Donations are welcome! FREE EVENT.

No prerequisites. Open to all levels of experience. LIVE EVENT 

In this session, we will explore the Buddha’s teachings on love as a time-tested path to awakening and genuine compassion.

What You Will Gain:

-An opportunity to explore the Buddha’s teachings on developing goodwill, fellowship, benevolence, non-violence and friendliness towards one’s self and others

-Introduction to sutra study

-Meditation instruction

-An opportunity to practice meditation from comforts of your own home or practice space

-Community discussion with Q&A and more

What to Bring:

-An open heart and mind

-A journal

-Mala beads (optional)

Required Reading Material: 

The instructor will screen share the Metta Sutra

Note: We will not be chanting the sutra – reading only

Recommended Reading Material [Not Required]:

Love is a Mutual Dance by Chögyam Trungpa –The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion, Volume II of The Profound Treasury of Dharma, excerpted from pages 97 and 98.

Plum Village Sutras / Discourse on Love: Translated by Thich Nhat Hanh from Mettā Sutta, Sutta Nipāta 1.8 https://plumvillage.org/library/sutras/discourse-on-love

Instructor:

Alley Smith, Practicing since 1999, she’s taken Refuge Vows, Bodhisattva Vows, 10 Precepts, and is a Vajrayana Student. She is an ordained Zen Buddhist Chaplain. Specializing in palliative-hospice care, healthcare, and first responder chaplaincy (Fire & EMS). Alley is also a Funeral Clergy/Celebrant and US military veteran who lives in Montana. chaplainalley@gmail.com

Bio:  https://shambhala.org/about/shambhala-teachers/alley-smith/

To join visit Alley’s page: www.facebook.com/chaplainalley