Programs
Discovering Buddhism
The Discovering Buddhism program is the result of the combined efforts of a number of FPMT teachers and spiritual program coordinators, under the guidance and advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Discovering Buddhism (DB) is an estimated 2-year course for which students may receive a certificate of completion upon fulfillment of all requirements. The aim of the Discovering Buddhism program is to give participants a solid footing in the practice of Mahayana Buddhism. By engaging in this program, participants will receive an experiential taste of the Buddha's teachings, some retreat experience, and will have the skills they need to make their lives most meaningful.
Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy and Meditation
Oakville/Burlington
Newcomers are welcome. We have moved from Sovereign House in Oakville to The Centre for Compassion & Wisdom beside Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 3445 Lakeshore Rd Burlington (just west of Walker's Line). Click here for events.
Hamilton
The Hamilton group was formed in October 2005 and since then we have formed a small but supportive community including teachers, nurses, reporters, psychologists, IT workers, business people, healers, home-makers, actors, students, both young and retired. We study, discuss and practice Buddha's teachings at an introductory level, based on the Stages of the Path to Buddhahood from an FPMT program called Discovering Buddhism.
Topic: Presenting the Path
Starting Tuesday January 5, every Tuesday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.
Presenting the Path is a brief introduction to a step by step system of practice that identifies all the stages of realization needed for the realization of the full awakening of Buddhahood. Each evening includes practical philosophical discussion and meditation practice.
By donation
For questions please contact Dave (289-244-9081).
Location and Directions
The Blue Heron Dharma Centre:
74 Alpine Avenue
Hamilton, ON
The Centre for Compassion & Wisdom Oakville/Burlington
Anyone is most welcome to participate in any activities of this group, begun originally in Oakville when they were led by Dekyi Lee Oldershaw, former nun and founder of Lamp on the Path. We moved into another location in Burlington at The Centre for Compassion & Wisdom at 3445 Lakeshore Rd. (next to Holy Cross Lutheran Church, just west of Walker’s Line), and now offer a variety of events there throughout the month.
On Monday evenings we offer a 5 Tibetan Yogas weekly class from 6:00 to 6:45 pm, and once a month, there is usually a longer 3 hr 5 Tibetan Yogas workshop on Saturday afternoon to help you deepen your yoga practice. Once a month, on Mondays, there is an evening of Buddhist Meditation and Chanting Practices from 7 to 8:30 pm. Due to a greater interest in meditation practice, we offer Meditation on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.
Programs designed to deepen compassion and wisdom for those not interested in traditional Buddhism are also offered at the Centre. These include Transformative Mindfulness, held on the first Tuesday of each month from 8:15 to 9:15 pm, and 16 Guidelines for Life evenings held once a month as well. There are also Saturday retreats and weekend workshops.
Check our Calendar and our Home Page for dates and further details. For events that require advanced registration, please call us at 905 296-3728 to leave a voicemail and we will contact you to confirm your registration.
The Centre Shop
SHOP HOURS: The Shop is open whenever the Centre is holding an event....which is most evenings. Please drop by when you come for an event and check us out! Prices are reasonable and cash and cheques accepted.
The next time you visit the Centre please check out our great little shop. A new shipment of books and jewellery and other items from Nepal have just arrived. There are “OM Mani” rings, bracelets, hand-crafted prayer beads/malas, incense, postcards & handmade greeting cards, photos, beautiful Tibetan embroidered hanging brocades and hemp bags & wallets, silk shawls, Buddhas, Tibetan singing bowls, CD’s, katas/silk white blessing scarves, Buddhist rings and pendants, batik prints, original framed art and much more.
From Malaysia we have an assortment of full length as well as wrist malas made of crystal, tiger eye, quartz, amber, green stone and lapis lazuli (from $8 to $60); new CD’s: The Heart Sutra, Om Mani Padme Hum, The Chant of Metta (Loving-Kindness), Medicine Buddha Dharani, The Wisdom of Manjusri Bodhisattva, The Great Compassion mantra, and Mantra of the Green Tara; hand-held & table mounted Om Mani Prayer Wheels; Tibetan sacred art tables, and for those of you wishing to advance your mantra and or prostration counting to the next level, handheld electronic digital counters.
Thanks from our Centre Shop co-ordinator volunteers.
Toronto
WEEKLY online BUDDHIST PROGRAM An exciting weekly program for those who have been long waiting for genuine, high quality regular teachings! Wednesdays ; 7 to 9 pm Buddhist Philosophy - Live Webcast with Dr. Gareth Sparham A tremendous opportunity to receive high quality teachings by an exceptionally qualified western Buddhist teacher whose knowledge of Sanskrit and Tibetan language lends richer meaning to his teachings. We celebrate the beginning of offering regular teaching through webcam simultaneous video broadcast with the opportunity to ask questions and dialogue with Gareth, followed by discussion and meditation. email lamponthepath@hotmail.com for information on accessing the webcasts via skype
Dr. Sparham received a Ph.D in Asian Studies at UBC and was a Buddhist monk for 25 years, studying at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, India. Dr. Sparham has translated a number of books including Khunu Lama’s ‘Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea’.
Waterloo
The Lama Yeshe Ling Tibetan Buddhist Study Group in Kitchener/Waterloo has been meeting for over 8 years.
Join us every other Sunday morning, 9:30 to 11:30 am – Karma - Turning the Wheel using th famous text, Wheel of Sharp Weapons. Includes discussion and meditation. Contact Jean 519-578-7228 or Sue 519-886-1773 for location details. By donation