Sydney group sits

The Centre sponsors a group meditation each week in Sydney. From 1 August 2010 the group will be meeting at the Life & Balance Centre, Australia Post Building, Level 1, 182 Glebe Point Road, Glebe (entrance from St Johns Road). This new venue is just 100 metres from our previous location at 132 St Johns Road.

The sessions are from 7 - 9 pm each Friday evening (except long weekends) and although there is no charge for attending, you are welcome to make a donation. If you arrive after 7pm and the door is locked please knock.

The format is 30 minutes sitting, 30 minutes walking, 30 minutes sitting then usually a talk or some discussion. Although the group was originally established to support the practice of people who have attended a retreat at BMIMC, it is open to anyone who would like to learn how to practice insight meditation. If you are unfamiliar with this type of meditation practice and would like some guidance, please try to arrive a bit earlier and let the
group leader know.

There are five experienced meditators who share responsibility for leading the group - Graham Wheeler, Danny Taylor, Michael Dash, Marc Allas and Andrew Luff.

The group now has an informal lending library of dhamma books that is
available to anyone who attends the group on a regular basis.

Canberra Insight Meditation Group

The Canberra Insight Meditation Group meets from 6.30 p.m. till 8.30 p.m. on Sunday evenings at the Sakyamuni Buddhist Centre, 32 Archibald Street, Lyneham. The evening begins with thirty minutes loving kind-ness practice, followed by thirty minutes walking meditation and another thirty minutes of sitting medi-tation. The last half hour is taken up with questions and answers or a five minute dhamma talk and dis-cussion.

The group is led by Lesley Lebkowicz (formerly Lesley Fowler). Contact Lesley on lesleylebkowicz@iinet.net.au or just turn up. Bring your own cushions or bench. The teaching is offered free of charge but donations to the temple which hosts our practice are encouraged.