Winter Solstice Practice 2023

The darkest day of the year is fast approaching. Please join Nalandabodhi Seattle in practicing The Aspiration of Samantabhadra on the shortest day of the year.

SCHEDULE

(all times are Pacific Time)

6:00 PM Remarks by Acharya Tashi
6:20 PM Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra (chanting & liturgical practice)
7:00 PM Potluck in the Nalanda West dining room

DETAILS

This will be a hybrid practice. For those attending in-person, our practice will be followed by a potluck downstairs in the dining room. Acharya Tashi’s remarks and the liturgical practice will be shared online. A zoom link will be emailed upon registration.

The program is offered at no charge, but participants are encouraged to practice generosity by making a Teacher’s Gift.

Please contact Karen de Luna (karendeluna@nalandabodhi.org) if you have questions about this event.

Acharya Tashi Wangchuk is the resident teacher at Nalanda West, Nalandabodhi’s center in Seattle. He also serves as the main acharya overseeing all Nalandabodhi centers in North America.

Born and raised in eastern Bhutan, Acharya Tashi moved to Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India, at the age of 15. While there, he studied for ten years and graduated from Karma Shri Nalanda Institute, the principal Karma Kagyu monastic college. After his graduation, Acharya Tashi assumed teaching responsibilities for the Karma Kagyu lineage in Hong Kong before returning to Rumtek Monastery to teach at the college from which he graduated.

Following this, Acharya Tashi did editorial work for Nitartha International in Nepal, an educational organization founded by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche to preserve and digitize endangered Tibetan texts. Acharya Tashi is one of the principal editors working to publish the renowned Eight Great Treatises of the Karma Kagyu lineage. Currently in Seattle, he continues to prepare classical Tibetan texts vital to the Kagyu lineage for publication.