Saturday Sit with Richard Shankman

Name: Saturday Sit with Richard Shankman
Start: 2024-10-19T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-10-19T12:00:00-06:00
Location: Belgravia Community League

Schedule

Sat Oct 19 2024 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Belgravia Community League | Edmonton, AB

Theme: Metta can be a complete path of Dharma Practice
In Person: Arrive by 8:45 AM
Practice: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Belgravia Community League, 11540 73 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB
These Saturday Sits are offered freely and suitable for all levels.
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Richard Shankman is the author of The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation and The Experience of Samadhi. He is also the guiding teacher of the Metta Dharma Foundation. Richard will share his insights to deepen our understanding about Metta and explore ways to practice.
ABOUT THE SESSION
We will be practicing sitting meditation and walking meditation. Metta (loving-kindness) is the Buddhist practice of cultivating unconditional love and goodwill toward oneself and others. In this talk, we will explore metta as a powerful practice for dissolving anger, resentment, and fear, and for manifesting love more fully. There are a range of techniques for cultivating and deepening metta, and we will discuss the various methods to help find the practice that works best for each of us.
WHAT TO BRING
Chairs will be available. Bring any cushions, benches, blankets, warm socks and clothes that best support your practice. Rememeber to dress for the weather as we will walk outside.
HOW TO JOIN VIRTUALLY
Find the Zoom link here: https://www.edmontoninsightmeditation.ca/saturday-morning-sits-copy.
HALL ACCESSIBILITY
The main entrance is located on the west side of the building. Additionally, there is ground level access located on the south side of the building on 73rd Ave. The building can also be accessed from 74th Ave. There is no interior elevator; one sloped sidewalk leads up to the upper hall and another down to the lower hall. The community hall bathrooms were designed with accessibility in mind.
PARKING
The hall does not have a parking lot so hall users must park along 73rd and 74th Avenues and 115th and 116th Streets. Time limitations are applied to these streets between 8 am – 6 pm.
TRANSIT
The McKernan-Belgravia LRT station is four blocks away. Bus transit stops two blocks are located along 76 Avenue between 114th & 116th Streets.