{"id":58470,"date":"2023-11-01T09:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T16:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/?page_id=58470"},"modified":"2023-12-20T08:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T16:26:15","slug":"winter-retreat-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/event-info\/year-2023\/winter-retreat-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Retreat 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"58470\" class=\"elementor elementor-58470\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20c632a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20c632a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">Winter Retreat: Ignite the Courageous Heart of Compassion\u200b<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-877eeb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"877eeb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<b><span style=\"color: #5daeff\">A hybrid event both Online via Zoom and Onsite at Nalanda West<\/span><\/b>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ab2712 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a397b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a397b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What would it mean to live our lives from a heart-centered place?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d402c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d402c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Just for a moment, imagine yourself and our world free of suffering, without self-hatred, without other-hatred, free of our neuroses and confusion, free of the challenges and obstacles to experiencing the ever-present resource of a kind heart, of awakened wise love \u2014 the very essence that surrounds and infuses us.<\/p><p>Just for a moment, imagine how that might look. Better yet, imagine how that might <em>feel<\/em>.<\/p><p>Sounds pretty lofty. Or simply naive? Maybe. It is true that we are inundated on a daily basis with so much strife that we often lose faith, feel helpless, or ready to jump into the fight \u2014 none of which is the solution. And yet we know from those who have come before us and from some present among us today, a path exists that leads to a wakeful mind and a courageous, compassionate heart.<\/p><p>The question is, how do we re-ignite our motivation to commit to that path? We do so by starting small and with great kindness. We start with ourselves. As Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche reminds us, \u201cIf you change, the world has changed.\u201d<\/p><p>The new year is an opportune time to regain our inspiration, and Winter Retreat is an opportune time to launch that fresh start, to ignite the spark for inner transformation. We will start small, choosing one obstacle we\u2019d like to overcome, and then make use of a time-honored guide: <em>The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva<\/em> by Dzatrul Ngawang Tenzin Norbu. As Rinpoche writes in the foreword, the text \u201cpresents an alternative way of thinking, of relating to the outer and inner worlds of everyday living\u2026It is a training manual for thinking outside our usual boxes of culture, religion, and self-centeredness.\u201d<\/p><p>We step into Winter Retreat to discover how these practices are useful for our lives today. We learn to make them personal, relevant solutions to the problems we face on a daily basis. Not lofty, just practical. Not an immediate fix, but an ongoing support that leads to the change we want.<\/p><p>As we explore this essential text, contemplate the maras (obstacles to our path), and practice the liberating path of Mahamudra meditation, we can also pause and reflect upon this past year, setting an aspiration to challenge, understand, and perhaps even overcome our chosen obstacle by igniting our courageous heart, making room for kindness, love, and compassion to infuse our lives \u2014 first for ourselves and then for all others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ecbf94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ecbf94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveaspectratio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c493c0f\" data-id=\"c493c0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a065c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a065c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What to Expect?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2316ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2316ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">Our four days together will focus on meditation, with sessions in the morning and afternoon, followed by Mahamudra meditation in the evening. There will be teachings on the Thirty-seven Practices of a Bodhisattva and Lojong Mind Training plus time for contemplation.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Acharya Tashi Wangchuk<\/strong> will focus on the Lojong Mind Training teachings, with contemplations on the four Maras or obstacles and obstructing energies we can face on the path.<\/p><p><strong>Acharya Lhakpa Tshering<\/strong> will lead Mahamudra meditation practice, following a text by Milarepa and contemplating his metaphors for practicing: \u201csteady like a mountain,\u201d like a \u201cchild in the shrine room,\u201d and \u201cself-luminous like a torch.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Mitra Mark Power<\/strong>, who led reflections and taught on the first 14 verses of <em>A Guide to the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva <\/em>last year<em>, <\/em>will continue exploring verses 15 &#8211; 25.<\/p><p>As part of your registration, you will be given access to Mitra Mark\u2019s four talks on verses 1 &#8211; 14, selected from last 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a84b0e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Our Teachers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf40d09 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf40d09\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0951f2\" data-id=\"a0951f2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-038def2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"038def2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Acharya Tashi Wangchuk<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61da2fa elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"61da2fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d97c2fe\" data-id=\"d97c2fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc821a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cc821a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Acharya_Tashi_Wangchuk-1-300x300.jpg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-27702\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Acharya_Tashi_Wangchuk-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Acharya_Tashi_Wangchuk-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Acharya_Tashi_Wangchuk-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Acharya_Tashi_Wangchuk-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c17e7f\" data-id=\"6c17e7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd3e676 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd3e676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Acharya Tashi is the resident teacher at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nalandawest.org\/\">Nalanda West<\/a>, Nalandabodhi\u2019s center in Seattle. He also serves as the main acharya overseeing all Nalandabodhi centers in North America.\u00a0<\/p><p>Born and raised in eastern Bhutan, Acharya Tashi moved to Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim, India, at the age of 15. While there, he studied for ten years and graduated from Karma Shri Nalanda Institute, the principal Karma Kagyu monastic college. After his graduation, Acharya Tashi assumed teaching responsibilities for the Karma Kagyu lineage in Hong Kong before returning to Rumtek Monastery to teach at the college from which he graduated.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-832d8ad elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"832d8ad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ae6b6b\" data-id=\"7ae6b6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-02f2dcb elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02f2dcb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4195b94\" data-id=\"4195b94\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6c09be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6c09be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Acharya-Lhakpa-Tsering-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-46705\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Acharya-Lhakpa-Tsering.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Acharya-Lhakpa-Tsering-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Acharya-Lhakpa-Tsering-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Acharya-Lhakpa-Tsering-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbb1c9f\" data-id=\"dbb1c9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64056e5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64056e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Acharya Lhakpa Tshering was born in Bhutan and entered monastic school at age 12. In 1993, he enrolled at Rumtek Monastery\u2019s Karma Shri Nalanda Institute in Sikkim, India. In 2002, Acharya Lhakpa graduated with a masters in buddhist studies, also known as an acharya degree. After completing his studies, he served as co-librarian with Dilyak Drupon Rinpoche, as a teacher at Karma Shri Nalanda Institute, and as an editor for Nitartha Publications in Kathmandu, Nepal.<\/p><p>In 2006, Acharya Lhakpa moved to Nalanda West in Seattle, Washington, where he continues to support students as a resident teacher. He is also a visiting teacher at Nalandabodhi centers across the northeastern and central United States, as well as Brazil.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef00eb9\" data-id=\"ef00eb9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c70013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c70013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Acharya Lhakpa<br>Tsering<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347d183 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"347d183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6310bc1 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6310bc1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8aec88\" data-id=\"d8aec88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a7b0e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a7b0e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-22-at-01.25.50-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-46316\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-22-at-01.25.50-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-22-at-01.25.50-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-22-at-01.25.50-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-22-at-01.25.50-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-22-at-01.25.50.jpeg 723w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d747661\" data-id=\"d747661\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3cb63b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3cb63b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Mitra Mark has been a student of the Dharma for Mark has over 30 years of experience supporting, training and coaching people to bring their lives into alignment with their most important values. He is a longtime student of the Buddha\u2019s teachings, studying with his teacher, <a href=\"https:\/\/dpr.info\/\">Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche<\/a>, since the early 1990s. Like so many, he came to this path seeking to engage a larger, kinder, more playful sense of being. <br \/>His compassionate care for others shines throughout his leadership roles at<a href=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/\"> Nalandabodhi<\/a> and his work as a chaplain and life coach. Today, Mitra Mark joyfully explores the interplay of dharma, relationships, leadership and the arts, encouraging\u00a0 generosity of heart, humor and wisdom in every area of life.<br \/>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/markpowercoaching.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Power\u2026<\/a><br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8cf634 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8cf634\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e318cd5\" data-id=\"e318cd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8bd5cc elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8bd5cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c648099\" data-id=\"c648099\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ff1fa3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ff1fa3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ellen-Balze-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-46788\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ellen-Balze-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ellen-Balze-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ellen-Balze-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ellen-Balze-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ellen-Balze-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ellen-Balze-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Ellen-Balze.jpeg 1199w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1035313\" data-id=\"1035313\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a231d2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a231d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Ellen became a student of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche in 2015 and began working with the Core Path of Mindful Activity Team in 2018. She is a clinical psychologist with a background in organizational consulting, and is trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, a form of psychotherapy based on Buddhist teachings. She has benefited greatly from opportunities (and reminders) to pause, relax, and reflect while collaborating with other East Coast Nalandabodhi members and folks across Nalandabodhi on retreats and other projects. She also enjoys baking bread and caring for succulents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-059ba42\" data-id=\"059ba42\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100fe76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"100fe76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ellen Balze<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9494b50\" data-id=\"9494b50\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5444734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5444734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Laura McRae<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f765e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"45f765e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Born in Los Angeles and educated in Houston, she is teacher of English and Creative Writing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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Borders<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4fb2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4fb2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Like last year, once again we will partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/mind-without-borders\/\">Mind Without Borders<\/a>, a prison dharma based out of the New York City Nalandabodhi sangha. The program provides Buddhist study through correspondence courses, dharma pen pals, and meditation instruction.<\/p><p>As Dzogchen Ponlop RInpoche has said about the program\u2019s mission, \u201cWe aspire to benefit our most stigmatized members of our society, so they might in turn benefit others and that together, we may spread harmony and happiness in our shared and interdependent worlds \u2014 because heart and mind know no prison walls or borders.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edbbbc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edbbbc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><b><span style=\"color: #5daeff\"><strong>How can you participate and support?<\/strong><\/span><\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12ff961 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12ff961\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>You can participate in MWB by becoming penpals with a prison inmate, either male or female, who is interested in dharma and meditation. Correspondence is anonymous and sent via our MWB post office box. Please contact Isabel Kirsch (<a href=\"mailto:mindwithoutbordersnyc@gmail.com\">mindwithoutbordersnyc@gmail.com<\/a>) or Jonathan Swann (<a href=\"mailto:swannthirdave@gmail.com\">swannthirdave@gmail.com<\/a>), the co-directors of MWB, if you would like to become a penpal.<\/p><p>You can also make a <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.nalandabodhi.org\/donate\/mind-without-borders\/?_ga=2.35418465.171803038.1698181923-466276284.1638208495&amp;_gl=1*1rutjpm*_ga*NDY2Mjc2Mjg0LjE2MzgyMDg0OTU.*_ga_E5LSSKMGSR*MTY5ODE4MTkyMy4zMy4wLjE2OTgxODE5MjMuMC4wLjA.\">donation<\/a> to MWB to support the prisoners on the path with study materials.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fed21e3 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