Events for November 18 - January 25, 2025

Event Series Awaken the Boundless Heart

Awaken the Boundless Heart

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United States

A series that will open the heart and bring balance in relationships. with Shaila Catherine This series will nurture the development of four profound qualities of heart: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. These four qualities express a powerful and immeasurable intention of kindness toward ourselves and all beings. They are traditionally called the Divine Abodes [...]

$15.00 – $50.00
Event Series Awaken the Boundless Heart

Awaken the Boundless Heart

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United States

A series that will open the heart and bring balance in relationships. with Shaila Catherine This series will nurture the development of four profound qualities of heart: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. These four qualities express a powerful and immeasurable intention of kindness toward ourselves and all beings. They are traditionally called the Divine Abodes [...]

$15.00 – $50.00
Event Series Awaken the Boundless Heart

Awaken the Boundless Heart

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United States

A series that will open the heart and bring balance in relationships. with Shaila Catherine This series will nurture the development of four profound qualities of heart: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. These four qualities express a powerful and immeasurable intention of kindness toward ourselves and all beings. They are traditionally called the Divine Abodes [...]

$15.00 – $50.00

Retreat in Georgia | Insights into Emptiness

Calvin Center 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GA

Insights into Emptiness: Meditations on the Six Senses A 10-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine November 7 – 17, 2024 at Calvin Center, 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GA 30228 (near Atlanta, GA) The retreat begins with registration from 2:30 – 4:00 pm on Nov 7. The retreat ends around noon, before lunch on November 17. [...]

Event Series Doorways to Insight

Canceled Doorways to Insight

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United States

Discovering liberation through the ordinary with Shaila Catherine and Maria Straatman You know everything changes, so why do you suffer when possessions are lost, relationships end, or friends die? Each day, we experience changing sensory impressions; we cannot control what happens, and we have never succeeded in attaining lasting happiness from transient phenomena. Insight meditation [...]

$15.00 – $50.00
Event Series Doorways to Insight

Canceled Doorways to Insight

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Edwards Hall 2094 Grant Road , Mountain View , CA, United States

Discovering liberation through the ordinary with Shaila Catherine and Maria Straatman You know everything changes, so why do you suffer when possessions are lost, relationships end, or friends die? Each day, we experience changing sensory impressions; we cannot control what happens, and we have never succeeded in attaining lasting happiness from transient phenomena. Insight meditation [...]

$15.00 – $50.00

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Conceit

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Conceit This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will include [...]

$25.00 – $150.00

Retreat in California | Insights Into Emptiness

Redwood Glen Retreat Center 100 Wright Drive, Loma Mar, CA

Insights into Emptiness: Meditations on the Six Senses An 8-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine January 8 – 16, 2025 at Redwood Glen Retreat Center in Loma Mar, CA The retreat begins with registration from 2:30 – 4:00 pm on January 8. The retreat ends around noon, before lunch on January 16. This retreat will [...]

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Restlessness

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Restlessness This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will include [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Ten Fetters: Focus on Ignorance

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: The Ten Fetters: Focus on Ignorance This half-day meditation program will nurture the development of mindfulness, concentration, and full awareness in activities. We teach classic Buddhist approaches that enhance attention skills, bring mindfulness to meet the everyday experiences, and cultivate deep calm and liberating wisdom. The program will include [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Focus on Good Friends

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Dawn of the Liberating Path: Focus on the Role of Good Friends The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, developing certain qualities prepares us for the path of liberation. Seven of these qualities are highlighted in the Samyutta Nikaya (SN 45:49-90): good friends, [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Spiritual Experience & Aspiration: Bold Talk On Awakening

Online

A Weekend ONLINE AT-HOME Retreat with Shaila Catherine April 11 – 13, 2025 Do you aspire for awakening? Do you ponder spiritual experiences that have occurred in your practice? This program will provide an opportunity for meditation practice along with frank and bold discussions on themes of awakening, and spiritual aspirations, experiences, or meditative attainments. [...]

Get Tickets $260.00 – $700.00

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Focus on Virtue

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Dawn of the Liberating Path: Focus on the Role of Virtue The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, developing certain qualities prepares us for the path of liberation. Seven of these qualities are highlighted in the Samyutta Nikaya (SN 45:49-90): good friends, virtue, [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Retreat in California | Concentration & the Jhanas

Redwood Glen Retreat Center 100 Wright Drive, Loma Mar, CA

Cultivating Concentration, Jhana Factors, and Jhana States a 10-night Meditation Retreat in California led by Shaila Catherine Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – Friday, May 16, 2025 This retreat will follow the approach to deepening concentration and attaining the absorption states of jhāna as described in Shaila Catherine's first book, Focused and Fearless, recently republished under [...]

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Focus on Desire

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Dawn of the Liberating Path: Focus on the Role of Desire The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, developing certain qualities prepares us for the path of liberation. Seven of these qualities are highlighted in the Samyutta Nikaya (SN 45:49-90): good friends, virtue, [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Focus on Mind

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Dawn of the Liberating Path: Focus on the Role of the Completeness of Mind The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, developing certain qualities prepares us for the path of liberation. Seven of these qualities are highlighted in the Samyutta Nikaya (SN 45:49-90): [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Focus on View

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Dawn of the Liberating Path: Focus on the Role of View The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, developing certain qualities prepares us for the path of liberation. Seven of these qualities are highlighted in the Samyutta Nikaya (SN 45:49-90): good friends, virtue, [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Focus on Diligence

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Dawn of the Liberating Path: Focus on the Role of Diligence The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, developing certain qualities prepares us for the path of liberation. Seven of these qualities are highlighted in the Samyutta Nikaya (SN 45:49-90): good friends, virtue, [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Half-Day Meditation | Los Altos | Focus on Careful Attention

Foothills Congregational Church 461 Orange Ave, Los Altos, CA, United States

A meditation program with Shaila Catherine Topic: Dawn of the Liberating Path: Focus on the Role of Careful Attention The Buddha teaches that, just as the dawn precedes the rising sun, developing certain qualities prepares us for the path of liberation. Seven of these qualities are highlighted in the Samyutta Nikaya (SN 45:49-90): good friends, [...]

Get Tickets $25.00 – $150.00

Retreat in Georgia | Concentration, Metta, and the Jhana Factors

Calvin Center 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GA

Cultivating Concentration, Mettā, and the Jhana Factors A 10-day meditation retreat with Shaila Catherine October 8 – 18, 2025 at Calvin Center, 13550 Woolsey Road, Hampton, GA 30228 (near Atlanta, GA) The retreat begins with registration from 2:30 – 4:00 pm on Oct 8. The retreat ends around noon, before lunch on Oct 18. Partial [...]

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