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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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Introduction to Analytical Meditation

Sat., August 8, 2026 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am – 4 Saturdays August 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026 Join us for Introduction to Analytical Meditation. The methods and practices of vipashyana, clear seeing, and analytical meditation will be shared. More information coming soon! Schedule August 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026 10:00-11:30a PT* * click here for local time conversion. Registration Nalandabodhi Seattle offers dharma teachings […]

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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

Quarterly Day of Practice (Nyinthun)

Sat., August 15, 2026 @ 7:00 am – 4:00 pm –

Please join us for the next Nalandabodhi Seattle nyinthun (Day of Practice) on Saturday, August 15, 2026! Nalandabodhi Seattle is offering a more extensive day of practice in August that will include a talk on Arya Tara by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Khadiravanitara Sadhana practice (along with the reading transmission for those who need it), and other later in the day (e.g., shamatha/vipashyana, ngöndro, and Vajrasattva sadhana).

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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

Thursday Evening Open Meditation

Thu., August 6, 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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