How to bring heart and mind together on the spiritual path? Please join Nalandabodhi Seattle is hosting a special two part program with our beloved teacher Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and acclaimed musician Krishna Das.

Following a conversation in the afternoon, Krishna Das and musicians generously participate in a live concert (onsite-only) at Nalanda West (Seattle, USA).

According to Mahayana Buddhist sutras, Amitābha was formerly a king who renounced his kingdom and became a monk named Dharmakāra. Inspired by the teachings of Lokesvararaja Buddha, he made 48 great vows for the liberation of sentient beings.

Presented by the Mahasiddha Retreat Centre, Nalandabodhi Vancouver will host an esteemed group of Acharyas and Lamas for the traditional weekend practices.

How is the awakened and awakening heart depicted? How can the practices of looking at and creating buddhist art be a support on our path to awakening?

Please join Karunika Stephanie Johnston for a weekend workshop hosted by Nalandabodhi Germany to explore these questions using Buddhist Visual Literacy, a practice that joins art, clear seeing, and symbolism with the Buddhist path.

Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl will offer a weekend retreat, hosted by our friends at Bodhicarya, based on the traditional Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness as taught by Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.

Drawing from recent teachings by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen about bodhicitta and mahamudra, and His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje’s book Interconnected, Karma Ösung kicks off our new series of articles about how to connect the disconnect. How can we see, feel, and live in harmony with the reality of interconnectedness?

Using The Aspiration of Bodhicitta as our guide, we’ll explore the myriad of ways we can connect with others even when we feel most disconnected in this year’s Be Wise Go Kind program under the guidance of Mitra Mark Power.