# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Befriending our mind
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: When we sit down to meditate, we eventually realise our biggest obstacle is... ourselves. Learning how to be our own friend is a challenge.About this EventBefriending our mindTeacher: Ven. Upekkha (In Person, from the Southern Highlands)Wed 18 Feb | 7.00-8.30pm AEDTLocation: In person at Western Sydney University, Parramatta City Campus (Entry at 1 Parramatta Square), Level 6, Room 1.6.31or Online (Zoom link below)Cost: FreeWhen we sit down to meditate, we eventually realise our biggest obstacle is... ourselves. Learning how to be our own friend - in good times and in bad - is a challenge. It is part of the process of developing our meditation practice.About the Teacher: Ven. Upekkha was born in Sri Lanka in 1974, and grew up in various parts of the world before her family settled down in Perth, Australia. If that wasn’t enough travelling, at 23 she quit her job in the financial industry in Singapore to go seeking in India for ‘the Truth’. Her journey took her through marriage and long retreats in Malaysia and Myanmar with her Irish husband (who later also ordained as a monk) before finally at the age of 35, she returned to Perth where her spiritual journey started. She joined Dhammasara Monastery, a Theravada monastery for Buddhist nuns under the auspices of Ajahn Brahm in 2009 and has been part of that community since then. Ven Upekkha ordained in 2011 and took bhikkhuni ordination in 2014.Hybrid event: Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive session in person at the Metta Centre or online by clicking on this link to access the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506489824?pwd=cmpNQ1ljSmFVYURLWVN1dWllYUN1dz09 Meeting ID: 835 0648 9824| Passcode: 718905Alternatively, you can dial in from your telephone (call charges apply): +61 2 8015 6011 If you are feeling unwell, please consider staying at home and joining online instead.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Parramatta
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Western Sydney University Parramatta City Campus
- **lat**: -33.8163487
- **long**: 151.0056446
- **full address**: Western Sydney University Parramatta City Campus, 161-169 Macquarie Street, Parramatta, Australia

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- **organizer**: Metta Centre (https://allevents.in/org/metta-centre/22823710)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Western Sydney University Parramatta City Campus, 161-169 Macquarie Street, Parramatta, Australia
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Metta Centre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Contests, Meetups, health-wellness
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