
Friday Evening Program
May 2 7:00 – 9:00 PM PT
Saturday & Sunday Retreat
May 3-4 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM PT
Register here for the Saturday-Sunday weekend retreat
Description:
The Zoom link to the Friday evening program will be available 30 mins before it starts on the Zoom Links page.
We are honored and delighted to welcome Venerable Pannavati for another non-residential weekend retreat. There will be a Friday evening program and a weekend retreat. No registration is required for the Friday evening program. Registration will be required for the weekend retreat. We’ll publish more details on this page as they become available. We look forward to seeing you.
About Venerable Pannavati
Ven. Dr. Pannavati, a former Christian pastor, is co-founder and co-Abbot of Heartwood Refuge in Hendersonville, NC. A black, female Buddhist monk ordained in the Theravada and Mahayana traditions with Vajrayana empowerments and transmission from Roshi Bernie Glassman of Zen Peacemakers, she is both contemplative and empowered for compassionate service. An international teacher, she advocates on behalf of disempowered women and youth globally, and insists on equality and respect in Buddhist life for both female monastics and lay sangha.
She was a 2008 recipient of the Outstanding Buddhist Women’s Award. In 2009, she received a special commendation from the Princess of Thailand for Humanitarian Acts and she ordained Thai Bhikkhunis, on Thai soil with Thai monks as witnesses. In May 2010 she convened a platform of Bhikkhunis to ordain the first 10 Cambodian Samaneris in a Cambodian temple, witnessed by Cambodian abbots including Maha Thera Ven. Dhammathero Sao Khon, President of the Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks of the USA.
Ven. Pannavati continues to visit Thailand each year, ordaining, training, offering support for the nuns and assisting in their projects. In 2013 she arranged for 500 books to be sent to both elementary and secondary schools in Rayong. She is also raising funds to improve security at the compounds, as this is an utmost concern in some areas of Thailand. Venerable is a founding circle director of Sisters of Compassionate Wisdom, a 21st century trans-lineage Buddhist Order and Sisterhood formed by Ani Drubgyuma in 2006. In 2011, Venerable adopted 10 “untouchable” villages in India, vowing to help them establish an egalitarian community based on Buddhist principles of conduct and livelihood, providing wells, books, teachers and micro-loans for women.
Questions
For questions about the retreat, please contact registrar@seattleinsight.org.
Registration & Donation
This weekend retreat includes a Friday night program and and weekend non-residential retreat. No registration is required to attend the Friday night program. The Zoom link to the Friday evening program will be available 30 mins before it starts on the Zoom Links page. Registration for the weekend retreat can be found here.
The suggested event donation is $5, plus teacher dana. (Dana is a term for generosity, or freely offered giving.) Teacher dana can be offered at the event or online here. Please use your best efforts to pay the suggested donation or another heartfelt amount. All are welcome regardless of ability to pay.
Dana for Seattle Insight and the Teachers can be offered online at https://seattleinsight.org/donate, or in person during the event.