 OM MANI PADME HUM | Meditation Groups in Nanaimo
Sunday Night Group Meet at Holly Bradley’s, 3191 Singleton (at the corner of Sandra) Sunday 6:30 pm-8:00 pm. The group sits 45 minutes, listens to a dharma tape or reading, has a short discussion, and concludes. This group in the vipassana tradition will close for summer 2011 and start again September 2011. Contact: hollybradley@shaw.ca. Monday Night Group ~ by donation (Dana) Meet at Maggy's, 40 Kennedy Street, Monday 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. This Sangha is in the Plum Village( Thich Nhat Hanh Tradition) and it's forrmat is: Inviting the bell, lighting incense and candle, Touching the Earth and Taking Refuge in the Three Gems; Sitting meditation for 20 minutes; Walking meditation for 10 minutes; Sitting Meditation for 20 minutes + short reading; Tea meditation; Dharma Discussion: our practice, study, the reading; Dedication of Merit and Dana. Everyone is welcome to attend. Drop-ins are welcome. Contact: Maggy @ mac2travel@hotmail.com. Tuesday Night Group Meet at David Fisher’s, 181 Bird Sanctuary Drive, Tuesday at 7:15 pm to 9:15 pm Group Leader: David Fisher. The Nanaimo Dharma Practice Group is in the vipassana tradition but studies books and tapes from a variety of teachers e.g., Charlotte Joko Beck, Pema Chodron, and Jack Kornfield. The group meets from mid-September to the end of May. Contact: David at 250-754-2997 or pathways1@shaw.ca. Tuesday Night Group Katie and Dion host an informal meditation at their house, 67 Fifth Street, Tuesday's at 7pm. All are welcome, if you have a cushion that you like to use please bring it along. Contact: Katie or Dion at 250-753-1485 or bodhipeacecollective@hotmail.ca. Wednesday Night Group Meet at Mildred Tremblay's, 528 Arbutus Street, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The meditators come from a variety of traditions, and all are welcome. Five minutes of chanting is followed by a 40-minute silent sit, and ends with a short dharma reading. Optional to stay for dharma discussion or chat. This group meets year round. Contact: Mia at 250-755-6086 or mia@telus.net. Wednesday Night Group ~ Dharma Books Study Group ~ by donation (Dana) Meet at Maggy's, 40 Kennedy Street, Wednesdays 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The format for the Dharma book study group is: Lighting the candle; Sitting meditation for 20 minutes; Read (round robin) from whatever book, reading, chapter has been selected. (Note: there is no book to buy and no homework for this study. No one is required to read.); Dharma Discussion: a discussion of the reading and how it impacts our practice; Dedication of Merit and Dana. Everyone is welcome to attend. Drop-ins are welcome. Contact Maggy @ mac2travel@hotmail.com. Saturday Morning Group The Nanaimo Buddhist Meditation Group meets at Buddha House, 587 Seventh St., Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Group leader duties rotate among volunteers. Although the group uses the Vietnamese Buddhist temple and follows Thich Nhat Hanh’s service ceremony, the meditators come from and study all different Buddhist traditions. The group organizes occasional retreats and has occasional guest dharma teachers. It meets year-round. Contact Josephine @ 250-756-2127 or susanjwilson@shaw.ca, and view the website at http://www.nanaimobuddhistmeditationgroup.org/. Last updated November 2011 |
