Dear Renuka, welcome to the group.

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--- Renuka Weerasekera <kotus123@...> wrote:

> My name is Renuka Weerasekera and though now I live in
> Europe I was born in Sri Lanka as a buddhist. I was
> fortunate to be born to a sappurisa family, and live
> where the good Dhamma is very much alive, and to
> practice my religion freely.
>
> I learnt to 'read' the suttas in the sri lankan
> 'parittha' book quite young using the explanations
> given at the bottom of the page, but have had
> absolutely no training in it. Since I planned to enrol
> in a dhamma school on my return to Sri Lanka one day
> for the purpose of learning Pali, I'm very glad to
> find this site and to start my learning right away.
>
> I have attended Sutta studies under the Ven. Bhikku
> Bodhi at the Kandy BPS centre; and read/ study the
> Majjima Nikaya and the Anguttara Nikaya suttas now by
> myself, though only in their English translations. The
> BPS newletter with the explanations helps immensely.
>
> I have studied meditation under Ayya Khema and have
> thereafter been helped by the Nilambe centre, though I
> have not been to any retreats since then. By her I was
> trained in both samatha and vipassana techniques and
> gained some progress. My practice needs to be more
> intense, with closer guidance. At the moment I am
> concentrating on absolutely perfecting my sila as I
> was advised to do lately by the Meetirigala priests,
> and am living with 'sati' as much as I can.
>
> With metta,
> Renuka.

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