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| Jul 26, 2021 | Jul 27, 2021 | Jul 28, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT  Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time | Jul 29, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time | Jul 30, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time Live video teaching: Samsara, Nirvana, & Buddha NatureJul 30, 2021 –  Streamed live weekly, Fridays, 6:15 a.m. Pacific Time In this weekly series, Venerable Thubten Chodron gives reading and commentary on Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature, Volume 3 in the multi-volume book series of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Chodron. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature explores the mind’s role in creating the extreme duhkha (unsatisfactoriness) of our present existence and our infinitely vast potential to become free of it. This volume shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities. Click here to watch live on Vimeo Livestream, where you’ll also find archived videos of previous talks from this text. Learn more about Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature here. | Jul 31, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time | Aug 1, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time |
Aug 2, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time | Aug 3, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time | Aug 4, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time | Aug 5, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time Live video teaching: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsAug 5, 2021 –  Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds Livestreamed weekly Thursdays at 9:00 am Pacific Time Join Ven. Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text ''Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds.'' A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text. Who it’s for: Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind. About the author: Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery. | Aug 6, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time Live video teaching: Samsara, Nirvana, & Buddha NatureAug 6, 2021 – Streamed live weekly, Fridays, 6:15 a.m. Pacific Time In this weekly series, Venerable Thubten Chodron gives reading and commentary on Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature, Volume 3 in the multi-volume book series of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Chodron. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature explores the mind’s role in creating the extreme duhkha (unsatisfactoriness) of our present existence and our infinitely vast potential to become free of it. This volume shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities. Click here to watch live on Vimeo Livestream, where you’ll also find archived videos of previous talks from this text. Learn more about Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature here. | Aug 7, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time | Aug 8, 2021Online: Exploring Monastic LifeJul 28, 2021 – Aug 8, 2021 July 28 @ 11:00 am - August 8 @ 12:30 pm PDT Exploring Monastic Life Wednesday, July 28 Exploring Monastic Life is going online via Vimeo Livestream and Zoom Exploring Monastic Life 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 over 40 years of experience as a monastic. In addition to receiving daily teachings, you will live and practice as a member of the Sravasti Abbey community—engaging in meditation, discussion, and offering service with 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 years old. Online participants must commit to attend all sessions. A maximum of 15 qualified guests may attend this course in person. You must be fully vaccinated to visit the Abbey. Everyone, registered or not, is welcome to follow the morning meditations on Vimeo Livestream at 5:30 Pacific Time |
| Aug 9, 2021 | Aug 10, 2021 | Aug 11, 2021 | Aug 12, 2021Live video teaching: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsAug 12, 2021 – Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds Livestreamed weekly Thursdays at 9:00 am Pacific Time Join Ven. Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text ''Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds.'' A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text. Who it’s for: Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind. About the author: Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery. | Aug 13, 2021Live video teaching: Samsara, Nirvana, & Buddha NatureAug 13, 2021 – Streamed live weekly, Fridays, 6:15 a.m. Pacific Time In this weekly series, Venerable Thubten Chodron gives reading and commentary on Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature, Volume 3 in the multi-volume book series of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Chodron. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature explores the mind’s role in creating the extreme duhkha (unsatisfactoriness) of our present existence and our infinitely vast potential to become free of it. This volume shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities. Click here to watch live on Vimeo Livestream, where you’ll also find archived videos of previous talks from this text. Learn more about Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature here. | Aug 14, 2021 | Aug 15, 2021 |
| Aug 16, 2021 | Aug 17, 2021 | Aug 18, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021Live video teaching: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsAug 19, 2021 – Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds Livestreamed weekly Thursdays at 9:00 am Pacific Time Join Ven. Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text ''Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds.'' A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text. Who it’s for: Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind. About the author: Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery. | Aug 20, 2021Live video teaching: Samsara, Nirvana, & Buddha NatureAug 20, 2021 – Streamed live weekly, Fridays, 6:15 a.m. Pacific Time In this weekly series, Venerable Thubten Chodron gives reading and commentary on Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature, Volume 3 in the multi-volume book series of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Chodron. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature explores the mind’s role in creating the extreme duhkha (unsatisfactoriness) of our present existence and our infinitely vast potential to become free of it. This volume shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities. Click here to watch live on Vimeo Livestream, where you’ll also find archived videos of previous talks from this text. Learn more about Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature here. | Aug 21, 2021 | Aug 22, 2021 |
| Aug 23, 2021 | Aug 24, 2021 | Aug 25, 2021 | Aug 26, 2021Live video teaching: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsAug 26, 2021 – Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds Livestreamed weekly Thursdays at 9:00 am Pacific Time Join Ven. Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text ''Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds.'' A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text. Who it’s for: Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind. About the author: Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery. | Aug 27, 2021Live video teaching: Samsara, Nirvana, & Buddha NatureAug 27, 2021 – Streamed live weekly, Fridays, 6:15 a.m. Pacific Time In this weekly series, Venerable Thubten Chodron gives reading and commentary on Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature, Volume 3 in the multi-volume book series of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Chodron. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature explores the mind’s role in creating the extreme duhkha (unsatisfactoriness) of our present existence and our infinitely vast potential to become free of it. This volume shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities. Click here to watch live on Vimeo Livestream, where you’ll also find archived videos of previous talks from this text. Learn more about Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature here. | Aug 28, 2021 | Aug 29, 2021 |
| Aug 30, 2021 | Aug 31, 2021 | Sep 1, 2021 | Sep 2, 2021Live video teaching: Engaging in the Bodhisattva's DeedsSep 2, 2021 – Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds Livestreamed weekly Thursdays at 9:00 am Pacific Time Join Ven. Thubten Chodron for live teachings on Shantideva’s classic text ''Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Deeds.'' A text that the residents of Sravasti Abbey read annually on Christmas Day, this is a book that provides a road map to awakening you’ll keep coming back to. The Dalai Lama famously attributed any realization of compassion and bodhicitta he has to this text. Who it’s for: Engaging in a Bodhisattva’s Deeds is a text that lends itself to both new and seasoned Dharma practitioners. It covers the entire span of practices necessary to progress on the path to full awakening, in an easy to read format with stark imagery and reasonings to inspire and transform the mind. About the author: Shantideva lived in 8th century ancient India, was born into a royal family and set to assume the throne after his father. However, motivated to be of greatest benefit to all sentient beings, Shantideva left the royal life and entered monastic life at the renowned Nalanda Monastery. | Sep 3, 2021Labor Day Weekend Retreat: Perfection of GenerositySeptember 3-6, 2021 September 3 @ 7:00 pm - September 6 @ 12:00 pm PDT  Sravasti Abbey 692 Country Lane Newport, WA 99156 USA (509) 447-5549 Labor Day Weekend Retreat: Perfection of Generosity Friday, September 3, 7:00 pm - Join on Vimeo Livestream and Zoom or in person. A maximum of 20 guests may attend this retreat in person. Details and registration below. The six perfections—also translated as the six far-reaching practices or the six paramitas in Sanskrit — describe the methods that bodhisattvas transform their minds into the mind of a buddha, a fully awakened one. These six practices are generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude or patience, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom. In this long weekend retreat, Ven. Thubten Chodron helps us begin to adopt these practices right now, beginning with the perfection of generosity. Through teachings and meditations, we learn how the mind of generosity enriches our lives now as we learn to cherish others, and helps us steadily progress towards becoming great bodhisattvas and then buddhas. If you will join remotely, complete the registration form for the online event. To attend in person, you must be fully vaccinated and register in advance here. Scan and send proof of your full vaccination to the office when you send in the registration form to the Abbey Office - office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com Live video teaching: Samsara, Nirvana, & Buddha NatureSep 3, 2021 – Streamed live weekly, Fridays, 6:15 a.m. Pacific Time In this weekly series, Venerable Thubten Chodron gives reading and commentary on Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature, Volume 3 in the multi-volume book series of The Library of Wisdom and Compassion by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Venerable Chodron. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature explores the mind’s role in creating the extreme duhkha (unsatisfactoriness) of our present existence and our infinitely vast potential to become free of it. This volume shows us how to purify our minds and cultivate awakened qualities. Click here to watch live on Vimeo Livestream, where you’ll also find archived videos of previous talks from this text. Learn more about Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature here. | Sep 4, 2021Labor Day Weekend Retreat: Perfection of GenerositySeptember 3-6, 2021 September 3 @ 7:00 pm - September 6 @ 12:00 pm PDT Sravasti Abbey 692 Country Lane Newport, WA 99156 USA (509) 447-5549 Labor Day Weekend Retreat: Perfection of Generosity Friday, September 3, 7:00 pm - Join on Vimeo Livestream and Zoom or in person. A maximum of 20 guests may attend this retreat in person. Details and registration below. The six perfections—also translated as the six far-reaching practices or the six paramitas in Sanskrit — describe the methods that bodhisattvas transform their minds into the mind of a buddha, a fully awakened one. These six practices are generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude or patience, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom. In this long weekend retreat, Ven. Thubten Chodron helps us begin to adopt these practices right now, beginning with the perfection of generosity. Through teachings and meditations, we learn how the mind of generosity enriches our lives now as we learn to cherish others, and helps us steadily progress towards becoming great bodhisattvas and then buddhas. If you will join remotely, complete the registration form for the online event. To attend in person, you must be fully vaccinated and register in advance here. Scan and send proof of your full vaccination to the office when you send in the registration form to the Abbey Office - office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com | Sep 5, 2021Labor Day Weekend Retreat: Perfection of GenerositySeptember 3-6, 2021 September 3 @ 7:00 pm - September 6 @ 12:00 pm PDT Sravasti Abbey 692 Country Lane Newport, WA 99156 USA (509) 447-5549 Labor Day Weekend Retreat: Perfection of Generosity Friday, September 3, 7:00 pm - Join on Vimeo Livestream and Zoom or in person. A maximum of 20 guests may attend this retreat in person. Details and registration below. The six perfections—also translated as the six far-reaching practices or the six paramitas in Sanskrit — describe the methods that bodhisattvas transform their minds into the mind of a buddha, a fully awakened one. These six practices are generosity, ethical conduct, fortitude or patience, joyous effort, concentration, and wisdom. In this long weekend retreat, Ven. Thubten Chodron helps us begin to adopt these practices right now, beginning with the perfection of generosity. Through teachings and meditations, we learn how the mind of generosity enriches our lives now as we learn to cherish others, and helps us steadily progress towards becoming great bodhisattvas and then buddhas. If you will join remotely, complete the registration form for the online event. To attend in person, you must be fully vaccinated and register in advance here. Scan and send proof of your full vaccination to the office when you send in the registration form to the Abbey Office - office [dot] sravasti [at] gmail [dot] com |