Name: Shantideva Retreat on Patience
Start: 2026-01-04T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-01-04T15:00:00-07:00
Location: 11403-101 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Alberta T5G 2A9

Spiritual Director Kushok Lobsang Dhamchöe welcomes new and returning students to join him for a one-day Shantideva retreat on Cultivating Patience. This retreat will provide valuable information about how to manage life’s difficulties through learning how to overcome anger and find inner peace.
In this retreat, Kushok will continue his commentary on the Patience chapter of Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva. Shantideva presents patience as one of the six essential perfections that an altruistic person must cultivate on the path to enlightenment. In this chapter, he offers a profound and poetic exploration of how to understand and practice patience, not in a passive way, but in an active, wise response to suffering, harm and adversity.
Kushok requests that students make every effort to attend in person as the benefits of receiving these Teachings at the knee of the Lama are immeasurable. A zoom link will be provided a few days before to those registered for the zoom link and are unable to attend in person.
SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY January 4th, 2026:
10:00 am to 12:00 pm - Morning session with break
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm - Lunch (bring your own lunch)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Afternoon session with break and Q and A
LOCATION:
This event will take place at the Alberta Centre for Peace and Meditation, 11403-101 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5G 2A9
PLEASE BRING:
Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva is available for purchase in our onsite bookstore or order from Shambala Publications (click here) (https://www.shambhala.com/the-way-of-the-bodhisattva-1660.html)
Optional: Shantideva's Guide to Awakening: A Commentary on the Bodhicharyavatara (click here) (https://wisdomexperience.org/product/shantidevas-guide-awakening/)
-Notebook and pen
-Warm shawl
-Bagged lunch or money to dine out at a restaurant
RETREAT FEE:
Your investment for this daylong retreat is $35 for in-person ($55 for Zoom). Please register by January 2nd, 2026.
It is Gaden Samten Ling’s policy that no one should be turned away due to lack of funds. If you feel you would benefit from this course but are unable to register for financial reasons, please contact Gillian at [email protected].
Refund Policy: An individual may receive a refund, less a $2 administration fee, if they request the refund from the Society Office by email, before 2:00 PM, January 2nd, 2026
For more information on this course or any of the courses, retreats, and events offered by Gaden Samten Ling, please contact the office at [email protected]. We would be happy to help you!