Smiths Falls Branch Classes with Steve Grover
Thursday Evenings

Introductory Level Classes

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

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    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.  




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    As conscientious Dharma practitioners, we should observe our own shortcomings instead of being preoccupied with those of other people. 
    Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
    Universal Compassion