The Path of Awareness
“The Path of Awareness: Awakening Wisdom and Deepening Compassion” is a six-session evening class offered through the Victoria Insight Meditation Society by Community Dharma Leader Margo McLoughlin.
Dates: Alternate Tuesday evenings, February 4th – April 15th, 2014
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: The Chapel at the Oak Bay United Church (entrance is adjacent to the Church offices at 1355 Mitchell Street in Victoria.)
Cost: $65 - $95 sliding scale. This is a recommended range only. This course is open to all regardless of ability to pay.
Never before in the history of Buddhism have so many resources been available to us as dedicated students of the Buddha's path of awakening. On-line resources, books, and visiting teachers offer us a wealth of possibilities for deepening our practice either alone or in a group.
"The Path of Awareness: Awakening Wisdom and Deepening Compassion" is an invitation to build community by investigating together how we can apply the Buddha’s teachings in the midst of our daily lives. Using the Buddha’s words, as well as stories and poems from the Buddhist tradition, Margo will guide participants in an ongoing conversation designed to deepen our appreciation of daily life as practice.
The class will include short periods of guided meditation, partner and large group discussions, as well as optional readings and homework reflections.
The focus for this term will be the third foundation of mindfulness – mindfulness of mental states. As part of this, we will be looking at the Seven Factors of Awakening: Mindfulness, Investigation, Energy, Joy, Calm, Concentration, and Equanimity.
Mindfulness serves as the foundation for all of these factors, and accordingly, our understanding of mindfulness will be reviewed and expanded at each session. Each week, we’ll learn the Pali term for the Factor of Awakening, examine its relationship to the other factors and explore how we can nurture it in the midst of our worldly lives.
Dates and Topics:
February 4th - Mindfulness and Investigation
February 18th -- Mindfulness and Energy
March 4th - Mindfulness and Joy
March 18th - Mindfulness and Calm
April 1st - Mindfulness and Concentration
April 15th - Mindfulness and Equanimity
Two ways to register:
1. By regular mail: Download the registration form: The Path of Awareness, Registration Form. Please complete and send to:
Sandra Joy
225 Howe Street,
Victoria, BC V8V 4K7
2. Online: Download the following word document - The Path of Awareness, Registration Form - complete and send via e-mail (as an attachment, or pasted into the body of the message) to Sandra Joy. Payment can be made through Paypal at this link.