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“Buddhist Ethics” w/ Rev. Takashi Miyaji
Member Group: Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple
Starts: Wed, Oct 23rd
Region: Seattle, WA
octSOBERfest
Member Group: Mount Adams Zen Buddhist Temple
Starts: Fri, Oct 25th
Region: Trout Lake, WA
Drala Meditation Hike: Tamanawas Falls in the Mt Hood Wilderness
Member Group: Portland Shambhala Meditation Center
Starts: Sat, Oct 26th
Region: Portland, OR, WA
Introduction to NVC as a Spiritual Practice, Part 1
Member Group: Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji
Starts: Sat, Oct 26th
Region: Seattle, WA
Marici Fellowship presents the movie “Bully”
Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Starts: Sat, Oct 26th
Region: Seattle, WA
Tonglen Practice
Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Starts: Fri, Nov 1st
Region: Seattle, WA
A Weekend Introduction to Insight Dialogue
Member Group: Bellingham Insight Meditation Society
Starts: Fri, Nov 1st
Region: Bellingham , WA
Ven. Lama Karma Samten – Teachings on Guru Yoga
Member Group: Palchen Study Group Seattle
Starts: Sat, Nov 2nd
Region: Seattle, WA
Introduction to NVC as a Spiritual Practice, Part 2
Member Group: Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji
Starts: Sat, Nov 2nd
Region: Seattle, WA
Sand Mandala Creation
Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Starts: Mon, Nov 4th
Region: Seattle, WA
Please join me for Loving Kindness Qigong inspired by Buddhist Vajrayana practice and Yi Ren Qigong in the Mahabodhi Shrine Room. Weekly Monday, October 7, 2019 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm through Monday, November 11, 2019 Qigong practice is like going into a house on a warm, sunny Spring afternoon that has been closed for a while. What’s the…
Find out more »Member Group: Loving Kindness Qigong
Start: Monday, October 7 @ 6:30 pm
End: Monday, November 11 @ 8:30 pm
Event Type: Featured Event
Tradition: Vajrayana Yi Ren Qigong
Teacher: Tim Tapping
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…
Find out more »Member Group: Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple
Date: Wednesday, October 23
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Type: Class, Featured Event, Talk
Tradition: Jodo Shinshu (Pureland)
Teacher: Rev. Takashi Miyaji
octSOBERfest Weekend A celebration of recovery from alcoholism and addictions, with family, friends, loved ones and supporters. Recovery Dharma & 12 step focused. October 25 – 27, 2019 – Check-in begins Friday at 4:00 pm A weekend to explore spiritual growth in recovery from addictions, alcoholism and other compulsions – family, friends and supporters are welcome at all sessions Accommodations…
Find out more »Member Group: Mount Adams Zen Buddhist Temple
Start: Friday, October 25
End: Sunday, October 27
Event Type: Other
Please join us for a hike in the Mt Hood Wilderness to Tamanawas Falls. With scenic foot bridges and mossy-banked access to Cold Spring Creek this will be a delightful hike. We’ll walk at a slow place and stop at several places along the way to sit and connect with our surroundings. We will stop briefly at Mt. Hood Organic…
Find out more »Member Group: Portland Shambhala Meditation Center
Date: Saturday, October 26
Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Facilitated by Marcia Christen, Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication Saturday, October 26 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. This introductory training is designed to enhance our spiritual practice by fostering self-awareness and our ability to be present to others, even in the face of challenges. Empathy, authenticity, deep listening for better understanding and loving connection are cultivated.…
Find out more »Member Group: Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji
Date: Saturday, October 26
Time: 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Event Type: Class
Tradition: Rinzai Zen
Teacher: Genjo Marinello
The Marici Fellowship is proud to host a movie and discussion event on anti-bullying. The movie, Bully, is a 2011 documentary by director Lee Hirsch. It focuses on peer-to-peer bullying in schools. The film is 90 minutes long. We will serve tea and light snacks, and have a discussion afterward. The movie is free and open to all. Spread the…
Find out more »Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Date: Saturday, October 26
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Compassion is the seed which, fully developed, results in perfect Enlightenment. Tonglen is a simple and effective method to develop Compassion in all its aspects. This is a self-initiated, self-driven practice which can be done any time, any place. These Tonglen practice sessions provide the serious student time to focus on this mind training element, to create skill in the…
Find out more »Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Date: Friday, November 1
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism
Teacher: Ken Hockett
Insight Dialogue is an interpersonal meditation practice that brings the mindfulness and tranquility of traditional silent meditation into our experience with others. Each independent session runs from Friday evening through Saturday afternoon and will be held in a container of silence. In addition to Insight Dialogue practice, there will also be periods of walking and silent meditation. While previous meditation…
Find out more »Member Group: Bellingham Insight Meditation Society
Start: Friday, November 1 @ 7:00 pm
End: Saturday, November 2 @ 7:00 pm
Event Type: Featured Event
Tradition: Vipassana
Teacher: Gregory Kramer/Tuere Sala
Ven. Lama Karma Samten November 2 – 3, 2019 Saturday & Sunday 10:00 am – Noon / 2:00 – 4:00 pm Phinney Center 6532 Phinney Ave N / Seattle, WA – ROOM 32, Brick Building/Lower Donation: $50/weekend; $25/day Guru Yoga A familiar term for vajrayana practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism, but what does it mean? What is its function? “Guru” in…
Find out more »Member Group: Palchen Study Group Seattle
Start: Saturday, November 2
End: Sunday, November 3
Tradition: Karma Kagyu
Teacher: Lama Karma Samten
Facilitated by Marcia Christen, Certified Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication Saturday, November 2 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. This workshop builds on October 26’s Introduction to Nonviolent Communication Part 1. In Part 2, we’ll develop further our understandings of core aspects of NVC (empathy, feelings, needs, and self-awareness for the purpose of building compassionate connection with others). We’ll…
Find out more »Member Group: Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji
Date: Saturday, November 2
Time: 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Event Type: Class
Tradition: Rinzai Zen
Teacher: Genjo Marinello