Holding Power Wisely: Ethics, Boundaries, and Care in Buddhist Teaching Relationships

Holding Power Wisely: Ethics, Boundaries, and Care in Buddhist Teaching Relationships

May 28 – 30 at Great Vow Monastery, Clatskanie Oregon

Since teaching relationships carry inherent power, even when grounded in sincere intention and deep practice, the asymmetry of teacher–student roles creates conditions where vulnerability, projection, emotional dependency, desire, grief, or confusion can arise—overtly or subtly—often during challenging periods of personal difficulty or transition.

This workshop is preventative, educational, and supportive and focused on care for teachers as human beings as well as protection of students. The workshop aims toward clarity, responsibility, and wise use of power. This workshop is not a replacement for formal reporting or accountability structures, nor is it a forum for public disclosure or exposure.

Holding Power Wisely is a two-day, residential applied ethics workshop for Dharma teachers, teachers-in-training, and others who hold positions of spiritual teaching authority within Buddhist communities.  Teachers may also send students with possible teaching responsibilities on their development horizon.Learn more and apply to attend, visit the Zen Dust website https://zendust.org/calendar/1273/ethics-boundaries-and-care-2026/

COST: $280, scholarships available

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