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Ronya Banks's Dharma Talks
at Spirit Rock Meditation Center
Ronya Banks
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Ronya Banks is the founder and lead teacher of the Asheville Insight Meditation community in Asheville, NC. Sitting over a year cumulatively on silent Vipassana meditation retreats, Ronya has received instruction from over 30 different Vipassana teachers, including Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Rodney Smith, Phillip Moffit, Pat Coffey, Gina Sharpe, and Sharon Salzberg. She has also been influenced by teachers such as Goenka, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Pema Chodron. Ronya is a graduate of the joint IMS/Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader training program. She also received weekly personal dhamma instruction for five years from Burmese monk and Buddhist scholar, Bhante UJotika Bhivamsa. Born in Kuwait, of Palestinian descent, and raised Muslim, Ronya values diversity, inclusiveness, and equality among ALL human beings.
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