Online: Cultivating Faith, Trust, Confidence
with Melissa McKay
New Schedule: Tuesdays, July 18th, 25th, & Aug. 1st, 2023 | 7:00pm – 8:30pm ET
Saddha is a Pali word often translated as faith, trust, or confidence and is one of the Buddha’s teachings on the 5 Spiritual Faculties, along with mindfulness, concentration, energy, and wisdom.
This wisdom, beautifully elucidated in ‘The Questions of King Milinda,’ an ancient Buddhist text that records the encounter between a Greek king and a Buddhist monk around 200 BC and reads like a modern dialogue between East and West, presents faith as a transformative force, one that infuses your heart with serene courage and propels it forward with conviction. When Saddha takes root, the Five Great Fears – fear of death, illness, public humiliation, loss of livelihood, and the fear of losing one’s sanity are said to be absent.
Join Melissa McKay in an enlightening three-week journey designed to nurture this extraordinary quality of Saddha. Strengthening it in our meditation practice and lives so we can live with more trust, confidence, and serenity.
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Teacher(s)
Melissa McKay
Melissa began her path of meditation in 1998 with a small group of dedicated practitioners in Oakland, CA with her beloved, though not known, teacher named Barbara Janus who introduced her to the teachings of Sayadaw U Pandita of Burma. Her first retreat was with Sayadaw U Pandita and the profound changes she saw in herself gave her a strong faith and dedication to the practice. She practiced with Sayadaw and his monks at centers in the U.S. and Burma. She met Bhante Khippa Pano of Vietnam in 2000 and he became her main teacher. She continues to attend intensive meditation retreats yearly and has trained for over 10,000 hours.
Bhante gave her permission to teach, and since 2003. She has taught at centers all over the United States.
Jack Kornfield has said of her, “Melissa is one of the most experienced practitioners of the new generation of teachers.” And Lodro Rinzler, “Melissa has a skillfulness in making esoteric teachings relatable to modern day living.”
After nearly two decades in New York City, she now resides in Las Vegas with her family.
For more information visit www.melissamckay.net.