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Thursday evening Info: The Thursday night talks over the next couple of months will explore the Buddha’s first and most important teachings, on stress and suffering, the causes of stress and suffering, and the path that can lead to relief from them. A resource that we’ll draw on for the talks and discussion is Phillip… Continue reading Sangha News 7/23/24

We’ll continue our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center in May. The Cancer Center is located at 7350 West Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick and the next meeting will be Thursday, 6/20/2024. The sessions, which are held on the third Thursday of each month, are meant for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their caregivers. The session will begin at 12:00 pm… Continue reading Meditation Support Group Meets at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center 6/20

Thursday evening Info: The Thursday night talks explore topics related to meditation, with the current focus on exploring the role of core values, intention, and purpose in our lives. After the 7:00 pm online meditation on Thursday, 5/30/24, Chris will give a talk on identifying our core values in life and living with the intention… Continue reading Sangha News 5/21/24

We’ll continue our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center, 7350 West Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick. The next meeting will be Thursday, 5/16/2024. The sessions, which are held on the third Thursday of each month, are meant for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their caregivers. The session will begin at 12:00 pm at the Cancer Center in the Fireside Room. If you have a… Continue reading Meditation Support Group at Tri-Cities Cancer Center 5/16

We’ll continue our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center, 7350 West Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick. The meeting will be Thursday, 4/18/2024. The sessions, which are held on the third Thursday of each month, are meant for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their caregivers. The session will begin at 12:00 pm at the Cancer Center in the Fireside Room. If you have a serious… Continue reading Meditation Support Group Meets at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center 4/18

Hello! One of the exhortations of the Buddha to the Sangha was to discuss the Dhamma amongst themselves. And so, I (Vas) am looking for a few like-minded Sangha members to start a Sutta Study Group. I have a study structure in mind, but exactly how we do it is completely negotiable. I will initially… Continue reading Proposed Sutta Study Group with Vas Bhardwaj

We’ll continue our monthly mindfulness meditation support group meeting at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center, 7350 West Deschutes Avenue, Kennewick. The meeting will be on Thursday, 2/15/2024. The sessions, which are held on the third Thursday of each month, are meant for cancer patients, cancer survivors, and their caregivers. If you have a serious illness other than cancer, or are a caregiver for someone who is… Continue reading Meditation Support Group Meets at the Tri-Cities Cancer Center 2/15

The Buddhist Insight Network, with support from Spirit Rock Meditation Center, will present a free online webinar with Randima (Randy) Fernando entitled “Navigating Artificial Intelligence with Buddhist Wisdom”, from 10:00-11:30 am PST on January 26, 2024. Randy was born in Sri Lanka, is a lifelong Buddhist student and practitioner and is on the Board of… Continue reading Webinar on Artificial Intelligence and Buddhist Wisdom ~ January 26, 2024

There will be an Interfaith Peace Vigil on Saturday at 7:00 pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1609 W. Tenth Avenue, in Kennewick.  They have representatives participating from the following faith traditions: Baha’i, Christian, Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam. You’re welcome to attend.  The event will also be livestreamed on St. Paul’s website: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

Thursday evening Info: The current series of Thursday night talks are exploring topics related to meditation in more detail, with the current focus on meditations to help us to open to kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. The talks will be self-contained, and we’ll provide resources for the meditation approaches covered in the talks. Thursday evening, 11/16,… Continue reading Sangha News 11/14/23