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Climate Action Group

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START DATE: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
END DATE: Thursday, December 31, 2026
ORGANIZATION: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
TEACHER: Iris Antman

Re-Generation Youth Program: Where Spirituality, Ecology and Community Meet

In Person

START DATE: Monday, June 29, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 29, 2026
LOCATION: Fort Steele, BC
ORGANIZATION: Clear Sky Meditation Center
TEACHER: Catherine Pawasarat Sensei

Exploring Monastic Life

In Person

START DATE: Friday, July 24, 2026
END DATE: Tuesday, August 11, 2026
LOCATION: Newport, WA
ORGANIZATION: Sravasti Abbey
TEACHER: Venerable Thubten Chodron

Making Oneself a Refuge: An LGBTQIA+ Affinity Retreat

Both in person and online

START DATE: Saturday, August 1, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 1, 2026
LOCATION: Portland, OR
ORGANIZATION: Portland Insight Meditation Community
TEACHER: Kirsten Rudestam

Arrived at Home: Mindfulness Retreat with Monastics from Deer Park Monastery

In Person

START DATE: Saturday, August 1, 2026
END DATE: Tuesday, August 4, 2026
LOCATION: Portland, OR
ORGANIZATION: Mindfulness Community of Puget Sound

Lyrical Dharma: An Evening with Born I

In Person

START DATE: Friday, August 7, 2026
END DATE: Friday, August 7, 2026
LOCATION: Portland, OR
ORGANIZATION: Portland Insight Meditation Community
TEACHER: Born I

Exploring the Path of Joy and Wellbeing: A Daylong Retreat with Alexa Redner

Both in person and online

START DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
LOCATION: Portland, OR
ORGANIZATION: Portland Insight Meditation Community
TEACHER: Alexa Redner

Dharma Talk: Finding Home — Between Heaven and Earth

In Person

START DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
END DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2026
LOCATION: Issaquah, WA
ORGANIZATION: Dharma Drum Mountain Seattle Center
TEACHER: Venerable Guo Guang

We are a unique regional association of more than 150 Buddhist groups and 4,000 individual supporters in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Idaho, and Montana. 

The mission of the Northwest Dharma Association is to support Buddhist teachings, practice, and community in the Pacific Northwest.

We foster a network of friendship and support among Buddhist groups and individual Buddhists from all traditions. We promote communication among Buddhists and with the larger community. We sponsor activities of interest and benefit to Northwest Buddhists.

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NW Dharma News

Summer 2026, Volume 39, #2

NW Dharma News

Compassionate Action

Dharma Education

Dharma Healing, Arts

Dharma in Canada

Sangha News

Celebrating 50 Years of KCC!

2025 Financial Statement

Regional Teachers and Leaders Gatherings

Campaign to Recognize the Vesak Holiday in Washington State

Group Membership in the Northwest Dharma Association

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NW Buddhist Groups

Snow Buddha Meditation

Teacher: Stefan Zijlstra
Location: Anchorage, AK

Methow Zen Group

Teacher: Zen Master Ji Haeng - guiding teacher, Zen Center of Las Vegas
Location: Winthrop, WA

Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre

Teacher: Ven. Chang Wu & Others
Location: Richmond, WA

Dharma Voices for Animals Portland Chapter

Teacher: We share many Buddhist traditons and teachers
Location: Portland, OR

Beginners Mind Zen Meditation

Teacher: Victoria Austin
Location: Salem, OR

Great Vow Zen Monastery

Teacher: Chozen and Hogen Bays
Location: Clatskanie, OR

Olympia Dharmata Sangha

Teacher: Anam Thubten
Location: Olympia, WA

Parayana Vihara

Teacher: Ayya Ānandabodhī
Location: Port Townsend, WA

Dekeling Community

Teacher: Lama Lekshe
Location: Portland, OR

TMI Portland

Teacher: .
Location: Portland, OR

Back To True Nature

Teacher: Frances Goldman
Location: Bellevue, WA

Eugene Insight Meditation Center

Teacher: Justin Michelson & Linda Rose
Location: Eugene, OR

Nipponzan Myohoji Bainbridge Island Sangha

Teacher: Rev. Senji Kanaeda
Location: Bainbridge Island, WA

Blue Cliff Zen Center

Teacher: Matt Shinkai Kane
Location: Eugene, OR

Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Seattle Chapter

Teacher: .
Location: Seattle, WA

Olympic Peninsula Mindfulness

Teacher: Ellen Falconer
Location: Port Townsend, WA

SAMGardnerCenter

Teacher: .
Location: Seattle, WA

Seattle Community Practice Group of the Dzogchen Foundation

Teacher: Lama Surya Das
Location: Seattle, WA