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Community Classes & Sitting Groups
For additions and corrections to the information below, please contact us.
Meditation Classes
Lovingkindness Meditation with Kristin Penn
- Six Mondays beginning July 20th from 7-9pm.
This series is open to 12 participants who have
some experience with Buddhist practice.
Mt. Pleasant area. For questions or to register
contact Joan at 604-261-0276 before July 10th or
Kristin at 604-872-0431 after July 10th.
Kristin has taught Vipassana and Metta (lovingkindness)
meditation since 1986 and is also a Dharma teacher in
the lineage of Thich Nhat Hahn.
Specialized Sitting Groups
Kalyanamitta (Spiritual Friends) Group
- This group meets monthly for a potluck dinner, sitting, and a parami discussion. At each meeting a new parami will be chosen to practice for discussion at the next meeting. The intention of the group is the integration of practice into everyday life. For date of next meeting and location, contact Catherine catschachtel@gmail.com or 778.388.0040.
Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation Group
- 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, 10:00 am drop-in. No experience necessary. North Shore Unitarian Church. For further information, contact Jenna at jennaj@telus.net or 604.921.1909.
Lunchtime Meditation Group at Kits House
- Wednesdays, 12:30 - 1:00 pm, in the Sun room at Kits Neighbourhood House, 2325 West 7th Avenue (@Vine). Everyone welcome! For more information, click here to read the pdf invitation or contact Jenn at jenn@kitshouse.org.
Sutta Study Group
- Monthly study group for experienced meditators, teacher-led by Adrianne Ross, Thursday evenings, once a month.
There will be a small charge for space, otherwise, dana. There will be readings, discussion and experiential practices.Contact Adrianne at 604.873.0687, or adrianne108@gmail.com.
Twenty / Thirty Something Group
- 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month, 7:15- 9:15pm (sitting starts 7:30 pm), 1764 Graveley Street, Large green house with purple trim (right side of duplex), please ring bell*. Contact Jenn atjenn@dancinglife.ca or sunnygirljenn@hotmail.com. NOTE: Jenn will be away on vacation from May 23 - June 24 and will be sending along the details of an alternate sitting group location during this period ASAP :)Please let her know if you are interested.
University of British Columbia Meditation Community
- Wednesdays, from 5:20 to 6:30pm at the Student Union Building (UBC Campus), under the guidance of UBC Professors and long-time meditation practitioners Pierre Zakarauskas and Brad Murray. For information, visit www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/meditation.
Work/ Study Program for Beginning Meditators
- Group of 6 - 8 people, over a 9 week period meeting once per week, to work through the Insight Meditation Society work / study program fro beginning meditators, facilitated by Henry Meester. The work / study kit consists of a 230 page work/study book, two CD's of guided meditation instruction, and a set of summary cards. Each person will be required to purchase their own kit at a price of $35 from the facilitator or Banyen Books.
For more information or to register phone Henry Meester at 604.913.1159.
"Write Here Get Clear" Meditation and Writing Drop-In Group
- Meditation, writing, sharing, and friends group, led by Daniel Barre, Monday nights, 7-9:30 pm, near Blenheim and 41st. For information and location, contact Daniel at daniel@danielbarre.com.
Community Sitting Groups
Burnaby
- Wednesdays, 7:00 pm. North Burnaby, near Willingdon and Hastings. Contact Monique or Ivan: 604.298.0227.
East Vancouver
- Sundays, 7:30 pm, led by community Dharma Leader Judy Witheford at Britannia Community Centre. For more information, contact Judy: 604.255.3557 or ronandjudy@can.rogers.com .
- Tuesdays, 7:00 am, teacher-led with Adrianne Ross. For location, contact Adrianne: 604.873.0687.
- Wednesdays, 5:45 - 7:15 pm, led by Margot Sangster and Jenna Jordison. Listening Post, 382 Main Street, newcomers welcome. Contact Margot: 604.733.7124 or margot@fullcirclemeditation.ca .
Fort Langley
- Sunday mornings 10:00 am , #101 - 9103 Glover Road. Contact Tara or Dawn: 604.882.1717.
Kitsilano
- Tuesdays, 11:45 am - 1:00 pm, teacher-led with Joanne Broatch. For information and location, email Lee Anne Smith at la.smith@shaw.ca.
- Tuesdays, 7:30 pm, teacher-led with Joanne Broatch. For information and location, email Lynda Griffiths at lyndagriff@telus.net.
- Wednesdays, 7:00 am, teacher-led with Adrianne Ross. For information and location, email Adrianne at adrianne108@gmail.com.
- Wednesdays, 12:30 - 1:00 pm, Lunch-time Meditation Group, Sun Room, Kitsilano Neighbourhood House, 2325 West 7th (@Vine). Everyone welcome. For more information, please contact Jennifer Longson, Community Organizer, at 604.736.3588 or jenn@kitshouse.org.
- Thursdays, 7:15 pm, led by Community Dharma Leader, Karen Lawrie. For location, contact Karen: 604.785.8567 or karenvlawrie@hotmail.com.
- Fridays, 7:00 am. For information and location, contact Adrianne at 604.873.0687 or adrianne108@gmail.com.
North Shore
- Every Monday, 7:30 - 9:30 pm; teacher-led with Joanne Broatch the second Monday of the month. Unitarian Church. Contact Michelle: 778.228.9312.
Sunshine Coast
- Thursdays, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. For location, contact Trisha: 604.886.3227 or Denis: 604.886.2262.
Surrey
- Thursdays, 7:30 pm. For location, contact Jude: 604.584.0140 or judec@telus.net.
- Tuesdays, 7:00 pm at the Buddhist Vihara Society, 13871 – 64 Avenue. Contact Kirthi: 604.582.7592 or kirthi@aol.com.
University of British Columbia
- Wednesdays, from 5:20 to 6:30pm at the Student Union Building (UBC Campus), under the guidance of UBC Professors and long-time meditation practitioners Pierre Zakarauskas and Brad Murray. For information, visit www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/meditation.
West End
- Mondays, 8:00 pm; For information, contact Judi: 604.267.0448 or withmetta32@hotmail.com.
Local Vipassana Web Sites
Full Circle Meditation: Practices for Inner Peace - www.fullcirclemeditation.ca
- Classes, sitting groups, and retreats taught by local Dharma teacher, Margot Sangster
Insight Meditation Society of British Columbia (formerly Vipassana BC) - www.bcims.org
- Classes, sitting groups, and retreats taught by local Dharma teachers, Adrianne Ross and JoanneBroatch.
Karuna Meditation Society - www.karuna.ca
- Classes and sitting groups taught by local Dharma teacher, Kristin Penn, plus a newsletter that focuses on the integration of meditation with daily life, on creativity in relation to Buddhism, and on engaged Buddhism (social action/social service).
- UBC Meditation Community, newly constituted May 2009, providing a welcoming, calming, and convenient environment on the UBC campus where students, faculty, staff, and community members can take a break from their classes or work through the practice of meditation;
weekly meditation sessions facilitated by experienced meditation practitioners, Pierre Zakarauskas (Assistant Professor, Brain Research Centre, UBC) and Brad Murray (Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, UBC).
- Classes, sitting groups, and retreats taught by local Dharma teacher, Linda McDonald and guest Dharma teachers.
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