The Word of the Elders - with Bhante Yogavacara Rahula (USH - Matei Georgescu)

Bhante Rahula was born in California and ordained as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka in 1975. He lived there ten years studying and practicing mindfulness/vipassana meditation with different teachers and living alone in secluded hermitages. He also studied yoga with Swami Gitananda in South India. His teaching integrates the practice of yoga and meditation. Since 1987 Bhante Rahula has been residing and teaching at the Bhavana Society Forest Monastery in West Virginia with Bhante H. Gunaratana. He also conducts meditation retreats in Germany and other parts of the world periodically. Bhante Rahula has written several books: an autobiography entitled "One Night's Shelter; The Way to Peace & Happiness", a comprehensive study of the Buddha's Teaching; "Breaking Through the Self-Delusion", a booklet on vipassana meditation and "Traversing the Great Himalaya" a photo documentary of a spiritual pilgrimage in the Himalaya.