Five Sundays with Mitra Tyler Dewar

Nalandabodhi Seattle is pleased to welcome Mitra Dean Tyler Dewar back to teach during Sunday Open Meditation!

At the first session on April 20th Mitra Tyler asked students for suggestions for topics to discuss in the coming Sundays.  Recordings for all sessions will be available to those who register.

Sun, Apr 27th: Taking Care of Oneself: A Key Step in Caring for Others

Sun, May 4th: All the Feels: The Three Conditions for the Arising of Challenging Emotions

Sun, May 11th: Now’s the Time: Exploring the Precious Instructions for Death and Dying

Sun, May 18th: Form and Emptiness: is Sacred Outlook Realistic?

Schedule

10:00–11:00a Open Meditation (sitting & walking)
11:00a–12:00p Dharma Talk by Mitra Tyler
12:00–1:00p Community Lunch

Format

These teachings will be held in person at Nalanda West and shared online via zoom. Recordings will be posted for listening and review within ~24h of each class and available until 18 July 2025 (2 months after the conclusion of the series).

Registration

If you happen upon a page for this event that is in the past and want to register for future sessions and access to the Resource Page recordings, please check here for remaining sessions. You can register for any of the session dates.

After registering, you should receive an email (subject: Registration Confirmation: Five Sundays with Mitra Tyler Dewar) containing zoom, resource page, and dana links.

Questions?

Please contact seattle@nalandabodhi.org if you would like to volunteer to support this event or have any questions.

Teacher

Mitra Tyler was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. He has been engaged in the study and practice of Buddhism since 1996, becoming a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche two years later. He began studying the Tibetan language in 1997, and became an oral interpreter and textual translator for Nitartha Institute and Nalandabodhi in 2000.

Tyler joined the faculty of Nitartha Institute in 2003 and was appointed as a senior teacher in Nalandabodhi in 2005. He has served as an oral interpreter for lineage-holding masters of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Tyler enjoys teaching on such topics as the four immeasurables, and exploring how the great Buddhist forebears inspire and inform life in the 21st century.

A musician and singer, he has participated in the creation of several ‘melodized’ liturgies and ‘dharma songs.’ Tyler is the father of an amazing daughter and lives in Seattle, Washington.

About the “Mitra” title: In 2005, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche empowered a group of his long-time students to be senior teachers of Nalandabodhi. He gave each of them the title Mitra, which is drawn from the Sanskrit term Kalyanamitra, “spiritual friend.” The Mitras guide Nalandabodhi’s three paths of Study, Meditation, and Mindful Activity and teach throughout the world.