Dear friends in the Dhamma,

Waow and I are pleased to invite you to the next on-site meditation evening on Wednesday 30th April 2025, at Waow’s Residence, to be guided by Venerable Manuñño of Dhammapala Monastery of Kandersteg.

Address of the event:
Rebillet & Maklan
2nd floor, Clos de la Fonderie 15, Carouge 1227, Genève
Please ring the bell “Rebillet et Maklan” on the ground floor to be accepted into the building. Then, take the elevator to the 2nd floor. The room will be on the right side of the elevator.

We request a donation of 10 CHF per person to help support the organizing costs. A donation box will be placed inside the entrance of Waow’s Residence.

Please confirm your participation by 29 April at the latest, and please arrive shortly before 19h00.

We look forward to seeing you.
With loving-kindness,

Pok, Waow and Philippe


PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Ven. Manuñño (Didier Linares) grew up in the South of France. As a teenager, a brief description of Buddhism in a book led to a Eureka moment and an ongoing fascination with Buddhism. He went on study chemistry, but just before completing his engineer’s degree, he moved to London in the late 90s, where he ended up working as a night editor in a media monitoring company. In 2004, the obsessive reading of Dhamma books resumed and the search for ‘the perfect teacher’ began. The journey started with Tibetan Buddhism before discovering the teaching of Dogen Zenji and Soto Zen. In 2006, while looking online for longer meditation retreats near London, he found Amaravati. Numerous retreats at Amaravati Retreat Centre led to a growing appreciation for the teaching of Luang Por Chah and the Thai Forest Tradition and culminated in Ven. Manuñño joining the community as the Retreat Centre Household Manager, a role he remained in for three years. In 2016, Ven. Manuñño finally decided to jump in the deep end by requesting the Anagārika training. On 27 July 2018, he received full acceptance as a Bhikkhu with Ajahn Amaro as preceptor. He has been spending a year and half in Norway before joining the Dhammapala sangha in May 2023.