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Welcome to Nalandabodhi Seattle

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.

Programs

Sunday Open Meditation: Lama Tenpa and Eight Verses for Training the Mind

Sun., August 16, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm –

Freeing Ourselves from the Demon of Self-Concern: At the heart of the Mahayana path is the practice of mind training — reorienting our focus from habitual self-cherishing to working for the benefit of all sentient beings, as vast as space. How do we work with our emotions, our relationships, our annoyances, and our challenges to help us in this lofty aim? Join us to explore some simple but profound advice from Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, in this five part commentary on the Eight Verses for Training the Mind by Geshé Langri Thangpa.

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Sunday Open Meditation: Practices for Taming the Mind with NB Seattle Karunikas

Sun., July 12, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – 4 Sundays July 12, 19, 26, + August 2, 2026 Revisit specific verses from the Eight Verses, short talk + discussion, paired with guided meditations on the topic. Led by Karunikas or other volunteers. Schedule 10:00 am Open Meditation (sitting & walking) 11:00 am Dharma Discussion 11:30 am Community Potluck Lunch Registration Nalandabodhi Seattle offers […]

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Sunday Open Meditation: Walk This Way Workshop

Sun., August 9, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm –

On Sunday, August 9, 2026, Nalandabodhi Seattle will offer a workshop on walking meditation led by Karunika Karen de Luna. In conjunction with periods of sitting meditation, different exercises in guided walking meditation will be presented to help cultivate awareness in motion.

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Ongoing Dharma Offerings

Open Meditation on Thursday Evenings

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

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Coming Up at Nalandabodhi Seattle

Sunday Open Meditation: Practices for Taming the Mind with NB Seattle Karunikas

Sun., July 26, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – 4 Sundays July 12, 19, 26, + August 2, 2026 Revisit specific verses from the Eight Verses, short talk + discussion, paired with guided meditations on the topic. Led by Karunikas or other volunteers. Schedule 10:00 am Open Meditation (sitting & walking) 11:00 am Dharma Discussion 11:30 am Community Potluck Lunch Registration Nalandabodhi Seattle offers […]

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Thursday Evening Open Meditation

Thu., July 30, 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

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