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Summer 2026, Volume 39, #2

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NWDA News

  • Northwest Dharma Association’s new website offers smoother and more integrated access to the dharma community.
  • Based on the 108 beads of a Buddhist mala, NWDA’s new Mahasangha Mala program is a creative way to support this work.
  • New president, new board energy, as your Northwest Dharma Association moves forward.
  • For 2014 Northwest Dharma will sponsor March gatherings in Portland and in Seattle, both focused on the arts.
  • Regional Buddhist teachers share wisdom, support, at annual teachers’ gathering.

Dharma in Canada

  • Zen center adding retreat huts, as leader becomes Osho.
  • Just three years after completion, new and large Tibetan monastery in British Columbia is keeping the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism vital
  • Woodinville Buddhist monastery opens a branch in Vancouver, B.C.
  • Victoria Zen Centre’s Eshu Martin spreads the dharma through the internet

Compassionate Action

  • Dharma women gather to talk about about giving, and strength.
  • Seattle organization supports schooling for disadvantaged young people learn in Tibet.
  • Snohomish High School supports unique religious forum, which includes Buddhist teachings.
  • This year’s Gay Pride parade was a special celebration for many Seattle-area Buddhists, who can now marry
  • Women who have suffered life traumas require compassion to open to meditation

Dharma Healing, Arts

  • Northwest women Buddhists comment on teachings of ancient women leaders, in new anthology.
  • Portland center for Nepali Buddhist dance rituals takes their skills to…Brazil!
  • A "flash sit" group suddenly starts meditating in Seattle’s Westlake Park, attracting others and spreading peace
  • A Cambodian monk is finishing a stupa in Yelm, Wash., that is at once a spiritual beacon and a work of art
  • Seattle woman plans dharma and healing center to serve the needs of street kids, underprivileged

Sangha News

  • Northwest monastics join colleagues for annual gathering in California.
  • Portland Theravada center takes over space formerly used by Zen group.
  • On two-week mountain trek, Zen practitioners bring their temple to the wilderness.
  • How a Buddhist center changed a tattoo parlor into a temple.
  • Long-time Christian pastor, also Zen Buddhist, sails a fine and tender course.

Dharma Arts

  • Dalai Lama teaches on environment, compassion, in Portland
  • Lama Sonam teaches on classic three points text in Seattle

Dharma Arts

  • Inmates at isolated prison develop new way to support one another in Buddhist practice.
  • Prison sanghas around the state enjoyed Buddhist festivals of many types over the summer
  • Inmates at Monroe Correctional Complex celebrate their annual Buddhafest with great creativity
  • Meditation training brings healing to women navigating prison system

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