We are a non-profit organization made up of directors, teachers, volunteers, and founding members dedicated to guiding meditation practitioners from suffering to awareness. We offer online classes and meditation retreats in various locations around beautiful Muskoka.
We are a non-profit organization made up of directors, teachers, volunteers, and founding members dedicated to guiding meditation practitioners from suffering to awareness. We offer online classes and meditation retreats in various locations around beautiful Muskoka.
The Way of the Bodhisattva with Bill Knight
Wed, Mar 23
|St. Francis Centre for Religious Studies
This Insight Muskoka silent retreat explores a venerated Buddhist teaching that is remarkably relevant to our challenging days and times.
Time & Location
Mar 23, 2022, 5:00 p.m. EDT – Mar 27, 2022, 2:30 p.m. EDT
St. Francis Centre for Religious Studies, 208501 Hwy#9, Caledon, ON L7K 0A8, Canada
About the event
The Way of the Bodhisattva was written by the sage Shantideva in 8th Century India but this venerated teaching remains remarkably relevant to our challenging days and times. Pema Chodron has described The Way of the Bodhisattva as a “guidebook for compassionate action”. There are three ways we can benefit from this teaching. It can help us to free ourselves from confusion and unskillful habit patterns. It can be a source of encouragement for strengthening our wisdom and compassion. Finally, we can learn to share the wisdom these teachings offer with everyone we meet.
Shantideva’s message is both simple yet profound. We can transform our lives by awakening the longing of Bodhichitta. Bodhichitta is a Sanskrit word that refers to the awakened heart and mind. In his teachings, Shantideva describes how to work skillfully with emotional reactivity as we free ourselves from self-absorption. He further describes how to move beyond…