Our Nalandabodhi community is grateful for the compassionate work of health care professionals worldwide. They are keeping everyone safe and informed. Based on their recommendations and advice, Nalandabodhi on-site programs and practices will be cancelled for the remainder of March. The good news is that most of our regular classes and practices will be webcast.
Losar, the Tibetan New Year, comes Feb. 24; the Earth Sow is making way for the Iron Mouse. This year a new Children’s Program is part of our celebration. Also join us for a Feb. 14-15 pre-Losar workshop and pre-Losar protector chants on Feb. 20, 21 and 22.
Honor the Winter Solstice with the Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra, at 11 a.m. Saturday Dec. 21 and 7 p.m. Thursday Dec. 26.
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.
