Browse Schedule by Category: Retreats / Online Courses
Spiritual Awakening, Healing & Ecological Restoration: A Buddhist Mystic Perspective
Join Catherine Pawasarat at the 39th annual Women & Spirituality conference. She will be presenting on the Buddhist mystic perspective of awakening, ecological restoration, nature and healing. Online or In Person tickets to the conference are available.
The Mind’s Cutting Edge: 12 Manjushri (Retreat)
Do you wish to embrace wisdom and its different manifestations? Manjushri is the Vajrayana Buddhist archetype of wisdom. In this retreat we will focus on developing cognitive intelligence, discrimination, clarity and rigor in terms of thinking. Our methodology will be the Twelve Manjushri deity yoga practice from the Vajrayana tradition.
Warriors of the Heart: The Bodhisattva Path (Online Course)
What is the Path or Way of the Bodhisattva? In this online course with Qapel and Sensei, we will explore Shantideva's guidance on the Bodhisttva's way of life. And, most importantly we will explore the important question of how we might live as a true Warriors of the Heart today.
Multiple Realities: Bardos & Beyond (4 Week Online Course)
Loosen the blinders, walk through veils. We launch the year with a study of the ‘bardos’ or ‘realms’ of experience.
Five Stages of Emptiness
Embark on a transformative journey through the progressive stages of emptiness in this meditation retreat. Taught by Qapel and Catherine Sensei live at Clear Sky Meditation Centre, it is a chance to go deep. For those living further afield, it is possible to do this retreat streamed at your own retreat location.
AstroDharma Community Call
Join us for an AstroDharma community Q&A call, open to those who have previously or are currently studying AstroDharma with Catherine Sensei - especially for participants of the Online Self Study AstroDharma Course, or previous AstroDharma retreatants.
From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Walking the Eightfold Noble Path
Join us for this important four week online course on foundational dharma teachings The Eightfold Noble path is ennobling Buddhist wisdom on how to walk the talk of freedom and spaciousness, applicable now as 2500 years ago.
Breathing Retreat 2024
Join Catherine Pawasarat Sensei for a life changing ten day breathing meditation retreat. Breathing practice is suitable whether you are a newbie or seasoned meditator, or have always wanted to do a vipassana or longer retreat. Benefit from the in-person guidance of an accomplished meditation teacher and a balanced meditative approach of the four classical meditation postures.
Razor’s Edge: The Dance of Absolute & Relative Truths
This weekend course is a precious opportunity to study with meditation master and Namgyal lineage teacher Qapel (Achariya Doug Duncan). He will share fundamental Buddhist teachings on the nature of absolute and relative truths, and how we can best dance between, within and amidst the two.
Movement of the Mandala Tarot Retreat
The Movement of the Mandala is a powerful embodied retreat on the Tarot's archetypes, inspired by the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche's teachings. The retreat was first offered by the Venerable Namgyal Rinpoche 50 years ago at the Dharma Centre of Canada in 1974, of which Qapel attended as a new student. A master of both Eastern and Western mystical tradition, Rinpoche's innovative course will be offered by Qapel and Catherine Sensei for the first and last time in Qapel's lifetime.