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Retreats

Hybrid retreat
Fri Mar 27 - Sun Mar 29, 2026

Pascal Auclair Hybrid Retreat

UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver BC or Online

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Clearly Seeing, Lightly Treading: A Silent Weekend of Insight & Presence

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Pascal Auclair
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Long Retreat
Sat Apr 18 - Sat Apr 25, 2026

Residential Retreat

Sea to Sky Retreat Centre, Whistler, BC

This Retreat is SOLD OUT. Please join the waitlist!

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Metta in the Mountains

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James Lowe
Jeanne Corrigal
Jeanne Corrigal
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Long Retreat
Sat May 16 - Sun May 24, 2026

Residential Retreat

Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo BC

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Two Wings of Awakening: Mettā and Insight Retreat

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Tempel Smith
Kristina Baré
Kristina Baré
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Long Retreat
Fri Jun 26 - Thu Jul 2, 2026

Residential Retreat

Rivendell Retreat Centre, Bowen Island, BC

Registration opens: Mar 26, 2026

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Trusting the Experience of This Moment

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Rachel Lewis
Vance Pryor
Vance Pryor
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Online Retreat
Fri July 17, 2026

Daylong Retreat with Oren Jay Sofer

Online

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Freedom in the Body

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Oren Jay Sofer
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Long Retreat
Sat Aug 15 - Sat Aug 22, 2026

Residential Retreat

Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo BC

Registration opens: Apr 15, 2026

Financial assistance deadline: Apr 1, 2026

Simply Present for Insight

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Tempel Smith
Jeanne Corrigal
Jeanne Corrigal
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Short Retreat
Fri Sep 25 - Sun Sep 27, 2026

Non-Residential Retreat

UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver BC

Registration opens: Jun 25, 2026

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Save the date! Detailed retreat information is coming.

Anushka Fernandopulle
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Long Retreat
Fri Oct 16 - Mon Oct 19, 2026

Residential Retreat

Sea to Sky Retreat Centre, Whistler, BC

Registration opens: Jun 16, 2026

Financial assistance deadline: Jun 2, 2026

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James Lowe
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Short Retreat
Fri Nov 6 - Sun Nov 8, 2026

Non-Residential Retreat

UBC Asian Centre, Vancouver BC

Registration opens: Aug 6, 2026

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Nikki Mirghafori
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Long Retreat
Mon Dec 28, 2026 - Sat Jan 2, 2027

New Years Residential Retreat

Bethlehem Retreat Centre, Nanaimo BC

Registration opens: Aug 28, 2026

Financial assistance deadline: Aug 14, 2026

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Rachel Lewis
Adrianne Ross
Adrianne Ross
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WELCOME to BCIMS

Indigenous Land Acknowledgment

BCIMS is based in what is now known as Vancouver, BC. With heartfelt gratitude we acknowledge that we come to you from the beautiful, traditional, and unceded lands of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, who live on and have stewarded this land for thousands of years.  

 

BCIMS, as a settler-led organization, recognizes the ongoing benefits of the theft of this land and its resources to all settlers. BCIMS is committed to continuous learning about genocide, the history of colonization, and their ongoing impacts on Indigenous communities. May our practices today centre this reality as a call to action to support Indigenous peoples’ sovereignty and liberation more fully beyond the practice of this land acknowledgement, and move us towards non-harming, restitution, healing, and reconciliation.   

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Asian Heritage Acknowledgement

We would like to name and honour the lineage of the ancient teachings offered by BCIMS, and we offer our deep gratitude to the rich lineage of Theravadan Buddhist teachers whose wisdom continues to support our practice. These teachings originated in Asia with the Buddha’s teachings, specifically in Burma, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and India. 

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