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…
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…
Our inaugural session for the Seattle Buddhist Study Center will be held on October 23rd! We hope to see a wide range of people come out and learn about different kinds of Buddhism and how we can apply it in our daily lives. This first session will center on “Shin Buddhist Ethics” and will feature Reverend Takashi Miyaji of the…
Buddhist Teaching and Empowerment with Joe Evans and Damien Abel. During this Non-Residential retreat, Joe Evans will be offering the Jampal Shidrup, a pure vision of Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche. This empowerment contains both a Manjushri practice and a full set of Dzogchen instructions. Joe will offer the transmission and practice instructions. Damien Abel will give teachings and instructions on integrating…
Vipassana practice (guided and unguided sitting periods and a walking period) with tea and dharma discussion before and after the practice. We meet at Oregon School of Massage's Salem Campus (2111 Front St NE) on Monday evenings 7-9 PM, with tea 30 minutes before and after. The two founders are Theravadan practitioners, but the group is nondenominational. Beginners and experienced...
A Seattle hub for conscious conversations and mindfulness practices in professional spaces. Seattle Wisdom was founded in 2013 to unite the Seattle community. The group encompasses mindfulness teachers, coaches, facilitators, private mediation practitioners as well as those seeking to learn new ways bring authenticity into the workplace. We are a community/volunteer run organization with all members encouraged to take action...
Tibetan Buddhist wisdom, meditation, and practical applications for living a more peaceful and compassionate life. Regular meditation and discussion groups, workshops, visiting teachers, and one-on-one mentoring available. Weekly discussion group is free of charge, and mentoring is available on a sliding scale.
Do-it-Yourself Dharma is a peer-led Buddhist community of freaks, geeks, queers, trans folks, rebels, outcasts, stream-enterers, and friends young and old. Folks of all backgrounds, cultures, and traditions are welcome. We meditate together in East Vancouver, following the Buddhist tradition. We strive to create a space for kindness, mutual respect, and safety, free from violence and oppression. We also have...
We are a member led meditation group formed to support the Dhamma practice and teachings in the Theravada Buddhist traditions. We meet every Thursday evening for 90 minutes. Our practice includes a 30 minute sit, with time afterward to listen to a recorded talk and/or share our experience of practice together. People new to the practice are welcome to join...
"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.
The Atammayatarama Buddhist Monastery (ABM) was launched January 18, 1998 by the Thai and American Buddhist community of Washington state. This Buddhist Temple was certified as a "not-for-profit" corporation of the State of Washington on 22 April 1998. We are a small humble Buddhist monastery tucked away in a serene corner of Woodinville among acres of wooded land. The monastery...
