Guided Group Meditation Practice

Saturdays, November 23, December 7 

10:00 – 10:30 am           Meditation onsite at Nalanda West

10:30 am to 12 noon     Meditation instruction onsite and on Zoom

“The starting point for discovering the true nature or reality of your mind is just this awareness of thoughts.”  – Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Through meditation we become familiar with our mind. Meditation gives us space to examine how our conditioned mind works. This examination eventually frees us from our painful habits, struggles and confusion. Through meditation we discover the fundamental openness and ease of our mind which brings compassion into our daily lives.

Rysiek Frąckiewicz connected with the Kagyü lineage at age 19 and sought instruction from teachers including Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche before meeting Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche at Nitartha Institute in 1998, formally requesting to become his student a year later. Rysiek has facilitated Nalandabodhi study and meditation curriculum courses in Seattle for several years and is also a dharma photographer, with portraits printed in Shenpen Ösel, Bodhi, and Lion’s Roar magazines, as well as books by Wisdom and Shambhala Publications. Through the great kindness of his teacher, Rysiek had the opportunity to accompany and photograph H.H. the 17th Karmapa on several visits throughout the USA. He works as a technology professional, currently instructing IT bootcamps as part of a diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative.