book signing and Choose-Loving Kindness Items are available to purchase

October Full Moon Meditation on Zoom with Bhante Sujatha
2024-10-17 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
With all the great responses and requests that we have been receiving, we are so pleased to announce a new program for the full moon day in October!
The full moon day is a very important one in Buddhist countries, particularly in Bhante’s home country, Sri Lanka.
Bhante likes to call the full moon day a spiritual day for people who are seeking to travel on an inner journey.
In this online, guided meditation, Bhante Sujatha teaches about the tradition of practing during the full moon, and the value of keeping connected to your practice by goal setting and making it sacred.
Please join Bhante and spiritual friends from wherever you to come together to make time for yourself and apply techniques that can help to eliminate your negativities and sooth the soul within you.
Activities in this program will include:

Guided mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation.
Sharing of wisdom and experience from Bhante Sujatha.
Time for Questions & Answers.

Benefits of this program can include:

Reduced stress, anxiety, worry, and depression.
Healing and enhancing relationships with others.
Gaining a sense of empowerment over challenging issues in life.
Awakening to the blessings of the present moment.
Developing confidence in attaining unshakable inner peace.

A link will be sent to all registrants 2 hours before the workshop begins.
WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT UNABLE TO JOIN?
NOT TO WORRY!
THE EVENT WILL BE RECORDED AND SENT TO ALL REGISTERED GUESTS!

Practical Sutra Study Online with Bhante Sujatha
2024-10-18 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
“Buddha vacana” (the Buddha’s words) are lifestyles.
I have observed and interacted with many scholars pursuing the teaching of the Buddha through academic practices. I myself have done this as part of my monk’s training, and know it is very important for our growth as monks, for the purpose of making the Dhamma accessible to people, and for the purpose of protecting the life of the Buddha Dhamma.
Studying these beautiful teachings is important, but we also have to understand that if they are not put into a daily practice, they serve as much purpose as a book collecting dust on the shelf. I do not think the Buddha intended for the teachings to simply be collected and memorized, but to be understood, and applied.
As I understand at this time in my practice, there are two Dharmas:
1. Head Dharma
2. Heart Dharma
I have met practitioners and students all over the world, and many of them approach the teaching from either one of these aspects, but it is my wish for people to develop both.
Taking into consideration requests from students across the world for more sutra studies, I have decided to create this “Practical Sutra Study Session” as a monthly program designed to give more support to those on the path of self awareness and mindfulness.
I hope that you can join, and come together with noble friends to deepen our practice together.
May you be well, happy, and peaceful.
WANT TO PARTICIPATE BUT UNABLE TO JOIN?
NOT TO WORRY!
THE EVENT WILL BE RECORDED AND SENT TO ALL REGISTERED GUES
To Register Click: HERE

A Healthy Mind, A Happy Life:7-Day Meditation Challenge with Bhante Sujatha
2024-10-21 20:30 - 2024-10-27 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
In this program you will join in these 30 minute meditations for seven consecutive days, right before bedtime, led by Bhante Sujatha.
These meditations are powerful, yet accessible. They will help you create a consistent practice so that you can experience the full benefits of meditation for yourself. We call this a “challenge” in order to increase your dedication to your practice!
It doesn’t matter if you’re new to meditation or a seasoned pro, you’ll find these guided meditation will help you stay focused, happy, and healthy. They’re also designed to help you create a consistent routine, as most people find it helpful to participate in guided meditations, especially when they are first starting to practice.
Each day Bhante will bring you a life theme for the 30 minute meditation.
***THIS IS A ONE TIME PAYMENT OF $45 FOR ALL 7 DAYS***
Dates: 10/21, 10/22, 10/23, 10/24, 10/25, 10/26, and 10/27*
from 8:30 PM to 9:00 PM CST.
*On Sunday, October 27th, we will have a 30 minute meditation, and 30 minute reflection and conversation from 8:00 – 9:00 PM CST.
PLEASE NOTE:
The last day to register is October 21st, at 7:30PM.
The Zoom link, meeting ID, and passcode will not change throughout the challenge.
A ZOOM LINK WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU TWO HOURS PRIOR ON 10/21!
To Register Click: HERE

Monthly Guided Meditation with Bhante Sujatha and Bhante Rahula
2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, 102 South 2nd Street, Geneva, IL, 60134, United States
Join Buddhist monks Bhante Sujatha and Bhante Rahula at the Universalist Unitarian Society of Geneva, IL for a session of guided mediation and teachings in mindfulness.
In these sessions, the monks will guide you through a 30 minute guided meditation followed by a themed talk with time for discussion through questions and answers from the monks.
Meditation is a practice that cultivates mindfulness which can bring clarity and peace to life. By joining these sessions, you will gain insight into the quality of mindfulness, and learn techniqes to practice and apply it to your daily life.
These sessions are open for one and all, and have something to offer everyone. There is no expreience or background required.
Because Buddhist monks receive no salary, the basic needs required in their mission such as fuel for travel, food, etc. are funded entirely by donation. For this reason, in these sessions we suggest that you provide a donation of at least $10.
Meditation is free, but life is not!
Your donation will help support the monks in their goal to add more live to the world, and also all those who will benefit from their efforts, especially you!
Thank you so much for your kind paricipataion and support. We hope to see you in Geneva.
To Register Click HERE
May you be well, happy, and peaceful.

Finding Peace and Contentment in the Western World
2024-10-27 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Universalist Unitarian Church of the Lakes, Elkhorn, 319 N. Broad St., Elkhorn, WI, 53121, United States
“The pursuit of happiness” is a common bond that unites us all. Nearly everyone on the planet is actively engaged in finding sustainable happiness.
Still, regardless of our economic or social position, regardless of what we’ve acquired along the way, happiness seems to exist as a mysterious wind that comes in, fills us with joy, and then leaves as unpredictably as when it arrived. We search for ways to capture it, to keep it around and within us for the long term, but inevitably it escapes us and we find ourselves searching again.
In this workshop, Bhante Sujatha teaches us that although we can’t buy or build happiness, we can cultivate a simple mindfulness practice in our daily lives that leads to sustainable contentment which can permeate every aspect of our lives.
“Mindfulness in everyday life is easy to learn, simple to practice, and an essential element in creating a happy life.”
Please note:

“Choose Loving-Kindness” products and Bhante’s publications will be available for purchase on-site, and Bhante will be able for book signing following the program.
All proceeds help support Bhante’s Pregnant Mother’s Program and Incubator Project in Sri Lanka. ·

Finding Happiness and Contentment in the Western World
2024-12-08 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Sunlight Spirit Retreat, 1801 N Quentin Rd., Palatine, IL, 60074, United States
“The pursuit of happiness” is a common bond that unites us all. Nearly everyone on the planet is actively engaged in finding sustainable happiness.
Still, regardless of our economic or social position, regardless of what we’ve acquired along the way, happiness seems to exist as a mysterious wind that comes in, fills us with joy, and then leaves as unpredictably as when it arrived.
We search for ways to capture it, to keep it around and within us for the long term, but inevitably it escapes us and we find ourselves searching again. In this workshop, Bhante Sujatha teaches us that although we can’t buy or build happiness, we can cultivate a simple mindfulness practice in our daily lives that leads to a sustainable contentment which can permeate every aspect of our lives.
“Mindfulness in everyday life is easy to learn, simple to practice, and an essential element in creating a happy life.”
Activities in this program will include:
• Lecture: “What Is Happiness?”
• Instruction in the Practice of Mindfulness and Loving-Kindness Meditation
• Time for Questions & Answers
*Healing Singing Bowls Sound Bath by Moana Kai
Enjoy the healing sounds of the singing bowls and the songs of the heart by Agnes Janicka or Moana kai. She is a licensed massage therapist, energy worker as well as spiritual seeker. In her practice, she incorporates sound to help an individual find rejuvenation and inspiration. Her sound baths she calls whispers of the heart. Her mission is to inspire to create spa for the mind and to bring an individual closer to their heart to seek connection with the inner child. Through simplicity and love we find the path.
Benefits of this workshop can include:
• Reduced stress, anxiety, worry, and depression.
• Healing and enhancing relationships with others.
• Gaining a sense of empowerment over challenging issues in life.
• Insights into life’s purpose.
• Awakening to the blessings of the present moment.
• Confidence in attaining unshakable inner peace.
Proceeds help support Bhante’s “Pregnant Mother’s Program” and Incubator Project in Sri Lanka.
“Choose Loving-Kindness” products and Bhante’s publications will be available for purchase on site, and Bhante will be able to for book signing following the program.
To register, click HERE

Online Full Moon Meditation
2024-12-15 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Thanks to the loving responses and requests we received following the first full moon meditation, we are pleased to announce a new program for the full moon day in October!
We hope that you can join in!
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The full moon day is a very important one in Buddhist countries, particularly in Bhante’s home country, Sri Lanka.
Bhante likes to call the full moon day, a spiritual day for people who are seeking to travel on an inner journey.
In this online, guided meditation, Bhante Sujatha teaches about the tradition of practicing during the full moon, and the value of keeping connected to your practice by goal setting and making it sacred.
To learn more and register for this event, click: HERE

Guided Meditation and Peacefulness with Bhante Sujatha hosted by Moonflower Yoga
2024-12-17 18:15 - 19:15 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Add some peacefulness and loving kindness to your life!
Moonflower Yoga is happy to offer these fabulous, guided meditations led by Bhante Sujatha. Bhante teaches loving-kindness meditation to people around the globe for all those seeking the art of happiness and contentment. His approach to meditation is deep and simple, bringing core Buddhist teachings to everyone in a way that is practical and easy to understand.
Join Bhante in this lovely, guided meditation offered via Zoom and add some loving kindness and peacefulness to your life.
NO prior meditation experience is needed and can be comfortably and safely done from the warmth of your home thru Zoom.
To learn more and register for this event, click: HERE

From the Inside Out: A Mindfulness Workshop with Bhante Sujatha
2024-12-18 23:00 - 2024-12-19 01:00 (America/Chicago) | Wailea Healing Center, 120 Kaukahi St., HI, US 96753, Kihei, HI, 96753, United States
Many of us exist in an environment that endorses the metric of success as achieving fame and gaining possessions. In this context, the more we earn, the more we desire. Many people have more than humans have ever had in the past, and yet the happiness and peace we are all seeking continues to move further and further away.
This is not a rare condition; we can see the burning desire within ourselves and so many people to love more deeply, to live more fully and to find sustainable, sturdy happiness.
The remedy that many religions and wisdom teachers offer to quench this desire is the teaching of compassion and charitable actions. These teachings are of great value, but outward actions alone will not resolve a crisis of internal peace. Not yet have we seen someone find true inner peace and happiness without first loving themselves.
We cannot count on anything we find outside as a permanent solution that will sustain our happiness, but we can find the love within us to always protect ourselves. Learning to listen inwardly is how we discover joy and an unshakable peace that when fully developed can never be taken away.
· Proceeds go to Bhante’s pregnant mothers and Incubator Project in Sri Lanka
· Book signing and “Choose Loving Kindness” items will be available for purchase
To Register, click: HERE
