Sunday Open Meditation with Susan Chapman

Please join us at Nalanda West for a special Sunday Open Meditation with Susan Chapman. After sitting and walking meditation, there will be a public, introductory talk related to her workshop, Which Way is Up? Meeting Fear with Lovingkindness in the Bardos of Everyday Life. (Please use the link to register if you are interested in the afternoon workshop.) Susan is a graduate of Naropa University and a long-time Buddhist and Nalandabodhi Seattle is very excited to host this Sunday of teachings.

Schedule

10:00 Opening Chants
10:10 Shamatha (Calm Abiding) and Walking Meditation
11:00 Dharma Talk with Susan Chapman
12:00 Community Lunch

Teacher Bio

Susan Chapman has been studying and practicing the Buddhist dharma for over 50 years. During that time she’s worked in prisons, battered women’s shelters and in private practice as a family therapist. She spent nine years in retreat at Gampo Abbey followed by 8 years serving as a Shambhala acharya. She is currently a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. In 2020 she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer and her experience in that living bardo is the basis for her new book.