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Special Events at Sravasti Abbey

_______   December — February 2012  ________

________________   March  _________________

  • March 6 - 11: Nagarjuna with Guy Newland
  • March 11: Celebration! Puja to End the Winter Retreat, Introduce the Relocated Meditation Hall & Welcome the New Bhikshunis
  • March 18: Sharing the Dharma Day, monthly meditation, Dharma talk, and fellowship at Sravasti Abbey

_________________  April  _________________

  • April 15: Sharing the Dharma Day, monthly meditation, Dharma talk, and fellowship at Sravasti Abbey
  • April 27-29: Forgiveness: a meditation retreat with Ven. Thubten Chodron and the Abbey Community

_________________  May  _________________

_________________  June  _________________

_________________July   _________________

  • July 8: Sharing the Dharma Day, monthly meditation, Dharma talk, and fellowship at Sravasti Abbey
  • July 20-23: Summer Retreat with Abbey Community

_______________  August   ________________

______________  September  ______________

______________  October  ______________

______________  November  ______________

  • November 4: Sharing the Dharma Day, monthly meditation, Dharma talk, and fellowship at Sravasti Abbey
  • November 21-25: Thanksgiving Retreat

_______   December — February 2013  ________


Nāgārjuna
Teachings with Guy Newland
March 6 - 11

Nāgārjuna, the second century Indian sage renowned as the second Buddha, clarified and propounded the Middle Way philosophy of the Buddha. Professor Guy Newland returns to Sravasti Abbey to explore the life and works of this great master. We'll look at traditional and academic versions of Nāgārjuna's remarkable life and study selected chapters from his seminal work, Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, as well as some frequently quoted and debated selections from other Nāgārjuna texts. Guy's engaging teaching style and deep understanding of the Madhyamika view help to illuminate the philosophical understanding of emptiness. With additional Q & A and commentary by Ven. Chodron, lively discussions are guaranteed.

Retreatants should arrive by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday and stay through the following Sunday lunch. Part-timers and commuters are also welcomed as space allows.

Click here to register. If this is your first retreat at the Abbey, use the "long registration form." Otherwise, use the "short registration form."

Puja to End the Winter Retreat,
Introduce the Relocated Meditation Hall
& Welcome the New Bhikshunis
March 11

Join the Abbey community for our first public event in the Meditation Hall's new location. It's a celebration to close our winter meditation time, thank our kind retreat supporters, and rejoice in the full ordinations of two more Abbey nuns! Here's the afternoon schedule:

  • Noon Potluck vegetarian lunch (remember, no onions or garlic)
  • 2:00 Lama Chopa Puja in the Meditation Hall
  • 3:30  Sharing with Abbey nuns on ordination and establishing a full bhikshuni sangha
  • You're welcome to come early to catch Guy Newland's closing Nagarajuna teaching on Sunday morning. 

    Registration isn't necessary, but it's helpful if we know you're coming. Write the office or call 509-447-5549.

    Forgiveness: A Meditation Retreat
    with Ven. Thubten Chodron and the Abbey Community
    April 27-29

    Sometimes the weight of our old baggage— past hurts, old feuds, and simmering resentments—seems more than we can bear. We know that forgiveness is the antidote to this suffering, but how in the world do we do it? In this retreat we'll learn different ways of looking at situations to help us recognize and relieve anger and guilt and replace them with a more loving heart. Join Ven. Thubten Chodron and the Abbey community to explore meditations that lead to forgiveness.

    Retreat begins at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and ends after lunch on Sunday. A dana offering and registration form are requested to reserve your place for the retreat.

    Click here to download registration form. If this is your first retreat at the Abbey, use the "long registration form." Otherwise, use the "short registration form." For more information,write the office or call 509-447-5549

    Memorial Day Retreat with Ven. Tenzin Kacho
    May 25-28

    Bringing her characteristic warmth, keen insight, and gentle humor,Bhikshuni Tenzin Kacho returns to the Abbey to lead the Memorial Day weekend retreat. A nun in the Tibetan tradition for over 25 years, Ven. Tenzin is also a hospice chaplain in Los Angles.

    Ven. Tenzin has studied Buddhism since 1971 and ordained with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 1985. Her principal teachers include His Holiness, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche, Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen, Geshe Ngawang Dhargye and Geshe Sonam Rinchen. She has been involved for many years with Geshe Gyeltsen’s center, Thubten Dargye Ling (TDL), in Long Beach, California, where she is now a guest teacher. She also teaches at Thubten Shedrup Ling in Colorado Springs, CO. Ven. Tenzin has an an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan Language from Naropa University, and has been the Buddhist Chaplain at the US Air Force Academy.

    Retreat begins at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and ends after lunch on Monday. A dana offering and registration form are requested to reserve your place for the retreat.

    Click here to download registration form. If this is your first retreat at the Abbey, use the "long registration form." Otherwise, use the "short registration form."

    Buddhist Community for Young Adults (ages 18-29)
    with Ven. Thubten Chodron
    June 8-15

    Looking for a way to express your spiritual values and hopes for a better world?

    Sravasti Abbey invites young adults aged 18 to 29 to explore the teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition within our American culture. The course includes meditation, teachings, Dharma discussions, and a chance to work outdoors in beautiful gardens, meadows, and woodlands in northeastern Washington.

    Click here (http://www.sravasti.org/programs/youngadults.html) for details and registration

    Open House
    with Residents of Sravasti Abbey
    Saturday, June 16, 1:30 4:30 pm

    Join founder and abbess, Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron and the residents of Sravasti Abbey for refreshments and a tour of Sravasti Abbey. Walk the Abbey land. Meet with friends old and new. Share the vision of Sravasti Abbey. Friends, neighbors, and the simply curious—all are welcomed!

    Email the office for details.

    Exploring Monastic Life
    with Ven. Thubten Chodron
    August 10 thru 27

    This retreat is for qualified lay people exploring the possibility of ordination, and for monks and nuns that have been ordained for five years or less.

    Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron teaches from her experience of monastic life for 35 years. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you’ll be living and practicing as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service to the community.

    Applicants must have taken refuge in the Three Jewels at least one year ago and must not be in a long-term relationship. Priority will be given to applicants under 50 year.

    Listen to August 2007 teachings >>>

    Click here (http://www.sravasti.org/programs/eml.html) for more information and to download the application.

    Labor Day Weekend Retreat — Developing Meditative Concentration
    with Ven. Thubten Chodron
    August 31-September

    Concentration is the ability to remain single-pointedly on a constructive object of medita¬tion with a blissful and pliant mind for as long as one wishes. If you're like most meditators, that definition is a far cry from your actual meditative experience. For most of us, distracting thoughts continually flash through the mind like a fireworks display. Join Ven. Thubten Chodron for instruction and practice on using a visualized image of the Buddha as your meditation object and to explore the helps and hindrances in cultivating meditative stabilization.

    Retreat begins at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and ends after lunch on Monday. A dana offering and registration form are requested to reserve your place for the retreat.

    Click here to download registration form. If this is your first retreat at the Abbey, use the "long registration form." Otherwise, use the "short registration form."

    Chenrezig Retreat—Meditations on Compassion
    with Ven. Thubten Chodron
    September 21-28

    Ven. Chodron will lead this retreat on Chenrezig, Buddha of Compassion, emphasizing how to bring the compassion practices alive in your daily life and in your meditation sessions. The Abbey's annual one-week retreat offers a rich environment for exploring the Buddha's Dharma—compelling teachings, time and silent space for reflection, clear meditation instruction, compassionate retreat discipline, wonderful Dharma friends who encourage our practice, all in a beautiful rural setting. We invite you to come on vacation with Chenrezig.

    The retreat is suitable for people who are new to exploring Buddhism as well as long-term practitioners. Reading Cultivating a Compassionate Heart: The Yoga Method of Chenrezig by Thubten Chodron will help you prepare for the retreat.

    Retreatants should arrive by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday and stay through the following Sunday lunch. Part-timers and commuters are also welcomed as space allows.

    Click here to register. If this is your first retreat at the Abbey, use the "long registration form." Otherwise, use the "short registration form."


    Local & Ongoing Abbey Events

    Sharing the Dharma Day at Sravasti Abbey  

    Please join Ven. Thubten Chodron and Abbey residents for all or any of the sessions each month. Meet other like-minded folks and explore ideas together.

    Click here to listen to previous Sharing the Dharma Day teachings.

    2012 Dates:
    March 18, April 15, May 6, June 3, July 8, August 5, September 9, October 14, November 4, December 2

    Session 1: 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Meditation - 11:00 a.m. – Noon – Dharma talk

    Session 2: 12:15 p.m. – Vegetarian potluck lunch & informal Dharma discussion/Q&A

    Session 3: 1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Contemplation and discussion of topic of the month

    Session 4: 3:00 p.m. Tour of Buddhist artwork or grounds (weather depending) for newcomers

    Dharma in Coeur d'Alene

    Join Coeur d' Alene Dharma Friends 5:30 - 7:00 pm every Thursday for meditation and Dharma discussion at Life Center Therapies for Well Being, 1319 Government Way, Cd'A.  Contact CdA Dharma for more information or call (208) 665-5862.

    Dharma in Spokane

    Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Meditation Group meets on Mondays from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the new chapel at 4340 W. Fort Wright Drive. From time to time throughout the year, nuns from the Abbey offer Dharma talks and meditation instruction. The group continues to meet between these sessions for meditation and book study. Contact or call (509) 981-8658.

    Offering Service Weekends

    Need a break from the city? Join the Abbey community on an Offering Service Visit.

    The opportunities are many, and the work is varied. Working in the Abbey's beautiful forest is fun, and your effort protects and preserves the Abbey land. Or you may serve in the kitchen, weed the garden, or any number of activities that help to spread the Dharma and/or benefit sentient beings.

    Visitors have the opportunity to live in spiritual community, sharing in practice, Dharma discussions, and service. Your visit can be short or longer. Many people add a few offering service days when they come for a retreat or program.

    Please contact the to find a time that works for your schedule.

    On-Line Events

    Tele-teachings/Live Video with Venerable Chodron
    Live streaming teachings resume after winter retreat, March 2012 -- Check out archived teachings on Grounds and Paths by clicking here

    You can’t contemplate or meditate on the Dharma without first hearing teachings, but if you live in a remote area or far from your teacher, what can you do?

    Teachings on the Grounds and Paths

    Ven. Chodron teaches from   "A Brief Presentation of the Grounds and Paths of the Perfection Vehicle, Essence of the Ocean of Profound Meaning" by Jetsun Losang Dadrin, which describes the process of realizations that lead to liberation and complete awakening.

    For a copy of the text, e-mail the Abbey office.

    Head to http://www.sravastiAbbey.org/live and tune in for the live broadcast on the internet using uStream.TV. Ask questions in real time using the chat box! No registration necessary.

    Or - just use your telephone. Dial into a central number (long distance charges apply.)  You can dial in alone or set up your speakerphone and invite Dharma friends to join you for teachings and discussion. You must register so we can send you the teleconference’s phone number and access code.

    Click to send an email to register or ask for more information on telephone teachings

    Click here to hear audio or read transcripts of past teachings.

    We look forward to sharing these “tele-Dharma” teachings with all of you!

    Prostrations from Afar - Ongoing

    Join up with other practitioners to do '100,000' prostrations. Read about joining in with others for support and community.

    View instruction videos on prostrations from Venerable :

    • Instructions (Quicktime -22 MB) (Windows Media - 16 MB)
    • Demonstration ( Quicktime - 58 MB) (Windows Media - 29.8 MB)
      Be patient it takes around 5 minutes to download each one.
      Internet Explorer users: Look at the lower left hand corner of your browser, there is a download icon.
      The Quicktime versions require the latest Quicktime update. Download it here.

Practitioners from around the world are participating in the prostrations from afar. During previous monthly teleconferences, Ven. Chodron answered participants’ questions. You can listen to the recordings of the teleconferences at Venerable's website.

For more information, email the office.

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