Sunday Open Meditation: Awareness in Motion—Meditation in Our Daily Lives with Mitra Mark Power

Please join us for a special Sunday Open Meditation with special guest teacher Mitra Dean Mark Power on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at Nalanda West and online.

Awareness in Motion: Meditation in Our Daily Lives

The activities of our daily life, whether at our jobs, in our relationships, or in the sangha, offer profound opportunities to bring the precise, mindful awareness we cultivate through meditation into our experience off the cushion. Mitra Dean Mark invites us to explore the connections between our mediation practice and our daily lives, touching on fundamental concepts of the Buddhist path including the accumulation of merit, karma, and moment-by-moment mindfulness.

Schedule

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

Registration

Nalandabodhi Seattle offers dharma teachings at no cost, but please consider making a donation if you are able.

Format

Hybrid — onsite at Nalanda West and online via zoom.

Registration Details

Zoom and Resource Page links will be emailed after registering. Please register below and look for an auto-email response.

Please practice generosity when registering so that Nalandabodhi Seattle can continue to offer precious teachings like these to all who are interested in the dharma.

Questions?

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

If you would like to volunteer to help support this Sunday or Sunday Open Meditation in general, please fill out this Sunday volunteering form. If you would like to contribute to the Sunda potluck, please fill out this Sunday Potluck form.

Teacher

Mitra Mark has been a student of the Dharma for several decades and has studied with Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche since the early 1990s. Over the years, Mark served in a variety of leadership and service roles within Nalandabodhi. In 2005, he was appointed as a teacher (Mitra) and made a member of the Mitra Council where his focus is the Path of Mindful Activity— the intersection of dharma and daily life. Currently, Mark serves as dean of the Mitra Council.

Mark worked for many years as a chaplain and palliative care consultant in healthcare settings. In 2014, he broadened his focus to include life-transition and executive coaching. Mark is a partner in Awareness Enabled Life Positioning, a professional development company in China whose programs leverage experiential awareness, kindness, and creativity as key strengths of the business leader.

Mark, who resided in Seattle for 15 years, moved to New York in 2014, where he now lives in the Hudson Valley town of Red Hook with his wife Marion. They have two kind and creative adult daughters, a very hip son-in-law, and a much doted on granddaughter and grandson!

Our Mitra Dean

Mitra Mark Power is currently serving as the Mitra Dean of Nalandabodhi, a role that rotates among our Mitras. The Dean leads the Mitra Council, which guides Nalandabodhi’s Three Paths and works closely with Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Together, they help ensure that Rinpoche’s vision for a genuine and relevant presentation of the Buddhadharma is upheld in the 21st century and passed on for centuries to come.

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.