05/08/2026
🌿 Awaken & Heal 🌿
Sunday Evening Dhamma Session | 2 August 2026
Our Vassa Month Programme began with an inspiring evening of Bojjhaṅga Sutta Chanting, 28 Buddha Chanting, and Dhamma Discussion, led by Prof. Bhante M. Seevali.
The Bojjhaṅga Sutta, the Discourse on the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, has been traditionally chanted since the time of the Buddha as a blessing for good health, healing, and well-being. Together with the chanting of the 28 Buddhas, devotees cultivated faith, loving-kindness, and wholesome aspirations.
At the conclusion of the chanting, devotees brought home bottles of water that had been present throughout the chanting, to share these blessings with their family and friends. The evening concluded with the Sharing of Merits, followed by blessings from Bhante.
🌼 Main Dhamma Teaching
One of the most profound teachings shared by Bhante was the distinction between Sati and Satipaṭṭhāna.
Bhante explained that Sati (mindfulness) by itself does not lead to awakening. It is the essential foundation or preparation. When mindfulness is properly established as Satipaṭṭhāna—the Four Foundations of Mindfulness—it becomes the direct path leading to wisdom, awakening, and liberation.
Through diligent practice, these foundations cultivate the Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Bojjhaṅga), guiding practitioners towards inner peace, wisdom, and ultimately liberation.
🌱 Putting the Dhamma into Practice
Begin by cultivating mindfulness in your daily activities. Then, gradually learn to establish that mindfulness on the body, feelings, mind, and mental phenomena as taught by the Buddha. In doing so, mindfulness becomes more than simple awareness—it becomes a path of insight that leads to genuine transformation.
"Mindfulness (Sati) is the necessary foundation. When mindfulness is properly established as Satipaṭṭhāna, it becomes the direct path leading to wisdom, awakening, and liberation."
May the blessings of the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha bring good health, peace, and well-being to you and your loved ones.
Sabbe Sattā Bhavantu Sukhitattā. 🙏