Discipline is like a well-tended field, nurturing the crops of freedom and true enjoyment to flourish. Please join Nalandabodhi Seattle on Sunday, September 28, at 10:00 am Pacific Time for Sunday Meditation with a Dharma talk by Mitra Tyler Dewar on the Pāramitā of Discipline. You are warmly invited to participate onsite at Nalanda West (Seattle) or online.
Please join Nalandabodhi Seattle on Monday, September 22, at 5:30 pm (PT) for a special Dharma talk with Mitra Dean Mark Power, followed by the seasonal practice of The Aspiration Prayer of Samantabhadra. This profound Dzogchen prayer is an invitation to recognize our innate buddha nature and to dedicate this aspiration for the benefit of all beings.
In a heartfelt offering, Francis Olivier shows the gift of being vulnerable: “It was during that night that I realized how difficult I’ve been, how unpleasant at times I’ve been in the world. Despite this, my friends in my community have always put up with me. Always supported me.”
This year’s Drupchen not only marks a decade of gathering together in the noble practice of Tara—embodying compassion, swift activity, and the courageous heart of awakening—it is also the first time we will engage with the newly compiled and published text, “The Ritual of the Five-Deity Tara and Tara Mandala.”This anniversary is also an auspicious occasion to make an offering—dedicated to Tara’s enlightened activities, the flourishing of the Dharma, the compassionate activity of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, and the benefit of all beings, including those who might be ill, dying, or experiencing obstacles.
In this gentle poem, sangha member Beth Patterson offers a contemplation we can do any time, anywhere. Listen. Slow down. Relax.
“The practice of Mahamudra is an experience of our mind that’s completely free and joyful, no matter what our life brings us. It points us to mind’s true nature.”–Dzogchen Ponlop RinpocheKindly hosted by Nalandabody New York, please join Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen and Acharya Lhakpa Tshering for a day-long retreat online and onsite in New York at the Balance Arts Center. Whether you are a new or experience practitioner, we aim to bring together everyone with this retreat to practice and learn how we can be of greater help to the world around us.
