Youth Sil Program Photos 2004

Sunday 5^th of December 2004

29 youths attended the program on Sunday the 5^th of December 2004. We started the day by taking the 8 precepts, doing the ana-panasati meditation and listening to the morning sermon conducted by Ven. Wimalananda. We then had a guided metta meditation session lead by Ven. Pasanna Manasa, followed by a group reading session of Spectrum of Buddhism by Piyadassi Thera. After lunch we went outside in the warm sun for walking meditation (sakman bhavana). We then got into groups to discuss and share our ideas about problems we face in our everyday lives and how to deal with them in the Buddhist way. The lunch (dana) was kindly prepared and donated by the parents of the attendees.

Sunday 17^th of October 2004

18 youths attended the program on Sunday the 17^th of October 2004. We started the day by taking the 8 precepts, doing the ana-panasati meditation and listening to the morning sermon conducted by Ven. Wimalananda. We then had a guided metta meditation session lead by Ven. Pasanna Manasa, followed by a video presentation by Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda titled How to Live Without Fear & Worry. After lunch we went outside in the warm sun (19° celsius) for walking meditation (sakman bhavana). We then got into groups to discuss and share our ideas about problems we face in our everyday lives and how to deal with them in the Buddhist way. The lunch (dana) was kindly prepared and donated by the parents of the attendees.

Sunday 19^th of September 2004

20 youths attended the program on Sunday the 19^th of September 2004. We started the day by partaking the 8 precepts and doing the ana-panasati meditation, conducted by Ven. Wimalananda. We then had a guided metta meditation session lead by Ven. Pasanna Manasa, followed by a video presentation by Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda titled The Power of the Mind. After lunch we listened to an audio sermon by Bhikkhu Bodhi about the Four Noble Truths. We then got into groups to discuss and share our ideas about problems we face in our everyday lives and how to deal with them in the Buddhist way.

Sunday 15^th of August 2004

About 12 people attended the program on Sunday the 15^th of August 2004. We started the day by partaking the 8 precepts and doing the ana-panasati meditation. We then had a guided metta meditation session lead by Ven. Pasanna Manasa. There was a discussion on how the Buddha advised his followers to deal with defilements when they enter the mind (Vitakkasanthana sutta), conducted by Ven. Wimalananda. In the afternoon there was an video presentation by Ven. K. Sri Dhammananda titled The Power of the Mind. The dana was kindly prepared and donated by Harendra Jayasinghe.