Winter 2018, Volume 31, #4
Letter from Your NW Dharma Association From the depths of the Northwest winter, we’re looking forward to the renewal of spring. The Northwest Dharma Association relies entirely on the generosity of volunteers and members. We recently sent out our winter appeal. If you haven’t renewed your membership, now would be an excellent time. And if you have renewed recently, please…
In November there was rejoicing in the Tibetan Nuns Project’s Seattle office, with the news from India that 10 more Tibetan Buddhist nuns had made history by attaining their geshema degrees. The 10 nuns received their degrees at a Nov. 5 ceremony at Kopan Nunnery in Nepal. Headquartered in India, with the North America office in Seattle, the Tibetan Nuns…
More people serving time in Washington state prisons are practicing the dharma, and doing so more deeply, as a growing number of volunteers offer a widening array of options. The increasing activities include more people taking refuge, more people doing retreat, and more people studying from the growing Buddhist library collections, and with the guidance of visiting Buddhist teachers. These…
I believe that there is something specifically in Buddhist practice for Black Americans. How can there not be? It’s about suffering and the end of suffering. Our particular brand of suffering comes from being born into these black bodies, in a country that was forged, from its birth, in anti-blackness. How have other Black American women found their way to…
Despite the title the new book, “The Compassionate Kitchen: Buddhist Practices for Eating with Mindfulness and Gratitude,” is a dharma book more than a food book. It is based on a series of talks I gave at Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery in the northeast corner of Washington state, where I serve as abbess. The book describes different ways that…
Two Northwest women are playing a key role in the global empowerment of Buddhist women, by leading the organization that is supporting one of the world’s best-known female Tibetan Buddhist monastics, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. Dongyu Gatsal Ling Initiatives, Inc., is a U.S. 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization registered in New York, comprised of a volunteer board of directors. Two of these directors…
Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, January 8 – March 26, 2019 Join us for an informal weekly book discussion group. Both Mahamudra and Dzogchen emphasize the ultimate state of awareness and the clear and luminous nature of the mind. Rinpoche presents the view and practices of these two traditions with a pragmatic approach and informal style. He teachers that by…
“There’s a rebel within you. It’s the part of you that already knows how to break free of fear and unhappiness. This rebel is the voice of your own awakened mind. It’s your rebel buddha—the sharp, clear intelligence that resists the status quo. It wakes you up from the sleepy acceptance of your day-to-day reality and shows you the power…
On February 22nd and 23rd, Reverend Kuwahara from the Berkeley Buddhist Temple will be hosting lectures on the writing’s of Shinran Shonin. Friday, February 22nd will be a japanese lecture from 9:30am until 2:30pm and Saturday, the 23rd will be an english lecture from 10:00am until 12:00pm. Please come out to attend this wonderful seminar and enjoy the teachings of…
A weekend exhibition of the the Buddhist art of Iwasaki Tsuneo, and workshop with Paula Arai, PhD “My purpose for doing tiny-character sutra copying paintings is for you to see the teachings of the Buddha, to see the Buddha, and I am deeply gratitude to dwell in the heart of the sutra. Also, contemporary people who have lost themselves in…
Tuesday’s March 5 – April 16th. 7 – 8:30 pm Wedgewood location (Seattle). We will be reading Ruth King’s Mindfulness of Race. King addresses the emotional and spiritual impacts of racism that are critical to our personal and collective healing. She offers a core of practices, reflections and actions that support our Dharma practices. The class will run for 7…
Buddhist teachings give an honest assessment of our current life. We face seemingly endless problems which ultimately begin in our mind. At the same time, we have unlimited potential to bring peace and balance to ourselves and the world. Known and respected around the world for her skillful explanations of Buddhist teachings, Venerable Thubten Chodron’s latest book, co-authored with His…
Christof Koch Maxine Anderson Karl Brunnhölzl This will be our fourth in a series of conversations representing these three views, where we have explored and learned that natural science’s objective knowledge and the subjective understanding of inner science are not mutually exclusive.
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche is one of the four Eminences of the Drikung Kagyu lineage. His incarnations originated from the Siddha Gar Chodingpa, the heart son of Drikung Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon. H.E. Garchen Rinpoche will be staying in Seattle for three weeks in a private residence and will be teaching and giving empowerments during the three weekends, starting April 12 through…
What is an Ecosangha? On April 20th, the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple will be hosting an event where people can gather, discuss and learn about what an Ecosangha is and how we can all learn to be more conscious as Buddhists and people. Dr. Duncan Williams, Dr. Jason Wirth and Reverend Don Castro will be attending and speaking at this…
Arts and Crafts Show at Vashon Center for the Arts. At 7PM on May 10 there will be a panel discussion considering Artist’s Mind – Zen Mind.
We are a community dedicated to the study and practice of Nichiren Buddhism here in the greater Seattle area. Our Sangha follows the teachings of the Eternal Shakyamuni Buddha as set forth in the Lotus Sutra and the teachings of our founder, Nichiren Shonin, and our main practice is chanting the Odaimoku (Great Title) of the Lotus Sutra, “Namu Myoho...
Teaching Dhammakaya Meditation Technique that was taught over 2,000 years ago. This technique disappeared and was rediscovered by our great grand master Phramonkolthepmuni (Sodh Candasaro), Luang Pu Wat Paknam Pasi Charoen, Thailand. It utilizes the center of the body as a focus point in order to bring the mind to a standstill, thereby creating physical and spiritual well-being for the...
The iBme Retreat Model We teach teens proven awareness and concentration practices that have been used for thousands of years. Teens learn how to: settle a busy mind, skillfully handle emotions and thoughts, direct and sustain attention, cultivate compassion, and truly listen and communicate to one another. Through guided mindfulness meditation, small group discussions, and fun workshop activities, participants experience...
The purpose of Heart of Wisdom is to provide a refuge of stillness and peace in a busy urban environment, to practice and share Buddhist teachings, and to cultivate the qualities of unflagging optimism, self-discipline, compassion, and wisdom. Daily zazen and free instruction in how meditate geared to beginners is offered. People of all ages and experience levels are encouraged...
The Lotus Sisters/Lotus Sangha is Seattle’s Buddhist Sangha for Lesbian & Bisexual Women, and Trans, Non-Binary & Gender Non-Conforming People. We sit in the Theravadan tradition, but practitioners of other traditions are welcome. We have sits throughout the month, and hold periodic retreats and days of mindfulness including an annual 5 day residential retreat. Our guiding teacher is Arinna Weisman....
"A true Buddhist cannot be but non-sectarian and Rimé in their approach." In trhis vein we are a Buddhist group that embraces practices and teachings from different schools and lineages withing Vajrayana Buddhism. We bring Masters and teachers from the different schools to the NW to do teaching and transmissions.
