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October 2020
Crouching Ego, Hidden Buddhas
Learn how to transform overwhelm into endless wisdom and greater capacities to love, act, connect and be.
Find out more »Eye of the Storm: Navigating the Modern World (Online)
For all meditators and spiritual practitioners, this course explores how we can more fully support the mind of awakening to manifest in our lives - for our own benefit, and for positive transformation in the world. Learn how to create space and strength to navigate the storms of the modern world.Eye of the Storm Do you struggle to keep momentum with your spiritual practice? It is easy to feel one’s energy get drained away and get lost in the struggles…
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Office Hours Online Q&A
Office Hours is a virtual question and answer session with Dharma Teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat. This communal exchange benefits your practice through support from community and exposure to questions you may not think to ask.
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December 2020
Winter Meditation Retreat: The Kasinas
Registration ends November 20, 2020 Kasiṇa meditation is a concentration meditation (samatha, jhāna) intended to settle the mind and create a foundation for liberation. Important Announcement and Change This is a two week retreat and the Teachers have added a one week option. The Teachers recognize that circumstances may make it difficult for some people to attend both weeks. Attending the full two weeks is ideal. If you choose to take the one week option it is the first week,…
Find out more »Office Hours Online Q&A
Looking to anchor your practice during your busy day-to-day life? Consistent communication with community and the teachers both grounds and strengthens your practice.
Find out more »January 2021
New Year Office Hours 2021
Welcome in the New Year and 2021 with Dharma Teachers and community. Since we can't be together this year, we'll re-create our annual new year bonfire ritual online. Bring your new year resolution - reflecting on "What do I want to accomplish in 2021?"Why this New Year Celebration Office Hours?Welcome in the New Year 2021 with your Dharma Teachers and community. Since we can't be together this year, we'll re-create our annual new year bonfire ritual online. Bring your new…
Find out more »A Study of Consciousness: The Abhidhamma (Online Course)
Study the Abhidhamma, to better understand the detailed nature of mental and physical processes.
Find out more »February 2021
Buddhist Contemplative Care for End of Life Speakers Series
Join Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat for a conversation on Buddhist views of death and dying. Focusing on perspectives unique to their lineage they will share about death related caregiving and to illuminate specific practices (e.g., rituals, key texts, etc.). Additionally, they will reflect on how the relatively recent adaptation of Buddhism to Canada and the West has created frictions and creative adaptations to this ancient tradition. This speakers series, cosponsored by Emmanuel College’s Centre for Religion and Its Contexts, the Toronto…
Find out more »Enlighten-Up!
This month's topic is: The Antidote to Anxiety - How the ancient Buddhist practice of merit generation is applicable to your life more than ever. Enlighten-Up is a series of uncompromising, unflinching and kick-ass dharma classes. Join online from anywhere in the world.
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