by: Joshua Crouch Marici Fellowship, the new social outreach arm of Sakya Monastery in Seattle, had its inaugural “big event” the weekend of July 20-21, 2018. The first ever Day of Caring by Sharing was presided over by the founder of the Fellowship and our Head Lama, H.E. Sakya Khöndung Avikrita Rinpoche. This first large-scale…
by Alyssa McFarland, 2018 On May 1st and 2nd, 2018, His Holiness the 42nd Sakya Trizin bestowed the Kalachakra empowerment to about 250 people at the Lynnwood Convention Center. Sakya Monastery organized this auspicious event, which marked the first time the Kalachakra Empowerment has ever been given in the Pacific Northwest. As our area is…
By Tulku Yeshe Rinpoche Today is the second anniversary of HH Jigdal Dagchen Sakya’s transformation into Guru Rinpoche’s heart. His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya is one of my root gurus, on both the worldly and spiritual levels. His kindness and wisdom was immeasurable. When I was in Tibet 25 years ago studying Tibetan history, I…
By Adrienne Chan, January 2018 The renovation project for the two third-floor bathrooms at the Monastery has been completed! We began fundraising for the project in September, 2017. By November we had raised enough funds to begin working on the third floor bathroom in the front of the building, where the Dhungseys sometimes stay when…
This speech was intended for the Tibetan speakers and I wasn’t sure if it would be relevant to English speakers and only yesterday one of the sangha members suggested that it would be good to share a summary of today’s reflections for the non-Tibetan speakers. So first of all I began by giving my warmest…
Welcoming the year of the Male Earth Dog, I wish you all Losar Tashi Delek. As Buddhists, all of us seek refuge in the Triple Gem, striving through devotion and practice to transcend our sufferings and attachments to samsara. So today as we celebrate Losar together, let us count our blessings. Let us thank Lord…
By Alyssa McFarland and Teresa Lamb In late January 2018, His Eminence Sakya Khondhung Avikrita Vajra Rinpoche, His Eminence Sakya Khondhung Abhaya Vajra Rinpoche, Her Eminence Dagmo Kusho Sakya, and more than fifty ordained and lay students from thirteen different countries all came together in Yogyakarta, on the island of Java, Indonesia for several days…
Lecturer: Dr. Tom Yarnall
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Time: 1 pm – 5 pm
Location: Shrine Room
Suggested contribution: $20 Non-Members, $15 Members
Prerequisite: None
om will cover the full range of topics pertaining to the theory and practice of Buddhist “higher education” (adhiśikā), traditionally organized into the three inter-related areas of wisdom (prajñā), ethics (śīla), and meditation (samādhi). While these presentations will be grounded in scholarly and historical material, Tom’s primary approach and emphasis will be to reveal and discuss on a more personal level how spiritual practitioners can deeply understand, connect to, and organically incorporate these Buddhist perspectives and practices into their lives, moment by moment, day by day, for an entire lifetime and beyond!
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, August 18 and 19, 2018
You must attend both days to receive the empowerment
Location: Nordic Museum, 2655 NW Market St, Seattle, WA
“Unlike other mandala such as Hevajra or Kalachakra, the Chakrasamvara mandala is still fully manifested and active in the twenty-four holy places in India. For this reason, Chakrasamvara and his consort, Vajrayogini, are considered one of the most effective deities of our time.”
2018: The Beautiful Ornament of the Three Visions
Dates: August 1-7, 2018
Location: Sakya Monastery Shrine Room
The Beautiful Ornament of the Three Visions, taught in preparation for the Vajrayana path, is the meditation manual for the sutra path according to the Lamdré cycle of teachings. It covers all the practices from going for refuge and bodhicitta up to the cultivation of calm abiding and special insight, culminating in a description of the qualities of enlightenment manifesting with the perfection of these practices.