Sunday Morning Talk &
Sunday Evening Talk, Prayers & Party
A Special Sunday Morning Class Talk
10:00-11:15am - Inner Peace in a Changing World: Who are the Kadampas?
With Nick Birdsall
$12 / Free for supporters
Special Sunday Evening Talk & Prayers
4:00-4:30pm - Talk: Je Tsongkhapa, the Manifestation of all Buddhas
With Kadam Trina
4:30-6:15pm - Chanted Prayers: Offering to the Spiritual Guide
6:15pm - Tsog Offering Party
Free
Sunday, October 25 is Je Tsongkhapa Day, when Kadampa centers and practitioners around the world remember the great kindness of the great Spiritual Guide Je Tsongkhapa. At Kadampa Meditation Center Washington, we will celebrate Je Tsongkhapa’s life and his lineage of pure teachings he has given to the world.
Venerable Geshe-la says in Mirror of Dharma, “Many scholars have said that the power of Je Tsongkhapa’s blessings and his skillful methods to lead practitioners to the state of enlightenment is unequalled among those of all other Buddhas. We should rejoice in having met the doctrine of Je Tsongkhapa, and in having the opportunity to listen to and practice the oral instructions of this precious Guru who is the synthesis of all Buddhas.”
Everyone is warmly invited to join us for these two special events.
Heart Jewel Day Retreat:
Abiding in the Blessings of Losang Dragpa
Everyone is welcome to join us for a guided day retreat on Heart Jewel practice, the daily meditation practice of Kadampa Buddhism. Kadam Trina will guide three sessions, with meditations on visualizing and receiving blessings from Je Tsongkhapa (ordained name: Losang Dragpa).
This guided day retreat is an excellent opportunity to become closer to this pure Spiritual Guide and abide in his blessings. Just visualizing Je Tsongkhapa with faith is a powerful method for receiving the blessings of all the Buddhas. Even in these impure times, faithful Kadampa practitioners can receiving unceasing blessings from Je Tsongkhapa, transforming their mind into the peaceful mind of Dharma realizations.
Saturday 21 | 10am
Everyone is warmly welcome to receive the blessing empowerment of Medicine Buddha in the blessed space of our urban temple in Seattle.
By receiving Medicine Buddha’s healing blessings and relying on this enlightened being with faith, we can heal our physical and mental sickness at the deepest level, and develop a special power of our own body, speech and mind, which we can use to help others through healing actions.
Please note that non-festival / celebration empowerments are not available by Livestream. Please come in person & enjoy this precious opportunity with others.
Schedule
Empowerment 10am-12pm
Teaching on the Practice 2-3:30pm
Guided Practice 4:30-5:30pm
Everyone is welcome!
Take a break from the hustle-and-bustle of your busy daily life in the beautiful setting of Fidalgo Bay. During this one-day meditation retreat, you will be guided in meditations on the nature of your own mind.
These sublime meditations are effective methods for improving concentration and counteracting negative mental habits. By training in these meditations, your mind will become progressively more subtle and peaceful causing you to experience a profound inner stillness and tranquility.
Everyone welcome.
Saturday Workshop
At Northlife Aesthetics and Wellness
Transforming Pain into Peace with Buddhist Meditation
Sat Sep 26| 10am - 1pm
With Kadampa Buddhist Teacher, Kadam Trina Gunther
In the midst of problems, conflicts and adversities, how can we maintain a balanced and positive mind?
Buddha taught a special method that enables us to use all our difficult circumstances and painful experiences for profound mental growth, called “transforming adverse conditions into the path.”
Transforming adverse condition into the path is vital in these degenerate times because we are constantly surrounded by difficulties. There is no way of avoiding difficult situations, but if we can change our attitude toward them, they will no longer be problems for us.
In this workshop, Kadam Trina will introduce this method on how to transform our mind from unhappy and anxious to peaceful and positive with whatever circumstances arise in our life. There will be guided meditations and opportunties for Q and A.
Schedule
10:00-11:15am
Refreshment break
11:45am-1:00pm
Everyone is welcome! No meditation experience is required. Save the date
Friday Evening Library Talk With Guided Meditation
Find Happiness from a Different Source
Free Talk & Meditation
Friday Sep 25
5:30pm - 6:30pm
With Kadampa Buddhist Teacher, Kadam Trina Gunther
We are constantly looking for happiness, and not just fleeting happiness - we want a happiness that is deep and lasting. Even though we put a lot of energy into arranging our life for this purpose, it can feel like any happiness we do find is short-lived. Instead, problem after problem still arise in our life and we become ever-more exhausted, anxious and dissatisfied.
In this talk, Kadam Trina will share the life-changing wisdom of Buddha on how to find deep, lasting happiness in our busy and challenging lives. This talk will include a guided meditation and an opportunity for questions.
Everyone is welcome! Save the date.
We are offering these once-monthly Highest Yoga Tantra (HYT) practice classes to help practitioners gain understanding, familiarity and confidence in HYT practice. Key to this is finding a daily practice that gets us moving in the right direction, keeps our empowerment blessings alive, and works with our daily schedules.
These classes are currently exploring how to easily and simply practice of the essentials of Vajrayogini self-generation practice. Guided step-by-step, we will gradually build up a qualified understanding and practice of Dakini Yoga, Blissful Path or Quick Path to Great Bliss.
We are offering these once-monthly Highest Yoga Tantra (HYT) practice classes to help practitioners gain understanding, familiarity and confidence in HYT practice. Key to this is finding a daily practice that gets us moving in the right direction, keeps our empowerment blessings alive, and works with our daily schedules.
These classes are currently exploring how to easily and simply practice of the essentials of Vajrayogini self-generation practice. Guided step-by-step, we will gradually build up a qualified understanding and practice of Dakini Yoga, Blissful Path or Quick Path to Great Bliss.
We are offering these once-monthly Highest Yoga Tantra (HYT) practice classes to help practitioners gain understanding, familiarity and confidence in HYT practice. Key to this is finding a daily practice that gets us moving in the right direction, keeps our empowerment blessings alive, and works with our daily schedules.
These classes are currently exploring how to easily and simply practice of the essentials of Vajrayogini self-generation practice. Guided step-by-step, we will gradually build up a qualified understanding and practice of Dakini Yoga, Blissful Path or Quick Path to Great Bliss.
We are offering these once-monthly Highest Yoga Tantra (HYT) practice classes to help practitioners gain understanding, familiarity and confidence in HYT practice. Key to this is finding a daily practice that gets us moving in the right direction, keeps our empowerment blessings alive, and works with our daily schedules.
These classes are currently exploring how to easily and simply practice of the essentials of Vajrayogini self-generation practice. Guided step-by-step, we will gradually build up a qualified understanding and practice of Dakini Yoga, Blissful Path or Quick Path to Great Bliss.
Time to switch it up?
If you have been coming to dorp-in meditation classes for a while and want to take your practice to hte next level, Foundation Program could be your next step. Learn more at the free Intro Talk, September 13.
Foundation Progrma (FP) offers a structured and thorough approach to leanring modern Buddhism and taking meditation to a deeper level.
The program works like this:
• Study one book at a time, going through each section slowly
• Meditate each week on what was studied the previous week
• Discus in pairs as well as a group, to share and learn from each other
FP meets once a week, Sundays 4-6pm
Teacher: Nick Birdsall
New Book: The New Eight Steps to Happiness
On-line enrollment is available for those who qualify.
Join us for our Ballard Open House, coffee and FREE pancake breakfast from 8am-12 noon
Drop-in to a 15-minute Guided Meditation at 9:30am, 10:30am and 11:30am
Enjoy delicious pancakes, tour our beautiful meditation room and shrine, see the Kid's Class classroom, visit our bookstore and garden, and enjoy community
With Cecilia Watson
Saturday, July 18
9am-12pm
By training in meditation, we create an inner space and clarity that enable us to control our minds regardless of the external circumstances. Gradually, we develop mental equilibrium, a balanced mind that is happy all the time, rather than an unbalanced mind that oscillates between the extremes of excitement and despondency.
Join us for an evening of deep inspiration and celebration of our founder Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, with videos of his life and accomplishments, refreshments and community.
From a humble monk to a world-renowned Buddhist meditation master, we can all see reflections of our own spiritual potential through accounts of his dedication, compassionate actions and kindness. Through his profound yet practical teachings of Buddhism for modern people, we meet Venerable Geshe Kelsang in our heart and can become continually inspired by him.
7:00-8:30pm
7pm - Refreshments
7:30 - Video presentation of Venerable Geshe-la's life & accomplishments
Every day, we remember the extraordinary kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, our Root Guru and Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition, but on this auspicious day, with minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we will offer him our faith through using the special prayer Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples and collecting our Guru’s name mantra in a one-day retreat.
There will be three sessions of retreat using the sadhana The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra and the special request prayer. The retreat will conclude with Offering to the Spiritual Guide chanted prayers with a food offering.
Join in on this beautiful retreat as part of celebrating Buddha’s Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day, or Dharmachakra Day, marking Buddha’s first teachings in this world. Attend one or all sessions. This event is free and open to everyone.
This empowerment is a sublime guided meditation through which we make a deep connection with Arya Green Tara and gain insight on how to rely on her blessings in our spiritual practice.
Arya Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all enlightened beings. “Tara” means rescuer; if we rely on Tara with strong faith she will care for us throughout this life and all our future lives.
The event includes the blessing empowerment of Arya Green Tara, instructions on how to receive her enlightened care and blessings in our daily life, and the opportunity to engage in group practice to strengthen our connection to Tara.
Kadampa Meditation Center Washington is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Member of the New Kadampa Tradition - International Kadampa Buddhist Union.
