Retreats
Westcoast Dharma Society offers both residential and nonresidential retreats, bringing senior Western Dharma teachers to Vancouver to teach meditation.
Upcoming Nonresidential Retreats
June 15 : "Inspiring Practice" with Joseph Goldstein
June 15, Sunday, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Asian Centre, 1981 West Mall
UBC Campus, Vancouver
This event is FULL and the waitlist is CLOSED.
Waitlisted people will be contacted in advance if any spaces open up.
There will be NO registrations at the door.
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July 11 - 13 : "Walking the Talk: Wisdom and Compassion in Action" with Donald Rothberg
July 11 , Friday, 7:15 - 9:00 pm
July 12, Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
July 13, Sunday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Asian Centre, 1981 West Mall, UBC Campus, Vancouver
Workshop and Vipassana meditation retreat. Friday evening's talk, “The Engaged Spiritual Life: Connecting Inner and Outer Transformation,” will point to how the inner and outer require one another, if we are to respond to the challenges of our times.
The weekend's focus will be on ways of developing compassion and exploring the parallels between individual practices and compassionate responses to community and global concerns. We will also work with ways to develop and express wisdom, equanimity, and skillful action, linking individual practices with interpersonal relationships and action in the world.
Silent meditation, talks, interactive exercises, group discussion, and creative process will help us deepen our understanding of the interplay between transforming ourselves and the world.
For a retreat poster, click here. For a registration flyer, click here.
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August 15 - 17: Vipassana Meditation Retreat with Howard Cohn
August 15 , Friday, 7:15 - 9:00 pm
August 16, Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
August 17, Sunday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Asian Centre, 1981 West Mall, UBC Campus, Vancouver
Vipassana meditation (Insight or Mindfulness practice) is a simple and direct practice -- the moment-to-moment investigation of the mind / body process through calm and focused awareness. The practice originates in the Theravada tradition of the teachings of the Buddha.
Learning to observe experience from a place of stillness enables one to relate to life with less fear and clinging. Seeing life as a constantly changing process, one begins to accept pleasure, pain, fear, joy, and all aspects of life with increasing equanimity and balance. As insight deepens, wisdom and compassion arise.
This nonresidential retreat is suitable for beginning and experienced meditators. Sitting and walking meditation sessions are alternated.
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