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Women’s Winter Retreat
Member Group: Mount Adams Zen Buddhist Temple
Starts: Sat, Dec 1st
Region: Trout Lake, WA
Day of Mindfulness with Arinna Weisman
Member Group: Lotus Sisters
Starts: Sun, Dec 2nd
Region: Seattle,
Annual Holiday Sale of Handicrafts
Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Starts: Sun, Dec 2nd
Region: Seattle, WA
Sit with Arinna Weisman
Member Group: Lotus Sisters
Starts: Wed, Dec 5th
Region: Seattle, WA
Dharma Talk with Phillip Moffitt
Member Group: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Starts: Fri, Dec 7th
Region: Seattle, WA
Midnight Awakening Meditation
Member Group: Mount Adams Zen Buddhist Temple
Starts: Fri, Dec 7th
Region: Trout Lake, WA
Weekend Non-Residential Retreat w/ Phillip Moffitt
Member Group: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Starts: Sat, Dec 8th
Region: Seattle, WA
Weekend Non-Residential Retreat w/ Phillip Moffitt:
Member Group: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Starts: Sun, Dec 9th
Region: Seattle, WA
Teaching on Death, Bardo and Rebirth
Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Starts: Sun, Dec 9th
Region: Seattle, WA
The Profound View, Meditation, and Conduct of the Great Perfection
Member Group: Joe Evans
Starts: Sun, Dec 9th
Region: Port Townsend, WA
2 Day long retreats 8am -4pm, Saturday & Sunday December 1 – 2, 2018 Teachers: Ven. Stephanie Kaza, Erika Rench, and Kaye Jones 1st Day Women’s Dharma Join us for a contemplative day of dharma, in the company of other women. Our day will include time in nature, in meditation, a short teaching, and quiet reflection. Some days life can feel…
Find out more »Member Group: Mount Adams Zen Buddhist Temple
Start: Saturday, December 1
End: Sunday, December 2
Event Type: Retreat
Tradition: Thien/Chan/Zen
Teacher: Ven. Stephanie Kaza, Erika Rench, Kaye Jones
Sitting, walking, & eating meditation, a dharma talk, questions & group inquiry. Snacks provided, bring your own lunch. Location: Mindfulness Community of Puget Sound, Dharma Gate 1910 24th Ave South Seattle 98144 (Entrance at the back of the building. Accessible.) Suggested donation $30 plus dana for teacher. No one turned away for lack of funds. Open to All
Find out more »Member Group: Lotus Sisters
Date: Sunday, December 2
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Event Type: Meditation, Talk
Tradition: Theravada Vipassana
Teacher: Arinna Weisman
Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism will host its annual holiday sale on Sunday, December 2, 2018 from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. Its cultural hall will be transformed into a marketplace selling prayer flags, incense, art prints, books, music, prayer beads, jewelry, calendars, clothing, baked goods and more. Tibetan tea will be served. At Noon, a guide will give a…
Find out more »Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Date: Sunday, December 2
Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Event Type: Featured Event
Dharma talk, group discussion and snacks. Accessible. For use of the elevator, call 206-499-7948. $5-20 suggested donation plus dana for teacher. Open to All
Find out more »Member Group: Lotus Sisters
Date: Wednesday, December 5
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Type: Meditation, Talk
Tradition: Theravada Vipassana
Teacher: Arinna Weisman
Phillip Moffitt is a co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Northern California and the founder of the Life Balance Institute, a nonprofit organization devoted to the study and practice of spiritual values in daily life (www.lifebalance.org). A specialist in guiding people through change and transition, Phillip combines dharma teachings with his years of practical and spiritual counseling experience…
Find out more »Member Group: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Date: Friday, December 7
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Event Type: Meditation, Talk
Tradition: Vipassana
Teacher: Phillip Moffitt
We’ll start on Friday December 7th. Join us for a midnight meditation and 108 rings of the great bell. We’ll celebrate awakening and compassion as we end one day and begin another in practice. Overnight guests are welcome in the B&B, Meditation huts, or group sleeping in the hostel or on Futons in the Mountain Room.
Find out more »Member Group: Mount Adams Zen Buddhist Temple
Start: Friday, December 7 @ 11:00 pm
End: Saturday, December 8 @ 12:30 am
Event Type: Meditation
Tradition: Thien/Chan/Zen
Teacher: Thay Kozen
n the systematic teaching of Vipassana meditation, it is mindfulness of the body in stillness and movement that are taught first. Thus, mindfulness of the body becomes the ground for understanding emotions and mind states as they arise in practice whether they are pleasant or difficult. Moreover, for many meditation students practicing mindfulness of the body arouses various kinds of…
Find out more »Member Group: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Date: Saturday, December 8
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Event Type: Meditation, Retreat
Tradition: Vipassana
Teacher: Phillip Moffitt
n the systematic teaching of Vipassana meditation, it is mindfulness of the body in stillness and movement that are taught first. Thus, mindfulness of the body becomes the ground for understanding emotions and mind states as they arise in practice whether they are pleasant or difficult. Moreover, for many meditation students practicing mindfulness of the body arouses various kinds of…
Find out more »Member Group: Seattle Insight Meditation Society
Date: Sunday, December 9
Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Event Type: Meditation, Retreat
Tradition: Vipassana
Teacher: Phillip Moffitt
Teaching on Death, Bardo and Rebirth By Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche All ordinary beings must go through death, the bardo, and rebirth. But most of us have no idea or education about these three steps. In this teaching we will study and visualize the three levels with the three Buddha bodies which are visualized together during these experiences: death – dharmakaya;…
Find out more »Member Group: Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism
Date: Sunday, December 9
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Event Type: Talk
Tradition: Tibetan Buddhism
Teacher: Tulku Yeshi Rinpoche
Based on the wisdom teachings of Nyala Changchub Dorje, Buddhist teacher Joe Evans (Pawo Zangpo) will guide us through a traditional Tibetan practice for discovering our Buddha Nature through meditation, reflection, and teaching on the heart-words of an enlightened Tibetan Buddhist master.
Find out more »Member Group: Living Bodhicitta
Date: Sunday, December 9
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Event Type: Class, Featured Event, Meditation, Talk
Tradition: Nyingma
Teacher: Joe Evans