Smiths Falls Branch Classes with Steve Grover
Thursday Evenings
Five Keys to Inner Peace:
A Journey of Love, Wisdom, and Enlightenment
Thursday evenings, 7:30-8:45pm
May 29; June 5, 12, 19 & 26
with Steve Grover
at Trinity United Church
41 Market Street, Smiths Falls, Ontario
(Corner of Market & Russell St)
Cost: $15 per class, or $65 for the 5-class series.
Six Keys to Inner Peace:
A Journey of Love, Wisdom & Enlightenment
This six-week series provides the tools to cultivate a peaceful, wise, and compassionate heart. Learn to develop a deeper understanding of how these qualities not only bring ourselves happiness but also ripple out to improve the well-being of others. Through practical advice and Kadampa Buddhist teachings, this series will guide us in learning to make mindful, wise and compassionate choices that contribute to a more harmonious and loving world.
May 29: Choose Peace
- Introduction to meditation techniques that promote peace and mindfulness.
- Understanding the nature of our mind and how to transform negative mental states.
- Practical methods for reducing stress and anxiety in daily life.
June 5: Choose Kindness
- Learn to see kindness in everyone
- Cultivate Peace and Understanding in Difficult situations
- How small acts of kindness lead to greater peace and harmony
June 12: Choose Love
- Meditations on love and kindness
- Techniques for overcoming attachment and cultivating selfless love.
- The importance of loving-kindness for fostering genuine connections in the world.
June 19: Choose Compassion
- The practice of compassion meditation and visualization techniques.
- How to integrate compassion into daily life, both in personal relationships and in social actions.
- Exploring the power of compassion to heal emotional wounds and foster a sense of connectedness to all beings.
June 26: Choose Wisdom
- Meditations on the profound truth of emptiness
- How to live in the dream-like nature of reality
- How to bring wisdom into everyday life
Cost: $15 per class, or $65 for the 5-class series.
Register online in advance, or at the door.
Please note we are unable to accept $100 bills.
Smiths Falls Meditation Classes
The teacher for the Smiths Falls classes is Steve Grover, who has been practising and teaching Buddhist meditation for many years. His classes are practical, uplifting & inspiring, and are often marked by his great sense of humour.
As conscientious Dharma practitioners, we should observe our own shortcomings instead of being preoccupied with those of other people.