Press Release
March 4, 2024
To be released ASAP
Barbara Martin, martinbarbara534@gmail.com
The Venerable Pannavati, Guest Teacher sponsored by Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville
When: Friday evening talk on April 12, 7-8:30 PM
Saturday April 13, all day retreat 9-4 PM
Sunday, April 14, morning service, Venerable Pannavati will be the guest speaker at Unity Church
Where: Unity Church of Charlottesville 2825 Hydraulic Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22901
To Register: https://www.imeditation.org/event-5640264?CalendarViewType=1&SelectedDate=4/3/2024
What Do You Do When the Life Rafts are Burning?
It’s not the “outside” world that needs healing. That is merely a reflection of
our own minds. Reconciliation requires an individual fearlessness to move
beyond the story in order to create a new reality. The Buddha would often
share stories with his closest disciples beginning with “When I was just an
unenlightened Bodhisattva….”
This tells us two things: 1) we can aspire to be a bodhisattva even with
whatever feelings we are experiencing right now, and 2) that we cultivate
ourselves by saving others.
This is our true practice. What do you do when the life rafts are burning?
Venerable Pannavati Bio
Venerable Pannavati, Maha Theri is a former Christian pastor, uniquely
ordained in both Theravada and Mahayana traditions. She is also a
Vajrayana teacher. Particularly inspired by her final lineage master, she
offers authorized esoteric lineage teachings, empowerments and activities
using skillful means. She is co-founder of Heartwood Refuge, an intentional
monastic and lay residential community; Correct Cultivation Learning from Buddha Academy, and Embracing Simplicity Hermitage monastic order.
Venerable also serves on Buddhist and inter-spiritual leadership boards,
internationally, having retired from decades of active work in humanitarian
projects advocating and serving women’s advancement, education for Dalits
(India’s Untouchables) and full ordination for female monks.