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Eight-Day Four Sublime Abiding Meditation Retreat
11/23-12/1 2013 四無量心禪修
Four Sublime Abiding (brahmavihāra) is one of the fundamental Buddhist meditation techniques. The goal of this technique is to eliminate anger by cultivating loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. It is a powerful technique which enables one to remove hatred, jealousy, affliction and manipulated mind as well as to raise joy and happiness. It will allow us to increase our inner peace and to improve relationships with others. More importantly, the Four Sublime Abiding meditation technique serves as an excellent foundation for those who would like to practice other meditation techniques.
四無量心（也稱四梵住）禪法是早期及大乘佛教經典中教授的一門基礎禪法，目的在於鍛鍊內心，去除瞋心而長養慈、悲、喜、捨的品質，以洗滌內心的負面作用，也是修習波羅密的加行禪法。這種禪法專門對治瞋心、妒忌心、害心和干涉心，是長養人生快樂心靈、促進和睦人際關係的重要方法。課程不僅強調道次修法，也強調穩定三摩地。
INSTRUCTOR:
Venerable Dr. Dhammadipa Fa Yao is the Abbot of the Chuang Yen Monastery. He was a professor at Buddhist colleges in Taiwan specializing in Agama and Abhidharma. He was also a visiting professor at Sun Yet-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. He obtained his bachelor and master degrees in Sri Lanka whereas doctoral degree in Theology and Religion from the Great Britain. Venerable Dr. Dhammadipa Fa Yao was ordained in 1987.
指導法師：
法曜法師為莊嚴寺方丈。法師出家迄今二十七年，在斯里蘭卡獲得學士、碩士學位，於英國獲得神學與宗教哲學博士學位。法師曾跟隨斯里蘭卡、泰國、緬甸數位大師學習上座部諸禪法，對佛教的教理與修行均有深入的了解與體會，說法深入淺出…