A space for meditation. A center for study. A community that supports your desire to live more fully. Nalandabodhi Seattle is all these things.
Nalandabodhi Seattle is home to a community of people who embrace the ancient yet timeless wisdom of the Buddha. Guided by our founder, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, we offer classes in meditation and Buddhist philosophy. The benefits of these practices and studies are relevant and applicable to our everyday lives.
Whether you are interested in starting a meditation practice or have been a student of Buddhism for decades, we invite you to join us.
Sun., January 25, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm –
The Four Reminders include our precious human birth, impermanence and death, karma: cause and effect, and the sufferings of samsara. Acharya Tashi will help us reflect on these reminders within a mind training or lojong context, so that we can bring these reminders into our everyday life.
Wed., February 18, 2026 @ 7:00 am – 12:00 pm –
Nalandabodhi invites you to greet the new year in community on Losar, Wednesday, February 18, 2026. Sangha members (and Seattle local sangha friends) are invited to join in person at Nalanda West or online.
We can make friends with our minds and become present to our lives through working with our breath. In meditation we begin to discover how our minds work. Becoming familiar with our minds and our habitual patterns, we can begin to free ourselves from painful struggles and confusion. The process
Start with Introduction to Buddhism and proceed with dharma studies at your own pace online.
Thu., February 26, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm –
From the seventh century onward, the two great traditions of mature Indian scholastic Buddhism, the Madhyamaka and Yogachara, had taken root and grown on Tibetan soil. The adoption of Buddhist views did not happen in a vacuum. They mixed with the various social and political institutions already present in Tibet. Distinct communities naturally formed around them.
Wed., January 7, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm –
Curious about the Buddhist path? Please join us for a new ongoing series, Introduction to Buddhism on Wednesday evenings in 2025 from 6:00–7:00p onsite at Nalanda West.
Wed., January 21, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm –
Curious about the Buddhist path? Please join us for a new ongoing series, Introduction to Buddhism on Wednesday evenings in 2025 from 6:00–7:00p onsite at Nalanda West.
Thu., January 22, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Join us on Thursday evenings for Open Meditation. Spending time on the cushion after work to get to know our minds is definitely time well spent! Schedule 6:00p meditation instruction & meditation guidance 6:10p opening chants 6:15p meditation 7:00p closing chants
Sun., January 25, 2026 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 am –
Please join us for Khadiravaṇītārā Practice!
