Sunday Open Meditation + Practicing the Six Paramitas

Sundays, October 6–November 10, 2024

How does one practice to achieve liberation outside of formal meditation practice on the cushion? On the Mahayana path, the path of the great vehicle, we engage in the two accumulations of merit and wisdom by practicing the Six Paramitas: Generosity, Discipline, Patience, Diligence, Meditation, and Wisdom.

During October and November Nalandabodhi Seattle Karunikas will present introductory teachings and guided meditations on the six paramitas, which are also known as the Six Perfections. Please join us!

Schedule

10:00 Opening Chants
10:10 Shamatha (Calm Abiding) and Walking Meditation
11:00 Paramita (guided meditation, teaching, and discussion)
12:00 Community Lunch

(all times are Pacific Time/UTC-7)

Dates

Sunday, October 6, 2024
Generosity (Dāna) presented by Karunika Midori Nakamura

Sunday, October 13, 2024
Discipline (Śila) presented by Karunika Christian Scott

Sunday, October 20, 2024
Patience (Kṣānti) presented by Karunika Karen de Luna

Sunday, October 27, 2024
Diligence (Vīrya) presented by Karunika Lynne Marvet

Sunday, November 3, 2024
Meditation (Dhyāna) presented by Karunika Susan Kirchoff

Sunday, November 10, 2024
Wisdom (Prajña) presented by Karunika Sandra Roscoe

The “Karunika” title: In 2021, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, with the support of the Nalandabodhi Acharyas, Lamas, and Mitras (the most senior group of designated teachers in Nalandabodhi), appointed over eighty long-time students to serve in a newly created supporting teacher’s role to assist in guiding our sangha members and to help share with the general public Nalandabodhi’s unique approach to spirituality. The Sanskrit term “Karunika” means “one who has compassion.” Possessing a wide range of backgrounds and sets of individual expertise, as well as formidable experience in the study and practice of the Buddhadharma, the Karunikas offer programs on themes connected to the paths of study, meditation, and mindful activity and on the “five fields of knowledge”: healing, the arts, language and communication, logic and epistemology, and the inner science of mind.