Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Finding the Three Jewels: Understanding the Vow of Refuge in Tibetan Buddhism
Entering the path of awakening in Tibetan Buddhism is called 'taking refuge.' Those who wish to do so have the option to participate in a simple but meaningful public ceremony…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
The Four Immeasurables
Buddhist teacher Anne Klein writes: "Buddhism teaches that there is no such thing as the self as we think we know it: a separate, bounded self, strictly cordoned off from…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Enlightened Body, Speech and Mind: Making a Home Altar for your Practice
A traditional Buddhist altar holds symbols of enlightened body, speech and mind, represented by displaying a statue or image of Buddha Shakyamuni, a scripture, and a stupa. In this teaching, we'll explore the function and forms of altars, sometimes called 'shrines.' You'll learn how to make one, what to place on an altar (and where) and what traditionally is not placed there. You'll learn traditional ideas about where an altar is best put in a home, and a few basic shrine-keeping tips.
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
The Buddha’s First Teaching: The Four Noble Truths
The Four Noble Truths are common name of the Buddha’s first teaching after enlightenment. When the Indian prince, Siddhartha Gautama, (circa 563-483 BCE) sat under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya,…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Enlightened Art: Learning to Read a Thangka, Level I
A thangka painting is traditionally a portable scroll painting, painted on cotton or silk, framed in brocade, intended to be used either for personal meditation or in order to instruct…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Dec 31st – Ring in the New Year in 3 Time Zones
Come sit 5 minutes at the stroke of midnight--in every time zone in our sangha!
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Intro To Buddhism
Especially designed for those new to Buddhism (and required for students in the Vajra Heart Program) this class will include teaching on the life of Buddha and a quick survey…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Learning to Do a Full Mediation Session – with Traditional Prayers
NOTE: This class meets three consecutive Wednesdays - Jan 12, 19 and 26th from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Pacific Time. You'll register just one time. The ticket includes all…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
When Bad News Is Good News: Nurturing The Heart Of Fearlessness
Great Vow Zen Monastery 79640 Quincy Mayger Road, Clatskanie, ORThe mind states of fear, anger, and negativity are pervasive in difficult times. In this retreat, following the practice-heart of Machig Labdron, the great female yogini of Tibet, we’ll learn a handful of precise and memorable instructions for fearlessness in the worst of times.
This weekend retreat will be held in the delightful natural environment of Great Vow Zen monastery, in Clatskanie, Oregon, or join us by Zoom.
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Intro To Tibetan Buddhism
This course continues our look at the development of the Tibetan tradition, examining how Buddhism initially rooted in India eventually migrated to Tibet and elsewhere. We’ll look at the development…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Learning to Give it All – Making the 8 Auspicious Offerings
Learn to make the most basic of altar offerings in a short practice ritual that increases generosity, discipline and good fortune. Anyone can do this beautiful practice. It's especially good for those who can't meditate, and for children. With this knowledge and skill, you can begin to learn to be an altar keeper at Dekeling.
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
Tonglen 2-hour Practice Retreat
Tonglen is one of the "mind training" or "heart training" techniques from Tibetan Buddhism that reverse your ordinary habit of selectively seeking happiness and pleasure for yourself and those close…
Tonglen Two Hour Practice Retreat – Zoom
Attend this tonglen practice session on a Saturday morning and still have the weekend open for time with friends and family.
Monday Night Mediation and Discussion
Our Monday night meditation is followed by a discussion, where every question is welcome and each person in the room is a valued voice. It's an opportunity for beginners and…
The Structure of a Sadhana
A sadhana is a liturgical text that forms the basis of many of the daily practices done in Tibetan Buddhism. The sadhana is a kind of ritualized mediation, practiced in…