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…
Drawing from the classic 9th century Indian text, the Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, written by the great master Shantideva, and his own lifetime of contemplative experience and realization, Yangsi Rinpoche shares reflections on how to deepen our spiritual practice, bringing the qualities of joyfulness, serenity, and wisdom of reality into the present moment of our daily life….
Looking for something to inspire your daily spiritual practice? Join Buddhist nun and author Venerable Thubten Chodron as she shares from her newest book, Awaken Every Day: 365 Buddhist Reflections to Invite Mindfulness and Joy, which offers a quick daily dose of everyday wisdom ideal for creating moments of peace and reflection in our chaotic world. Copies of Venerable’s books…
Chakrasamvara is a central yidam deity of Drikung Kagyu lineage. Ven. Khenpo will offer instruction on this profound practice: how to practice with the text, how to chant, how to make tormas, learn what kind of tormas are needed, and when to make torma offerings. We will also practice meditation and learn detailed visualizations, practice mudra gestures, learn their meaning,…
Join Dr. Claudelle Glasgow and Dr. Shanté Smalls for this day and a half long workshop and meditation practice wherein we will examine patterns related to protection, power, and privilege that come up in our contemplative and other communities. The weekend workshop will focus on body awareness practices, meditation practices that foster awareness of the safety of self, other and…
Neuroscience, Buddhism and Psychology in conversation Christof Koch Maxine Anderson Karl Brunnhölzl This will be our fifth 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.
Following on from the open practice space exploring the Protector Principle on December 13th and 14th, Dr. Claudelle Glasgow and Dr. Shanté Smalls will hold a space of sanctuary for BIPoC for a day of discovering the ways the healing process can bring joy, liberation, and celebration through various contemplative activities. Attendance on the 13th and 14th is not required for attendance of this…
Buddhist Teaching and with George Draffan and Damien Abel. In this non-residential retreat, George Draffan and Damien Abel will give teachings and instructions on Qigong, meditation and living in presence. The weekend teachings will be loosely based on the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Cost $150, due at registration. Email Damien.abel3@gmail.com to register.
A weekend with Andrew Holecek Discover the remarkable world of nocturnal meditation, where a wealth of wisdom awaits you every night. Lucid dreaming is the first of five nocturnal practices, which include liminal dreaming, dream yoga, sleep yoga, and bardo yoga. These meditations offer boundless potential for psychological and spiritual growth, and provide a unique opportunity to explore the nature…
Dzogchen Shri Singha of Portland (DSSP), founded in 2004, is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to spread authentic Buddhist teachings and to support the enlightened Dharma activity of Great Perfection of Wisdom lineage holder H.E. Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Since its founding, DSSP has sponsored many teachings by the Vajra Master and...
We are a Buddhist meditation group located in Eastern Washington that practices in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) tradition. However, anyone interested in meditation practice is welcome to join us. We meet each week for meditation and study. We also organize regular meditation retreats and support a prison Dharma practice at Coyote Ridge Correctional Center.
The Portland Buddhist Priory is a temple in the Serene Reflection Meditation (Soto Zen) tradition as practiced in the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives. The temple was founded by Reverend Master Jiyu-Kennett and we offer a full range practice opportunities, including meditation instruction and spiritual counseling as well as Buddhist funerals, weddings, house blessings and animal ordinations and funerals.
YDL-WA is a local practice community of Tibetan Buddhism, studying the great masters of all lineages- Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug- under the spiritual guidance of Younge Khachab Rinpoche. Our main focus is on the meditation and teachings of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.
The Tibetan Nuns Project provides education and humanitarian aid to refugee nuns from Tibet and to nuns from the Himalayan regions of India. It is a registered charity founded in 1987 and supports over 700 Tibetan Buddhist nuns and 7 nunneries in India. Donations help provide facilities and programs to educate, empower, and improve the status of ordained Tibetan women.
The Seattle Pragmatic [Underground] Dharma Society (SPUDS) is a group of friends in Seattle who meet weekly to discuss meditation. The word ‘underground’ in the name is used in a tongue-in-cheek fashion, both mocking the group’s unstructured nature and helping round out the acronym. SPUDS started unofficially in early 2016 when a few individuals who connected through online meditation forums...
EcoSangha is a Zen practice group grounded in Zen practice as an inherently ecological perspective. We are open to all people who would like to practice with us.
