Sunday discussions with Acharya Tashi return through Dec. 22, focusing on Gampopa Sönam Rinchen’s classic text, “The Jewel Ornament of Liberation,” which lays out the step-by-step path to buddhahood that is open to us all.
Nalandabodhi Seattle and Nitartha Institute are offering several study options this fall, at Nalanda West and online. A book-study group on a classic Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche lojong text begins in October, while Introduction to Buddhism and World I: Valid Cognition got underway in September.
The Khyentse Foundation Prize for Outstanding
Translation recently was awarded to Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl for his three-volume translation of Asanga’s
Mahāyānasaṃgraha.
and it’s Tibetan commentaries.
Looking for interesting programs that tweak your ordinary mind? Nalanda West offers eclectic and stimulating programs in art, music and meditation. Join us in November for a weekend mindfulness retreat with Robert Beatty, a dream yoga book discussion group, loving-kindness qigong, our mind-training book discussion group and our Introduction to Buddhism class series.
Every form of disaster, crisis or setback is actually a chance for us to create an opportunity. Some of the most wonderful experiences of realization, realizing the nature of mind, were born out of a crisis in the practitioner’s life.
We live in a multicultural society, with all different kinds of people. People are starting to recognize multiple gender identities, not just male and female, but non-binary, gender-queer and so on. People don’t necessarily belong to just one racial or cultural group either, they may belong to different backgrounds.
