Summer 2019, Volume 32, #1
Over the past several months, the Northwest Dharma Association team has been convening a series of community roundtables. We met with a wonderful cross-section of people and heard about what matters most to them. We’re pleased to report a growing sense of collaboration and mutual support, among many different Buddhist and Buddhist-inspired communities. These include practitioners and teachers bringing mindfulness…
Reflecting growing awareness of the need for the diversity and inclusion in the dharma, a friend and I developed a series of workshops called “Power, Privilege & Difference: How Buddhist Practice is the Work of Social Restoration.” Most recently in April I led one of these workshops at the Portland Shambhala Center, and Through July, August and September I will…
On an unusually hot day for the Pacific Northwest, some 40 Buddhist teachers converged on Clatskanie, Oregon, to attend the 2019 GenX Buddhist Teachers’ Sangha Gathering (GBTS). The June 12-to-16 gathering of GenX Buddhist leaders from North America and beyond was hosted by Great Vow Zen Monastery. In the rare company of other dharma teachers, of similar age and experience,…
A distinctive new feature of the renovated Seattle Asian Art Museum will be a small gallery designed to invite Buddhist contemplation and meditation. The gallery, set off from the main visitor pathway, will exhibit only four Buddhist works of art, one on each wall, to allow for more empty space than the other galleries. The sparse art installation in the…
Tibetan Buddhists came from around the world for the May 30 to June 3 consecration of the new Phagtsok Gendun Choling Temple on Whidbey Island, Washington. Supporters of Tibetan Lama Kilung Rinpoche funded construction of the wooden 5,000-square-foot temple, to support his teaching program in the West. Whidbey Island is in the Salish Sea, part of which is called Puget…
The Buddhist Recovery Network (BRN) will be hosting the next BRN Summit in Lacey, Washington September 5-8, 2019. The title of this year’s summit is: Recovery: What’s Buddhism Got to Do With It? The Summit will be held at the Gwinwood Retreat Center in Lacey Washington (site of the 2017 summit). Sitting on 29-acres, Gwinwood features 18 acres of forested…
September 6, at 7:30pm Public: $25 / Members: $20 No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Register at www.amritaseattle.org Lama Tsering Everest After completing a three year retreat in 1995, Lama Tsering was ordained as a lama and recognized by H.E. Chagdud Rinpoche as a holder of the Red Tara lineage. Lama Tsering also received the…
Dream Yoga Teachings Saturday & Sunday, September 7 and 8, 9am – 5pm Per Day: Public: $70 Members: $60 Entire Weekend: Public: $140; Members: $120 Register at: www.amritaseattle.org No one will be turned away for lack of funds. One of the principle practices of Tibetan Buddhism is training to meditate during the dream state. Lama Tsering will introduce us to…
Shodo Harada Roshi, abbot of Sogenji Monastery, will conduct a calligraphy demonstration at Nalanda West. Talk, book signing and sale of calligraphies to benefit Water Moon Dojo, the Seattle Zendo of One Drop Zen. All are welcome !
Every year supporters of Buddhist Global Relief join together in fellowship to raise funds for projects we support around the world. This year the Seattle Walk will be held in Seattle on Saturday, September 14. We will meet up at Wisteria Park, 1427 S Main St for a walk to Daejon Park on the I-90 Trail. Registration starts at 10:30….
In this day long workshop we will be working with traditional Buddhist practices for preparing for death and the bardo. During the workshop Pawo Zangpo will offer the empowerment of Padmasambhava, teachings on Dharmakaya Phowa, and teachings on the bardo from Longchenpa and Vimalamitra. The prerequisite to attend these teachings in a serious interest in the Buddhadharma and the pledge…
Shugendo Training by Soke Koshikidake, We will be holding the first Shugendo Yamabushi Mountain Training and workshop here in Seattle at the Seattle Choeizan Enkyoji Nichiren Buddhist Temple with Soke Koshikidake. This a very rare and exciting event to be taking place. Shugendo is a practice that has not been seen very much outside the mountains of Japan. It…
How does Buddhist principles help us to recognize our racial (and other) biases, both within ourselves, and structurally, as a society? How do they help us to dismantle these often subtle, but deeply rooted obstacles to creating a peace and happiness accessible to all? Please join us for this special opportunity to explore these questions and more, with long time…
We practice sitting and walking meditation along with a weekly Dharma talk and/or discussion.
The Palmo Center for Peace & Education is founded and directed by the inspiring vision of Venerable Naljorma Jangchup Palmo and her honorable sons, His Eminence Ngalo Rinpoche and Venerable Tulku Jigme Rinpoche. Understanding the global urgency for our world community, we are inspired to fulfill His Holiness the Dalai Lama's vision of global peace and happiness. The Palmo Center...
Rainbowdharma is a discreet organization of international Buddhist practitioners. The founder, Lama Rangdrol, is an independent teacher of Buddhism and meditation in the Nyingma Dzogchen tradition. Known for his clarity of insight, he has taught meditation in Buddhist, ecumenical, non-sectarian, Christian, Interfaith, and secular communities on three continents. He has authored five books on race relations in American Buddhism, two...
Part of the Nyingma tradition, we are an affiliate of the Dharmata Foundation located in Point Richmond, Ca. We meet once a month on a weekend day for meditation and fellowship, listening to a recent audio of Anam Thubten teaching the dharma. Pacific NW retreats are offered every year. Please call for more information.
We meet on Thursdays at Healing Circles Langley. From September to June, sessions include a meditation period, a short dharma talk on a specific topic, and time for practice sharing. Everyone is welcome and all sessions are freely offered. In July and August, sessions include a meditation period and practice sharing only.
Samden Ling was founded in 2000 by Ad*zom Paylo. Rinpoche to bring the teachings of wisdom awakening and compassion to all whom are interested. The lineage of The Longchen Nyingthig, Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse reaches back to Tibetan Meditation Masters Padmasambhava, Yeshe Tsogyal, Longchen Rabjam and Jigme Lingpa. Samden Ling hosts visiting teachers of the Longchen Nyingthig Lineage....
Mission: To offer compassionate and respectful care to those who are suffering. We provide services inspired by the philosophy and teachings of Buddhism. Our organization is a faith based and nonsectarian community that takes refuge in Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha and values service, generosity, compassion, interdependence, ethical conduct, equanimity, and kindness.
