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Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community
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We are a community of experienced and beginning meditation practitioners in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, who find support in sharing our meditation practice. https://linktr.ee/saskatooninsight
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No session tonight (Dec 24). We will resume next week (Dec 31).

You can revisit recordings of previous sessions on our SoundCloud channel.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Concentration is like a battery in the flashlight of mindfulness: the stronger the battery, the more we can see clearly. We’ll explore charging our battery of concentration without trying hard, and how these two powers work together to support us in daily ways of ease and peace. 1/3
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December 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The Magic of Mindfulness: the Third Spiritual Power. We will continue to explore aspects of mindfulness, this powerful capacity that we often overlook. Mindfulness can support our equanimity, presence in life, our joy, and freedom of mind and heart.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Clearing What Obscures the Mind's Natural Clarity
The five spiritual faculties express the mind's natural capacity for clarity. The hindrances temporarily obscure this. We can learn how to shift out of reactivity and recognize the steadiness, energy, and insight already available within us.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Heart Medicine: Jeanne will summarize the teachings of the Wise Heart weekend retreat that we just held here in yxe. She’ll summarize the 4 qualities of the wise heart and offer practises for cultivating the capacity of the wise heart to meet all of our exp w/ care, balance, joy, & compassion.1/3
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Energy can sometimes seem in short supply. This week we will explore sources of spiritual energy and the way this can spiral back to us in support; motivational energy, spiritual energy for our heart and mind, and how to channel energy toward the highest happiness.
Everyone welcome.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The 5 Spiritual Faculties: Balancing Faith and Wisdom. The 5 faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom support us into deeper experiences of freedom. Together they guide the mind, and they also collaborate in pairs. 1/3
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October 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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The Wise Heart: Cultivating the Divine Abodes
Nov 7-9, 2025 with Jeanne Corrigal

A weekend retreat exploring kindness, compassion, joy & equanimity through meditation, reflection, & practice.
Everyone welcome. Offered by mutual generosity.

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October 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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The Wellspring of Faith: The 5 Spiritual Faculties begin with faith, which can be a source of nourishment for the practice; a source of energy which can be channeled into the 2nd Faculty of Effort. This is not a big, flashy, faith - but comes in different flavours, some very quiet and soft. 1/3
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October 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Confidence can be a complex quality - we often wish we had more confidence, that the lack of it is an obstacle for us, or, we receive messages from society about not “tooting our own horn” and get it mixed up with egotism.1/4
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October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The 5 Spiritual Faculties are wholesome qualities which we develop as we meditate; as they mature, become known as the 5 Spiritual Powers: faith/confidence, energy/effort, mindfulness, concentration/deep settling and wisdom.This describes the path of our practice from first interest to insight.1/3
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Walking the Path Together: the Third Basket of Mediation. In the last weeks, we have set the compass of the heart with the first basket of wise view and wise intention, and begun to engage in the world from this wisdom. 1/4
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September 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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The 2nd group of factors in the 8fold path are a trio describing our relationship with the world through wise speech, action, and livelihood. We will explore how the compass of the heart in the first basket of wisdom provides direction and guidance in walking the path in the world. 1/3
September 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Walking the Path Together: the Wisdom Basket. Wise view is the first path factor, and gives us our compass direction. This week we will explore the compass of the heart/mind and how we aim ourselves in the direction of peace. 1/3
September 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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The last Wed is kindness night; we offer heart practices for all beings. But does this practice really include all beings, like those who cause harm? We will explore the metta sutta in how to wisely offer kindness to those who may be challenging for us. The method and benefits may surprise you. 1/3
August 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Angulimala: Stopping Like the Moon Released 🌙

In our Favourite Suttas series: the story of Angulimala - someone who transformed from killer to arahant. A teaching on stopping harmful habits & discovering freedom.
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August 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Bahiya: In the Seen, Just the Seen

We continue our favourite sutta series with Bahiya, a sincere seeker whose urgent request brought the Buddha's briefest instruction - inviting us into direct contact with our experience, just as it is.

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A solitary traveler stands midway along a winding path that cuts through rolling blue mountains. The twilight sky transitions from deep indigo to muted lavender, with a warm ochre glow marking where the sun meets the horizon. Atmospheric watercolor washes create a sense of depth, with darker foreground tones gradually lightening toward the distant peaks. Photo by Stockcake https://stockcake.com/i/path-of-solitude_2549812_1485804
August 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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(Pg1) How do we take care of ourselves, and balance our heart and mind, in these times? How do we balance taking care of ourselves and others? The Buddha has guidance - in the form the Bamboo Acrobat Sutta, which we will explore this week. This is a continuation of our Sutta Stories Series. 1/3
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August 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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🌿 Boundless Kindness: The Metta Sutta
Explore one of the Buddha’s most beloved teachings on loving-kindness. We’ll reflect on the sutta, practice mettā meditation, and consider the deep benefits of living with an open heart.
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July 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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🧠 Honeyball Mind: How the Mind Turns Experience Into Suffering

Continuing the favourite sutta series, we will hear the Buddha reveal how sense contact leads to mental proliferation and stress. We will explore how mindfulness can interrupt this chain and bring clarity, calm, and freedom.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Rohitassa: You Don't Have to Travel Far to Wake Up

This week in our Favorite Suttas series, we will explore the Rohitassa Sutta, in which a celestial being asks the Buddha where freedom can be found. The Buddha's reply invites us into an intimate path, right here in this body, this moment.
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July 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Sutta Stories: In July and August Jeanne & Andrea will share some of their favourite suttas and the stories behind them. This week we join householder Mahanama in receiving teachings on liberation in the home and at work. Join us in our new location at The Unitarian Center (213 2nd Street East) 1/3
July 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Sutta Stories: In July and August Jeanne and Andrea will share some of their favourite suttas and the stories behind them.

Join us online or in-person at our *new location* 213 2nd Street East. Wed July 2, 7-8 pm Sask.
(9pm EDT, 8 pm CDT, 7 pm MDT, 6 pm PDT)

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Photo of painting of Gautama Buddha's first sermon at the Deer Park taken by user:KayEss. A serene scene of a gathering in a lush, natural setting. At the center is the Buddha, a figure in orange robes, seated in a meditative posture on a pink lotus atop a tree stump. This figure is surrounded by five individuals, also in saffron robes, sitting on the ground and facing the Buddha. The scene is set under a large tree with a sprawling canopy of green leaves and pink flowers. To the right, two deer gaze at the gathering from the edge of a clear, blue pond bordered by verdant foliage. The backdrop features mountains under a partly cloudy sky, completing the tranquil atmosphere. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sermon_in_the_Deer_Park_depicted_at_Wat_Chedi_Liem-KayEss-1.jpeg
July 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The Breath of Life: Exploring the Air Element

Wed June 25, 7-8 pm Sask, in-person and online.
(9pm EDT, 8 pm CDT, 7 pm MDT, 6 pm PDT)

For in person information or to register for Zoom access check out the link below.

Everyone welcome.
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June 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Igniting Insight: Exploring the Fire Element

Wed June 18, 7-8 pm Sask, in-person and online.
(9pm EDT, 8 pm CDT, 7 pm MDT, 6 pm PDT)

For in person information or to register for Zoom access check out the link below.

Everyone welcome. 1/4
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June 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM