Bringing Joy into our Life

A dialogue with Ayya Suvira

Wed 9 March | 7-8.30pm

Online: links provided below

Cost: Free

The roses smell nicer, the colours are brighter, and someone has been polishing the grass again!
Joy can make a big difference in our lives, boosting our health, relaxing our bodies, and making us forget our difficulties and worries.
People generally associate Buddhism with happiness. Buddhist meditation and mindfulness are well known ways to beat stress, but what role does joy have in that?
What did the Buddha really say about joy? And how can we use it to improve and give meaning to our day-to-day lives? Join this interactive session to find out!

About the speaker: Ayyā Suvīrā is Buddhist nun (bhikkhunī) in the Theravāda tradition and a student of Bhante Sujato.
She received the going-forth ordination as a sāmaṇerī in 2016, and higher ordination as a bhikkhunī at Dhammasara Nuns’ Monastery in 2019 with Ayyā Santinī of Indonesia as preceptor and Ajahn Brahm as instructing teacher.

At present, she works on Sutta Central related projects dealing with sutta parallels in Sanskrit.

With the support of Bhante Sujato and Tina Ng and team of the Metta Centre/ Mettārāma working group, she is continuing the vision of the Mettārāma project to provide an urban residence for nuns in Sydney.

Login details: If you would like to join our session, just click 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