Essential Points of The Path of Mindful Activity

“As practitioners, we may have an excellent foundation in study and meditation, but it’s not until we mix our knowledge and insight with mindful activity that our path is most complete and we become fully human. This path of mindful activity is indispensable for arousing the courage we need to connect with our heart of enlightenment and the experience of immeasurable love and kindness for all beings.”

— Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Integrate the conceptual clarity of study and the experiential base of meditation into action and cultivate greater kindness for oneself and others.

• Session 1:  Friday, Oct. 18  7-8:30 p.m. 
• Session 2: Saturday, Oct. 19  1-4 p.m.

This two-day class will explore the view and experiential practices of the Essential Points of Path of Mindful Activity, guided by Midori Nakamura and Genko Blackman.

Sliding-scale fee; a $30 donation is recommended.

Midori Nakamura has been a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche since 2006, and currently serves as a core member of the Nalandabodhi Path of Mindful Activity team. She is excited to share the joy of service and how the ordinary activities of work, home life and relationships are all part of a dharma path. She brings to this work her role as a DPR Office staff member and a student of Japanese tea ceremony studies.

Genko Blackman serves as a core member of the Nalandabodhi Path of Mindful Activity team, and has been a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche since 2013. She has been trained in the Rinzai Zen tradition since 1983 and is fully ordained in that tradition. She teaches at Puget Sound Zen Center as well as Buddhist groups in the state prison system. When there is time, she enjoys practicing Japanese tea ceremony and gardening.