News and Announcements
Bhante Wimala Awarded Peace Ambassador “Samadutha” Award
In recognition of the spiritual teachings and humanitarian projects of Bhante Wimala, the Upcountry Amarapura Supreme Monks Council of Sri Lanka recently awarded him the prestigious “Samadutha” Peace award. At a special monks council meeting, held on the 14th of March in the hill country town of Nuwara Eliya, Bhante received this award in the…
San Leandro Unity Church
” Thank you for speaking at the Unity Church in San Leandro last night. You are an amazing person and quite inspirational. I particularly enjoyed your thoughts on dealing with negative emotions. Thank you once again.” – Alex Gilmete
Unity Church of Wimberley
“It was great to see you, and of course the people in Wimberley loved you!” – Rev. Ellen Debenport
Speaking at the Oneness Center in California
Dear Bhante, Thank you for accepting the invitation to speak at our spiritual community, The Oneness Center, in Fresno, California. The 3 hour seminar was fantastic! Everyone loved having you there and was so uplifted by your presence and your teachings. As you know, The Oneness Center is an interfaith friendly, New Thought community that…
Bhante Wimala’s visit to Rhode Island
The week before was a whirlwind of preparation as our committee finalized the details of Bhante Wimala’s visit. It would be Bhante’s second workshop at Concordia Center for Spiritual Living and we were excited with the anticipation of what this would mean to all who attended. And we were not disappointed. Bhante Wimala is not…
Teaching in Sacramento, California
My name is Assad Zamani an Iranian Muslim residing in California, U.S.A. I am honored and privileged to know Venerable Bhante Wimala for over 13 years. During this period, every time he travels to Sacramento area in California, he has been our guest. Staying in our residence he usually holds classes and speaks at different…
Teaching in Connecticut
On Monday night February 8th, a private home in Weston Connecticut hosted an event with Bhante Wimala. It was organized by singer/songwriter Fran Southworth and Alex Nason of ProMindful. The event started with Bhante Wimala leading the group in a meditation. Before Bhante’s Dhamma talk, Fran Southworth sang songs from her new CD Frannie Faith,…
