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…
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…
Preparing to Take the Vow of Refuge
Themselves captives in the prison of samsara, Whom can even the greatest worldly ones protect? Therefore, seek refuge in that which does not deceive—The Three Jewels— This is the practice…
Earth Day Garden Party & Potluck Lunch
Dekeling Vicarage 916 NE Highland Street, PortlandJoin us for an Earth Day celebration of gardening and lunch!!
The Aspirations for Mahamudra: the Path in a Prayer – Part II (continuation of the series)
A class series on one of the most beautiful and profound liturgies in the Kagyu tradition.
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…
Green Tara Series: Getting to Know Green Tara through Mantra
In our year-long exploration of the practice of Green Tara, we will explore many aspects of the practice. One of these ways is through the use of mantra. The word…
Shamatha Practice: Review of Methods for Daily Practice
All students at Dekeling can take instruction in shamatha (calm abiding) practice. We offer classes, retreats, and study of this important meditation method. This class is for those who have…
Green Tara Series: Getting to Know Green Tara through Mudra
This class is open only to those enrolled in the Green Tara Series. In this class, you'll learn the basic mudras (ritual hand gestures) that are used in the Green…
Managing the Inner Critic with Zen teacher Jogen Salzberg
SATURDAY May 14 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM and 2 PM to 5 PM PT SUNDAY May 15 (optional session) 10 AM to 1 PM PT Every person has a…
The Aspirations for Mahamudra: the Path in a Prayer – Part III (continuation of the series)
This is the continuation of our exploration of The Aspirations for Mahamudra, a supplication prayer written by Rangjung Dorje. This text is one of the most treasured liturgies in the…
Green Tara Series: Getting to Know Green Tara through the Thangka
This course is open to everyone. In this class, which is part of our Green Tara series, we'll examine several versions of the Green Tara scroll painting, or thangka. You'll…