Saturday, August 16, 2025

The Buddha taught Satipaṭṭhāna, the Four Establishments of Mindfulness, as the “direct path to realization.” This teaching invites us to apply careful attention to what is always present: our body, feeling tones, mind, and mind-objects. Through strengthening our mindfulness (sati) we can experience presently arisen states without being pulled into desire and aversion. This provides a foundation of clarity and peace, even in the midst of challenging conditions.

On August 16, from 12 noon to 3 pm ET (9 am to 12 noon PT), Buddhist Global Relief will host Satipaṭṭhāna in Practice, Event 2: Mindfulness of Feeling and Mindfulness of Mind. Offered over Zoom, this half-day of practice will be the second of a series dedicated to different establishments of mindfulness given over the course of 2025. In this session, we’ll be focusing on the second and third establishments of mindfulness—feeling tones (vedanā) and mind (citta).

With decades of experience in meditation and monastic training, Ayya Ānandabodhī and Dhammadīpā Roshi will offer guidance on developing these two establishments of mindfulness. You are welcome to join BGR for this half-day of practice to broaden and deepen your own experience and understanding. We look forward to seeing you there.

Our Teachers

Ayya Ānandabodhī

Ayya Ānandabodhī was born and raised in Wales, UK. She has spent over 30 years as a Buddhist monastic, practicing mostly in the Forest Tradition in the UK, and for the past 15 years in the US. Taking full ordination in 2011, she joined the worldwide revival of the Theravāda Bhikkhunī Order. Ayya now resides at Pārāyana Vihāra in Port Townsend, Washington, and teaches meditation retreats in the US and occasionally overseas. Ayya’s practice and teaching are guided by early Buddhist scriptures, living in community, and through nature’s pure and immediate Dhamma. Ayya Ānandabodhī is a member of the BGR Sangha Council.

Dhammadīpā Roshi

BGR Board member Dhammadīpā is the founder of Dassanāya Buddhist Community in Alexandria, Virginia. She has been practicing Buddhism since 1987 and she was ordained in 2007. Dhammadīpā has received Dharma Transmission in the tradition of Soto Zen, and practiced for five years as a nun in the Theravāda tradition. In addition to English, she teaches in Spanish, an expression of her Latin heritage. She enjoys watercolor painting and spending time with her adult daughter.