Practice with us
Please register if you plan on joining us for the first time.
WEEKLY PRACTICE
Mondays
6:30 - 8:30pm
Riverdale Rinkhouse
9928 92 St NW, Edmonton, AB
*April 28 meeting located at Trúc Lâm Monastery
11328 97 Street Northwest
NOTE: There will be NO meetings on:
April 21, May 5 and May 19, 2025
(please arrive 5-10 mins early)
Although there can be some variation, a typical evening of practice follows this schedule:
Guided sitting meditation (20 mins)
Walking meditation (10 mins)
Silent sitting meditation (20 mins)
Walking meditation (10 mins)
Dharma talk/ video/ reading/ practice (20-30 mins)
Dharma Sharing (20-30 mins)
Closing/ Dedication of Merit (5 mins)
Dāna
Going As a River Sangha is a self-sustaining non-profit community. Sangha members are invited to practice dāna to help nourish and keep the sangha body alive.
Dāna is a practice of generosity - each offering nourishes and supports our own practice as well as the sangha’s.
The first most precious form of offering of generosity is our presence and practice. Our practice is a treasure to the sangha, as it benefits the sangha as much as it benefits us individually. We are each a single cell in the sangha body, so our own happiness is also the happiness of the sangha’s.
The second offering of generosity is our service. Please let the Caretaking Council know if it is available to you to offer service in support of the sangha.
The third offering of generosity is by offering financial support, to help sustain the sangha’s operational and administrative costs, such as: practice space rental, Zoom fees, website hosting, print materials etc..
Suggested dāna is $5-20 per weekly practice session, which can also be offered on a monthly basis (for example $20-80 per month).
Everybody is welcome and nobody will be turned away for financial reasons. Please offer what is available to you, those who can offer little are supported by the offerings of those who can offer more.
Financial dāna can be made via the button below.
All forms of offerings of generosity are welcome with gratitude!
Dana can be offered via Paypal (Dana button)
or via e-transfer to goingasariverpp@gmail.com