How do we bring what we study and practice on the cushion into the flow of our everyday actions? Hosted by Nalandabodhi Akasha, Kristina Bischoff and Christian Scott will lead a 6-session course on the Path of Mindful Activity—learning to bring the clarity of study and the depth of meditation into our daily activity with awareness and compassion.
How can what we study and practice on the cushion be integrated into our daily lives? Hosted by Nalandabodhi Akasha, Mitra Mark Power will kindly offer a free public talk on mindful activity, exploring how study and meditation can be applied in our daily actions with awareness and compassion.
Our friends at the Middle Way Initiative warmly invite us to a special Open Questions conversation, Clear Seeing, with Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel and our dear Mitra Karl Brunnhölzl.
Our friends at Karmapa Center 16 warmly commemorate the parinirvāṇa of His Holiness the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, each year on November 5th.This year, the 44th Anniversary will be marked with a Guru Yoga Teaching Retreat and Amitābha Practice. It is a precious occasion to connect with the wisdom of guru yoga, reflect on the inspiring life and boundless compassion of the 16th Karmapa, and discover how these qualities can illuminate and guide our own lives.
Ben Mikolaj challenges us to face contempt with compassion: “Loving kindness has no exceptions. Even those who terrify, disgust, or enrage us are beings who feel pain and long for happiness. Even those who actively oppose empathy are worthy of it.”
The Buddha used his curiosity and persistence to explore the nature of reality. He discovered that genuine wisdom lies in the middle way—avoiding the extremes of nihilism and eternalism. What does this “middle way” mean for us today? Hosted by Nalandabodhi Seattle, Dianne Eberlein and Jay Sacks will offer a 9-class course introducing key perspectives from the Mahayana tradition.
