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.
Through Nalanda West we offer weekend programs, residential practice retreats and artist residencies. In conjunction with Nitartha Institute, we offer advanced classes in traditional Buddhist philosophy.
Whether you are interested in starting a meditation practice or have been a student of Buddhism for decades, we invite you to join us.
It is our solemn, heartbreaking task to share that our guru’s guru, the supreme Khenchen Vajradhara Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, while immersed within the meditative concentration of great nonreferential compassion and profound wisdom inseparable, departed from his form of this lifetime and passed into parinirvāṇa at 6:10pm Nepal Standard Time on Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Sun., September 8, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Sunday, September 8, 2024 & Sunday, September 15, 2024 Acharya Tashi teaches at 11:00a PT. Please join Nalandabodhi Seattle on Sundays in September for teachings on Green Tara (Khadiravaṇītārā) and how Arya Tara can help dispel inner and outer manifestations of the Eight Great Fears. Outer and Inner Aspects of the Eight Great Fears water or […]
Thu., September 12, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm –
Choje Lama Rinpoche will give a public teaching on impermanence at Nalanda West on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Please join us for this special teaching on a subject that, like the footprint of an elephant, has the power to make the greatest impression on our minds.
Please join Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen at Nalanda West in Seattle, WA (or online) for a weekend retreat, delving into and meditating on the third pointing out instruction of Mahamudra Vipashyana on Spontaneous Presence.
“When we practice Mahamudra Vipashyana, we investigate appearances as mind, the mind as empty, and emptiness as radiant, spontaneous presence.” — Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen
Start with Introduction to Buddhism and proceed with dharma studies at your own pace online.
Tue., September 10, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm –
Tuesdays, September 10–October 15, 2024, on Zoom.
Hinayana 201 introduces students to the ground or view of the foundational vehicle. Foundational Buddhism explores core teachings of the Buddha’s “First Turning,” the journey of individual liberation. Topics include the Four Noble Truths (suffering, causes of suffering, liberation from suffering, and the path); the five skandhas (the basis for clinging to an existent self); dependent origination (the 12 nidanas); and the formation of karma. Views of the two principal schools of early Buddhism will also be introduced (the Sautrantikas and Vaibashikas).
Sat., September 7, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am –
Saturdays, September 7–October 26, 2024, on Zoom.
Mahayana builds on foundational Tibetan buddhist schools and, through philosophical reasoning, it points to the benefit of expanding our desire for liberation to include all beings. MAH 306 is the last class in the Nalandabodhi Mahayana series. It focuses on the ten paramitas, the five paths, the ten grounds of awakening, mind’s dimensions of awakening, and trascending delusion, unfolding wisdom.
Sun., September 8, 2024 @ 8:30 am – 9:30 am –
Please join us for Khadiravaṇītārā Practice!
Wed., September 11, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm –
Our aspiration for Dharma Nights is to have a conversation about how to live more a present and more loving life. We can explore how easy or difficult this is to realize, and tips on how to facilitate or give birth to an openhearted presence in relationship to ourselves and our lives.
Sat., September 14, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am –
Saturdays, September 7–October 26, 2024, on Zoom.
Mahayana builds on foundational Tibetan buddhist schools and, through philosophical reasoning, it points to the benefit of expanding our desire for liberation to include all beings. MAH 306 is the last class in the Nalandabodhi Mahayana series. It focuses on the ten paramitas, the five paths, the ten grounds of awakening, mind’s dimensions of awakening, and trascending delusion, unfolding wisdom.
Sat., September 14, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – Saturdays, August 10 thru 31, September 7 & 14, October 12 10:00 – 10:30 am Meditation onsite at Nalanda West 10:30 am to 12 noon Meditation instruction onsite and on Zoom “The starting point for discovering the true nature or reality of your mind is just this awareness of thoughts.” – Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Through […]
