Community Classes & Sitting Groups

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Classes

Dharma Series on Equanimity

Six Mondays from 7-9pm beginning November 16th

• This teacher led series will focus on cultivating balance, resilience, buoyancy, living harmoniously with life as it is, as well as the relationship between compassion and equanimity. It is open to 12 participants who have some experience with Buddhist practice. There are three spaces currently available.
  The teacher is Kristin Penn who has taught Vipassana and the Brahma Viharas (Lovingkindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity) since 1987. Contact Kristin at 604-872-0431.

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

• Wednesdays, 7:15 - 9:15pm (sitting starts 7:30 pm) with alternating hosts Jenn and Brenda.  East Vancouver area. For information and locations, email meditate.20.30@gmail.com.
  

University of British Columbia Meditation Community

• Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5:00 to 6:00pm 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.

"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, 7:00 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, David Adam and others. 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, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm, led by Community Dharma Leader, Karen Lawrie, and teacher, Joanne Broatch, Trinity United Church, 1805 Larch Street (at 2nd).  For information, email Lee Anne Smith at la.smith@shaw.ca. 

• Tuesdays, 7:30 pm, led by Community Dharma Leader, Karen Lawrie, and teacher, Joanne Broatch, Trinity United Church, 1805 Larch Street (at 2nd).  For information, email Lynda Griffiths at lyndagriff@telus.net.

• Wednesdays, 7:00 am, teacher-led with Adrianne Ross, Trinity United Church, 1805 Larch Street (at 2nd).  For information, contact Adrianne at 604.873.0687 or 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.

• Lovingkindness meditation second and fourth Thursdays at 10:00 am led by Jenna Jordison at the North Shore Unitarian Church (directions at www.nsuc.ca/how-to-find-us/ ). Contact Jenna: jennaj@telus.net .

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

• Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5:00 to 6:00pm 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, 7:00 pm sitting for the first half-hour (unguided) and then listening to an online dharma talk for approximately 45-60 minutes. All experience levels welcome.
  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 - www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/meditation

• 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).

Vipassana Metta Vancouver - www.vipassanamettavancouver.org

• Classes, sitting groups, and retreats taught by local Dharma teacher, Linda McDonald and guest Dharma teachers.