Dekeling Blog

Peter Daishin Renner Visits Dekeling

The day after Lama Lekshe returned from Ashland, she welcomed Peter ‘Daishin’ Renner to the Vicarage (the Lama’s House) in Portland for a two-day visit. Lekshe then accompanied Daishin to Great Vow Zen Monastery, where he attended a ten-day meditation retreat. Peter is from Victoria, British Columbia, and years ago lived for some time at […]

Meeting with Lama Sarah and Others in Ashland

Lama Lekshe and Dekeling board member Nan Whitaker-Emrich travelled to Ashland, Oregon, for a teaching retreat with Lama Sarah Harding called, ‘The Other Woman, a Teaching on Sukhasiddhi.’ The dakini Sukhasiddhi was one of two women that transmitted dharma to Khyungpo Naljor, the initiator of the Shangpa Kagyu Lineage. The “Other-Other Woman” was the dakini […]

What Happens When We Have Time? Part One

The past four years, I have been living primarily in Brooklyn, New York. I moved here to study at Union Theological Seminary, to eventually receive a “Masters of Divinity” and work as a chaplain. After graduating from seminary, and completing my chaplaincy residency the mission was complete. However, the mission was overlaid with significant life […]