Luminous Ground was founded to enable exploration of meditation and Buddhist teachings in Toronto in an atmosphere of lightness, openness, non-judgement, and safety. We try to bring curiosity, fun, and passion to the learning of spiritual methods.

Luminous Ground caters to people who are interested in meditation/mindfulness/Buddhism taught in a Western style. We offer weekly interactive classes and retreats. 

We learn from all the main schools of Buddhism – Theravadin(Vipassana), Mahayana(Zen), and Vajrayana(Tibetan). If you don’t know what those mean, don’t worry about it.  It just means we learn and explore from all the main Buddhist teachings and lineages.

Opening up new possibilities

The primary purpose of the group is to enable us to open up to new possibilities in our life. To stop picking up pennies on the street and instead turn around to see the palace of glittering diamonds behind us. It’s always been there, but we just never knew to turn around.

Our being is a luminous space of infinite possibilities. There is a space inside of us that allows things to be done without effort while bringing benefits to all. Life is complete, miraculous, present, and all-pervading. The methods we learn clear away the internal haze that prevent these possibilities from arising and cultivate skills that bring us into presence.  We all have this quality inside of us at all times.  But sometimes it is covered up. A perception of separation and permanence permeates our lives, causing endless difficulties.

To put it more simply: everything we do, we do it out of love. Love for ourselves or for others. We learn to rest in that space, without effort, and operate from there.