Please see the section on the 5 Sciences to learn more about the framework of our offerings.
Nalanda West is a center that serves as a catalyst and forum for the practice and study of American Buddhism. Nalanda West's approach to American Buddhism emphasizes the Buddhist science of mind as it applies to this age and culture, rather than an exact replication of the original Asian forms.
Located at: 3902 Woodland Park Ave. N, Seattle, WA 98103.
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News & Upcoming Events
March 26, 2010
Dharma Poetry and Haiku Workshop
March 26-27 with Gary Gach. Explore the ancient tradition and profound art of dharma poetry and haiku, and engage your creative expression! Friday night talk on poetry from diverse traditions. Saturday haiku workshop.
April 02, 2010
Gelek Rimpoche: Fearless Compassion
Friday, April 2, 2010 at 7- 9p.m. Fearless Compassion. Challenging times demand clarity grounded in genuine compassion. Tibetan Buddhist master Gelek Rimpoche will address how to develop genuine and fearless compassion in order to engage our lives more fully and responsibly. Saturday, April 3,10 am-5 pm Kindness and Compassion: Principles for a Happy Life. Developing kindness and compassion is the first step towards living fearlessly and harmoniously. Join Gelek Rimpoche to learn the essential principles necessary to create a happy life for ourselves and others.
April 16, 2010
Extraordinary Samatha, Vipassana, Mahamudra of the Shangpa Tradition
From the stream of teachings of the wisdom dakinis Sukhasiddhi and Niguma come profound practices for simultaneously transforming the elements, aggregates and conflicting emotions of our body-mind system while traversing the stages of concentration, insight, and realization of our true nature.
April 30, 2010
HH Dudjom Rinpoche's The Prayer of Calling the Lama from Afar: A Spontaneous Song of the Original Nature
This prayer arose spontaneously as a song of realization from His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoché’s wisdom mind. It contains the complete path of Dzogchen Great Perfection. Garab Dorjé took the four categories of view, meditation, action and result and elaborated them into the 6,400,000 Great Perfection teachings. His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoché explains the essence of these four categories in this single prayer.
May 14, 2010
John Tarrant Roshi
Stories that change you—The wisdom and magic of koans Zen koans hold an ancient wisdom that anyone can use. On meeting a koan people discover freedom and unexpected openings. The effect is often immediate and surprising. Koans will stay with you, as well. They even, like a good dog, follow you around and make you happy in heavy weather.
Weekly Open House
Wednesdays Sitting Meditation: 6.30-7 pm Discussion: 7-8.30 pm Meditation (instruction available), discussion, question and answer with senior teachers. Free! All are welcome! Flyer: http://nalandawest.org/intro10.pdf
Open Meditation
Public sitting and walking meditation practice. Sundays starting at 9 am to noon. 40 minute sitting sessions with 10 minutes of walking. Feel free to drop in or leave anytime. All are welcome!
Chenrezig Practice
Compassion Meditation. Lead by one of our resident Acharyas. Chanted in Tibetan with English subtitles. 1st Sunday of the month, 10 - 11 am in the Vajra Spot. All are welcome!
Green Tara Practice
Weekly compassion practice in the lineage of Khenpo Rinpoche and the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Sundays 7 - 8.30 pm Singing, chanting, meditation. All are welcome!
Hinayana Study Series
The Hinayana course covers the core teachings of foundational Buddhism, including the path of individual liberation from suffering and the practice of non-violence.
Contemplative Meditation
Deepen your experience of meditation – and your own mind. In contemplative meditation, we use the stability of mind developed in basic meditation to investigate directly the nature of our experience. Using the book Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness as a foundation, each class will include experiential exercises, guided meditation, and discussion.
