Mindfulness at the source —
free, every Tuesday in Toronto.
Toronto is home to one of the most vibrant and diverse Buddhist communities in North America — dozens of centres, teachers, and traditions, all finding a home in Canada's largest city. Mindfulness in Buddha's Way connects Toronto practitioners directly to the oldest layer of those teachings.
Together we study the Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta — the Buddha's own discourse on establishing mindfulness — passage by passage, live on Zoom. The session is free, runs every Tuesday at 8:30 PM Eastern, and requires no prior experience. Just show up.
- Day
- Every Tuesday
- Time (ET)
- 8:30 PM ET
- Format
- Online only · Live on Zoom
- Cost
- Free — always
Hosted at 7:30 PM Winnipeg time · newcomers welcome at any session
Toronto has mindfulness studios. This is the original text.
The city's wellness industry has embraced mindfulness enthusiastically — MBSR programs, apps, corporate workshops, and retreat weekends. All of these draw, in some form, on the same source: the Pāli suttas, the earliest recorded teachings of the Buddha. This program goes there directly.
For Toronto's large and diverse Buddhist community — whether you come from a South Asian background where these teachings feel familiar, or you arrived at meditation through yoga or a stress-reduction course — Mindfulness in Buddha's Way offers a chance to read the original texts in plain English, with monks who have dedicated their lives to understanding them.
The 8:30 PM Tuesday session fits naturally into a Toronto evening. Join from your apartment in the Annex, your home in Scarborough, or your condo in Etobicoke. The only thing you need to bring is an open mind.
Study, reflect, practise.
Read the suttas
Working directly with the original discourses, translated and explained passage by passage. No prior knowledge required.
Discuss insights
Open conversation on how the teachings meet contemporary questions and everyday experience — from stress and grief to attention and joy.
Practise together
Guided mindfulness practice rooted in the suttas — not a separate technique, but the teachings themselves in motion.
Tuesday evenings — join from anywhere in the GTA.
The session runs every Tuesday at 8:30 PM Eastern Time, year-round. No registration required — open the Zoom link at the scheduled time and you are part of the community.
- Your local time
- 8:30 PM ET
- Every Tuesday · ET
- Meeting ID
- 859 0486 9546
- Passcode
- 11175
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