Hope, Faith and Love on the Dhamma Path

September 14 and 15, 2024 at Goward House in Victoria. 2495 Arbutus Road.
This retreat will be in-person only. 9:00am to 4:00pm Saturday and Sunday.
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Hope, faith and love are regarded as important qualities in some religious traditions, but what is their significance in Buddhism? Given that the Buddha taught 2600 years ago, what is their relevance to us today? And how could using them as ways of seeing reduce our suffering, the suffering of others and the suffering of the world, and support us on the path to awakening?This weekend retreat will explore these and related questions. By inquiring into our own experience, we will explore hope, faith and love from a uniquely Buddhist perspective. The schedule will include talks, guided practices, sitting and walking meditation, and contemplative inquiries. There will also be time for participants’ reflections, comments and questions. Refuges and precepts will be offered.
Kate Davies D.Phil. founded and leads the Whidbey Island Insight Meditation Group, in Washington State. She is a regular teacher at the Bellingham Insight Meditation Society, and an occasional teacher at the Cloud Mountain Retreat Center and other Sanghas. She also teaches in two online programs, the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program and the Power of Awareness, both offered by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
Kate has been a student of the Dhamma for more than twenty years. Initially, she studied and practiced in the Tibetan tradition but subsequently she was drawn to Insight meditation and the Theravada tradition.  She considers herself a lifelong explorer of the mind – an intentional wanderer/wonderer – who is passionate about meditating, contemplating and dancing with life’s magic and mystery, and she loves to accompany and support students on their own unique paths.
Kate spent her career working on environmental policy and social and personal change. She is Professor Emerita at Antioch University and Senior Fellow at the Whidbey Institute. She is also the author of two award-winning books – “The Rise of the US Environmental Health Movement” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013) and “Intrinsic Hope: Living Courageously in Troubled Times” (New Society Publishers, 2018).